Written by Sushant Singh | New Delhi | Updated: April 9, 2017 2:06 Attached Photo, courtesy Indian Navy: INS Mumbai and the pirated vessel, MV OS 35 in the Gulf of Aden. (Source: Indian Navy) Amidst the increasing tensions between New Delhi and Beijing over Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s ongoing visit to the border …
High school can be tough for anyone, especially for a student with special needs. For the parents of those students, sending your child off to school each day can be nerve-wracking, wondering if they’ll fit in or feel left out. Seeing the peppy cheerleader, star quarterback, or homecoming royalty, you might think it would be difficult …
Cooking may be a national passion, but Italians who allow the pungent aroma of a simmering pot of pasta sauce or a vat of deep fried fish to waft into a neighbour’s home are committing a crime, the country’s highest court has ruled. In the best traditions of legalese the world over, the Court of …
Rockledge, Florida (CNN) Gracie Gregory smiles beneath her brilliant blue eyes. She’s sitting on her mother’s lap, next to her older sister, Ryleigh, who boasts about Gracie being “very sweet and kind.” It wasn’t always so. Just a couple years ago, Ryleigh, 11, was scared of her sister when she’d throw tantrums and screaming fits. …
The third time was indeed the charm for a Canadian couple who won C$8.2m (£4.9m, $6.1m) in the lottery. Barbara and Douglas Fink had won the lottery twice before, once in 1989 and once in 2010. But February’s Western Canada Lottery jackpot was by far the largest, according to a press release from the provincial …
Gretchen Ivers, a junior at Thompson High School, spent 26 hours and used 9,121 pop tabs to make her prom dress. Another six hours and nearly 400 tabs went into her accessories, including a purse.”It was pretty scratchy at first, so I ended up adding a fabric liner under it,” she said. “It’s actually pretty …
Police cars in Estonia will soon be equipped with teddy bears to help comfort children at the scene of incidents, if a crowdfunding plan comes together. A group of students were “stunned” to discover that children are involved in more than a thousand accidents a year at school, in the home, in playgrounds, or on …
On a number of previous occasions, I have written about the extent of human progress around the world, but the remarkable speed of improvements in the state of humanity should not go unnoticed. To that end, I have looked at some of the most important indicators of human wellbeing, especially in the poor countries, over …
– Ever imagine what you might be doing on your 100th birthday? Well, one Cherry Hill man knew exactly what he wanted to be doing and today his wish came true. The birthday boy arrived blowing kisses to past and present co-workers who filled the entry way at Hutchinson Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling in Cherry …
A US firefighter has been praised for giving a dog 20 minutes of “mouth-to-snout” resuscitation after the animal was rescued from a house fire. The dog was overcome by the heat and smoke of the blaze in Santa Monica, California, and was unresponsive. But firefighter Andrew Klein managed to bring 10-year-old Nalu, a Bichon Frise/Shih …