Category: WORLD

The  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tweeted his thanks for the loyalty of the National Guard soldiers who protected him, saying he is “standing and victorious”. CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was delivering a speech on the economy in Caracas when at least two explosions were heard. He cut short his address as hundreds of soldiers broke rank in fear. President Nicolas Maduro is blaming far-right factions in Venezuela for what he is describing as an assassination attempt. His wife, Cilia Flores, was standing next to him on a stage for…

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Portugal’s highest recorded temperature was 47.4C, in 2003. Emergency services have issued a red alert through Sunday placing extra services such as medical staff and firefighters on standby.The World Meteorological Organisation says continental Europe’s record is 48C in Greece in 1977. LISBON: Spain and Portugal faced another exceptionally hot day Saturday as a heat wave that has killed three people in Spain threatened to raise temperatures to record levels. In Spain, heat warnings were also issued for 41 of the country’s 50 provinces as temperatures were expected to reach up to 44C.A…

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Under the United Nations sponsored Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community is aiming to limit warming to 2.0°C, and the researchers warn of the impact that future generations will have to face. The tropical zone extends from the Andes in South America to northern parts of Argentina and Chile to the Sahara desert. The Sahara is currently sitting on the edge of the tropical atmosphere, known as the dry subtropical zone of the tropics, and is known for hot and humid summers and mild winters. The dry subtropical…

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The African continent has a high risk of death for road crashes for vulnerable users. Pedestrians and cyclists represent 43% of Africa’s road victims. Africa has the world’s highest rate of fatal road accidents, despite having relatively small numbers of vehicles in circulation, and improving road safety has gained traction in recent years as a key development priority for the continent. Travelling in Morocco by car is the most common and most convenient way to get from city to city.The roads connecting the major cities in Morocco  such as Casablanca,…

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Facebook says more than 290,000 accounts followed at least one of the fake pages. The most followed Facebook Pages had names such as “Aztlan Warriors,” ”Black Elevation,” ”Mindful Being,” and “Resisters.” Facebook says it has removed 32 accounts and pages believed to have been set up to influence the mid-term US elections in November. According to a Facebook official, the company held briefings in the House and Senate this week. The official declined to be named because the briefings were private. The company said it doesn’t know who is behind…

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Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. JAKARTA: The 6.4 magnitude quake hit the central island of Lombok just before 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) on Sunday. The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Indonesia’s popular tourist island of Lombok has risen to 14, with more than 160 injured. The dead include a Malaysian citizen, Indonesia’s National Disaster Search and Rescue agency said, with casualties in Lombok’s northern and…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group NEW YORK: I,like everybody else have been listening to stories and reading of great war heroes  since childhood, but had never had the opportunity to meet any until last May,this year. On Memorial Day (the day when Americans honour those who died  serving in the U.S army) the 28th May this year,I had a chance encounter with a real hero of the Second World War at the Intrepid, in New York. An unexpected meeting with a war hero on Memorial day : As we stepped…

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The presidential office in South Korea said President Moon Jae-in had ordered an emergency relief team to help with the disaster. Laos News Agency reports that the accident in the southeastern province of Attapeu has released 5 billion cubic metres of water, enough to fill more than two million Olympic swimming pools.Laos is a landlocked communist country, bordering on Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. A video posted on the network’s Facebook page shows villagers watching the fast-flowing water from the side of a river bank. Hundreds of people are…

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