Gandhi wrote to Hingorani for around two years after the death of his wife, Vidya, offering him guidance, consolation and encouragement. The messages were later compiled in a book called, A Thought for the Day. Dinesh Vazirani, co-founder of Saffronart, said the collection allowed people to see Gandhi “through the lens of a close, personal […]
Continue ReadingJason Haber, who runs the American Real Estate Association, said the list of names and addresses threatens people’s safety. “Imagine the gift this is to scammers, to fraudsters, to anyone with ill will,” he said. He said a foreign actor could download the list and send an email to residents posing as the city asking […]
Continue ReadingThe body of missing Australian hiker Lily Hooper has been recovered as officials investigate a “miscommunication” that briefly reported she had been found alive. Within minutes of reports first emerging that she was alive on Thursday, police confirmed that Hooper had been found deceased in the bushland of the Southern Highlands in New South Wales […]
Continue ReadingJapan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the pachinko gaming parlour near his home in Osaka with gasoline and set it alight, killing […]
Continue ReadingThe US has imposed a new round of sanctions on Cuban officials and companies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says. Nine state-owned mining, metal and building firms, the Ministry of Construction and officials connected to a Cuban-based international institute have been named in the latest tranche of economic sanctions. In a statement, Rubio accused various […]
Continue ReadingHeat is released from the ocean into the atmosphere, lifting global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns. Scientists declare an El Niño when sea surface temperatures in a key area of the Pacific are 0.5C or more above average. Current measurements show that they are well over 2C above normal. Latest forecasts from the Met Office […]
Continue ReadingInternal power struggles, factionalism, insistence that power rotates through the regions and disciplinary measures have all added to the sense of disillusionment within the party. The PDP has been robbed of high-profile figures and talent, including the loss of former Vice-President Atiku Aubakar last year. The crisis was intensified by a debilitating leadership tussle. In […]
Continue ReadingThe two Koreas are technically still at war since they did not sign a peace treaty after the Korean War. Reuniting with the South had always been a key, if increasingly unrealistic, part of the North’s ideology until Kim abandoned it in 2024. Despite this, the threats against the South haven’t stopped. Days before the […]
Continue ReadingThe Mexican Navy rescued two fishermen 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on 19 August, after they had been missing for 5 days. Naval authorities began the search for the men, aged 53 and 32, after their fishing cooperative lost contact with them on 15 August and sent out a distress call. The […]
Continue ReadingDespite an Israeli court challenge to the plans by Bedouin Palestinians living in the area and Israeli peace groups, on Wednesday the Israeli housing ministry issued a tender for 1,234 of the 3,401 housing units approved by the Israeli government last August. It covers about 12 sq km (4.6 sq miles) between East Jerusalem and […]
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