By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sakura Murakami KASHIMAJI, Japan (Reuters) -The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day rose to 64 on Wednesday as authorities rushed to bring aid to survivors facing freezing temperatures and he…
Gyanvapi mosque case: Varanasi District Court to decide on ASI report access today
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 3 (ANI): A hearing on the Gyanvapi mosque case will be held today at 2:30 pm in the Varanasi District Court after lunch. Today the District Court will decide whether the ASI survey report has to be given to the…
Nasser Hussain predicts T20 World Cup finalists, winner and Player of the Tournament
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has revealed the teams he thinks will battle it out in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which is to be held from June onwards in West Indies and USA and also the contend…
Matt Henry returns from injury as New Zealand name squad for home T20I series against Pakistan
Wellington [New Zealand], January 3 (ANI): Pacer Matt Henry has been included in New Zealand’s T20I squad to face Pakistan after taking time off with a hamstring injury sustained during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India. Henry is set to make his retur…
US: Man dies after crawling into engine of flight at Salt Lake City Airport, police launches investigation
Washington, DC [US], January 3 (ANI): Police in Utah are carrying out an investigation into the death of a man who crawled into the engine of a Delta Air Lines jet on the ground at Salt Lake City International Airport late Monday (local time), CNN repo…
Kelantan On the Brink of Expulsion from the Liga Super after Failure to Attain License
Liga Super Malaysia side Kelantan FC have only until January 8th to save their place in next season’s league campaign following their failure to attain a national license from the Malaysian Football League (MFL)’s First Instance Body (FIB). “After an o…
Why Japan’s 7.6 quake wasn’t Turkey’s tragedy all over again
Last February, Turkey’s 7.8-magnitude temblor killed more than 59,000 people. The 7.6-magnitude quake that struck western Japan on Monday killed only 55. Why did one nation experience only 0.1% of the deaths of the other? In many ways, the countries ar…
Minister of state for Eastern Germany says banning AfD would backfire
The minister of state for Eastern Germany has spoken out against a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Carsten Schneider, a Social Democrat politician who serves as state secretary for the former East Germany, told the Süddeutsche…
Killing of Hamas deputy leader in Beirut raises risk of Gaza war spreading
By Laila Bassam, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the p…
Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championship: Rakesh Patra from Odisha finishes on top in all-around
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 3 (ANI): The opening day of the Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championship saw some enthralling performances at the Gymnastics Centre in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. On Tuesday, Odisha’s Rakesh Kumar Patra s…