BYD International Balloon Festival set to soar in Pokhara this December The BYD International Balloon Festival is poised to elevate adventure tourism in Nepal, kicking off on 24 December in Pokhara's scenic Pame area. Nepal 18 Dec, 2024
Review: A Spidey sense overdose in 'No Way Home' Spider-Man movies have come in such flurries over the last two decades that you could almost tell time by them. Who needs the long centuries of the Triassic, Jurassic and the Cretaceous, when, in the span of just one generation you can have the Tobey epoch, the Garfield era and the Tomozoic? Entertainment 15 Dec, 2021
Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought The country with the most freshwater resources on the planet steadily lost 15% of its surface water since 1991. Gradual retreat in the Brazilian share of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, left water covering just one-quarter the area it did 30 years ago. Environment 28 Aug, 2021
The Latest: Brazil is latest to ban flights from Britain RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil has become the latest country to bar flights from the United Kingdom in a bid to prevent contagion from a new strain of the coronavirus. The government announced in an extra edition of the country's official gazette released... Women 24 Dec, 2020
Water and sanitation: Why they are vital for Nepal�s economy If finance ministers fail to help prioritise water and sanitation, the consequences could affect societies for generations. Financial decision-makers must create an enabling environment by investing in institutions and people, and mobilising new... 03 Dec, 2020
Seattle Black Lives Matter clashes spark 45 arrests, 21 police injured SEATTLE: Dozens were arrested and many police injured in clashes around Seattle’s biggest Black Lives Matter protest in weeks on Saturday, police said, with a renewed energy sparked by violent clashes between activists and federal agents in nearby... Women 26 Jul, 2020
Trump deploys more federal agents under 'law and order' push WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced he will send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention into local enforcement as he runs for reelection under a “law... Women 23 Jul, 2020
Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that... Travel Abroad 26 May, 2020
Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction PORTLAND, OREGON: Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the US were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable bags or pay a small fee as the movement to eliminate single-use plastics took hold... Art & Culture 08 Apr, 2020
George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares 'doublespeak' legacy ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Those were the slogans of the Party in George Orwell's 1949 novel "1984" that allowed the superstate of Oceania to keep its population under control. The Thought... Art & Culture 06 Nov, 2019
Shooting in Albuquerque kills 3, wounds 2 ALBUQUERQUE: Albuquerque police say a shooting in the city has left three people dead and two others wounded. Police say the situation at 1028 Lura Place Southwest is still ongoing late Thursday and that officers are at the scene. One of the... Women 13 Sep, 2019
Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history ALBUQUERQUE: When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a “rat and rodent infested mess” and for tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color, it was not the... Women 30 Jul, 2019
