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Today is Friday, April 29, the 120th day of 2014. There are 246 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France, and defeats English. 1628 - Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein, bringing Sweden into the Thirty Years' War. |
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Questelles resident Jonathan John, is still nursing gunshot wounds he received on March 29, 2016. John, who is currently warded at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), is still baffled as to why he was shot in his back and foot while on his way home that Tuesday night. |
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Obi Egbuna Jr Simunye While Zimbabweans were celebrating their 36th anniversary of independence one of the main propaganda outlets of US imperialism, Voice of America (VOA) had the audacity to host a forum titled Zimbabwe at 36: The Way Forward. The forum included a panel discussion with the theme Zimbabwe’s Future: Changes and Challenges. |
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Revisiting Tamil Self Determination Part V April 21, 2016, 8:53 pm By Rajan Hoole The 1970s saw progressive alienation for the Tamils under the Left coalition led by Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Media-wise standardisation that restricted university places for Tamils was followed by the humiliating 1972 Constitution. |
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The Coronation Street cast have been left 'completely devastated' as an actress who starred on the soap, Morag Siller, has died from breast cancer aged 46. Edinburgh-born Siller performed in films, West End theatre, television and radio since 1992 but was most renowned for her role as Reverend.... |
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On the first Earth Day, in 1970, I was an 11-year-old kid living in Princeton, New Jersey. I spent the day with my friends gleefully crushing thousands of empty soda cansour first awakening to the revolutionary concept of recycling. Many of us went home empowered to teach our parents a thing or two about their wasteful and polluting ways. |
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SHUT UP, U.S., AUSTRALIA—DUTERTE. Trash-talking Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with the United States and Australia after their ambassadors criticized his joke about the jailhouse rape of a missionary. |
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Zambia's capital Lusaka was calm Thursday morning following two days of protests and looting that targeted mostly foreign-owned shops in the slums. Several local radio stations and newspapers reported that the calm had prevailed from Wednesday evening. |
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's support and preference for public transport is well known. Indeed, in the context of a discussion about major national and regional rail projects, your editorial ("Will the very fast train ever get on track", Times2, April 18, p2) describes him as having a self-vision as a"nation builder". |
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Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, turns 90 Thursday. In celebration of her birthday, here are 90 facts about her life: 1. She was born at 2:40 a.m. on April 21, 1926, at 17 Burton St. in Mayfair, London. 2. She was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary at Buckingham Palace on May 29, 1926. |
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's support and preference for public transport is well known. Indeed, in the context of a discussion about major national and regional rail projects, your editorial ("Will the very fast train ever get on track", Times2, April 18, p2) describes him as having a self-vision as a"nation builder". |
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