The first ever YouTube awards have been held in New York, with actor Jason Schwartzman and musician Reggie Watts presiding over a frenetic ceremony.
Day: November 4, 2013
Nazi looted art ‘found in Munich’- German media
A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say.
Ender’s Game tops US box office chart
Sci-fi adventure Ender’s Game has zoomed to the top of the US box office chart in its debut weekend.
Three Presidential Candidates’ meeting revives hope in Maldives
By N Sathiya Moorthy Even as the rest of the world and Maldivians too had almost given up the country as on the brink of a political and leadership chaos, it has bounced back with the kind of verve and…
Nigerian wedding party in Borno State massacred by gunmen
Gunmen in north-eastern Nigeria have killed more than 30 people in a attack on a wedding convoy.
Coastal retreat plan to curb floods
By Matt McGrath A scheme to combat flooding by surrendering land to the sea will be completed on Monday on the south coast.
Bat virus clues to origins of Sars
By Keeren Flora Researchers have found strong evidence that the Sars virus originated in bats. Two novel Sars-like coronaviruses were found in Chinese horseshoe bats which are closely related to the pathogen that infects humans.
Where happiness is a national currency!
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma Land-locked mountain kingdom conjures up an irresistible image of a Shangri-la, with happiness being its gross domestic product. In every direction around the kingdom, unhappy situations prevail in its diverse manifestations – be it India or Nepal…
British Visa bond scheme ‘scrapped’
Government plans to force visitors from “high risk” countries to pay a £3,000 security bond to enter the UK have been scrapped, it is understood.
Real Madrid survive fightback, holds on win
Real Madrid survived a second-half fightback by bottom side Rayo Vallecano to hold on to a nervy win.
Japan dolphins and other sea species ‘face extinction’
Japan’s hunting of dolphins, smaller whales and porpoises is threatening some species with extinction in its coastal waters, a report by a British environmental group has said.
‘Ghost pig’ in UK island may be wild boar from France
A wild boar which has been on the loose in Alderney for more than a month is thought to have swum there from the nearby French coast.
German call to ‘undo’ energy privatisation amid Berlin vote
Is the tide now turning against privatisation? In the 1990s, a wave of sell-offs swept away countless publicly owned enterprises (though privatisation’s fans would say that “enterprise” was the wrong word to describe them).