(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Carcases of nearly 90 elephants have been found near a famous wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, conservationists say.
"Dozens of elephants killed near Botswana wildlife sanctuary"Category: WORLD
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The world’s tallest statue is nearing completion in India.
"Tallest statue in the world takes shape in India"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country.
"Brazil’s 200-year-old national museum hit by huge fire"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Some 400 detainees escaped after a riot on Sunday (Sep 2) at a prison in the southern suburbs of the Libyan capital Tripoli, theatre of a week of deadly battles, police said.
"Hundreds escape prison near Libya’s Tripoli"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – US President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to withdraw from the World Trade Organization if “they don’t shape up,” in his latest criticism of the institution.
"Trump threatens to withdraw US from World Trade Organization"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –NASA scientists peering deep inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — a storm that has been raging on the planet for over 350 years — have detected signs of water above the planet’s deepest clouds. The pressure of the water combined with their measurements of another oxygen-bearing gas, carbon monoxide, imply that Jupiter has two to nine times more oxygen than the Sun, researchers said.
"Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reveals signs of water: NASA"( MYANMAR, LANKAPUVATH) –More than 50,000 people have evacuated their homes in central Myanmar after part of a dam failed on Wednesday (Aug 29), inundating communities and damaging a bridge on a major highway, officials said.
"More than 50,000 evacuated in Myanmar as homes, shops flooded after dam fails"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot on Tuesday announced his resignation on France Inter radio, saying it was the result of an “accumulation of disappointments.”
"French Environment Minister Hulot quits in major Macron blow"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –M K Stalin was elected president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday at the party’s General Council meeting. The 65-year-old, has been poised to take over the reins of the party from his father, the late M Karunanidhi, had filed his nomination papers on Sunday.
"M K Stalin elected president, party demands Bharat Ratna to M Karunanidhi"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – A former Playboy model has been found strangled to death in her apartment in a Philadelphia suburb.
"Christina Carlin-Kraft: Former Playboy model found dead in Pennsylvania home"