Monthly Archives: November 2022
French government slams ‘eco-terrorism’ as water protesters dig in
SAINTE-SOLINE, FRANCE (AFP) - French protesters yesterday defied a massive police presence to try to stop an agriculture water storage project, as the government...
India cricket star Virat Kohli paranoid over hotel video
SYDNEY (AP) - India cricket star Virat Kohli said he is paranoid over his privacy after an “appalling” incident in which intruders allegedly filmed...
Hotter days bring out hotter tempers
Amudalat Ajasa
THE WASHINGTON POST - As temperatures around the world increase, scientists have documented large-scale environmental effects - rising sea levels, drought and famine,...
At least five tornadoes confirmed in Gulf Coast outbreak
MOBILE, ALABAMA (AP) - At least five tornadoes have been confirmed after a severe weather outbreak on Saturday along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf...
Nuclear memories
Gary Fields
AP - Those of us of a certain age remember the threat.
The 1960s were a time of domestic turmoil, yes. But they came,...
Twitter to lay off 25pc of workforce
CNA - Twitter, which was acquired last week by billionaire Elon Musk, plans to let go of a quarter of its workforce as part...
Running out of options
AFP - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly...
HECAS results out today
The result for Higher Education Centralised Admission System (HECAS) 2022 (2nd round) application to public higher education institutions (HEIs) - Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD),...
‘Black Adam’ takes top spot at box office again
Lindsey Bahr
AP - Black Adam, the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the number one spot at the North American box...
Autopsy reveals plastic cup inside Phuket’s dead Bruda whale
ANN/THE NATION THAILAND - A plastic cup was found inside the corpse of a Bruda whale found floating off Phuket, the Marine and Coastal...