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Britain temperature records tumbled in 2019

7:51 pm January 3, 2020

Paris: Britain recorded its highest ever summer and winter temperatures in 2019, ending one of the hottest decades in history, the Met Office said Friday. As much of northern Europe sweltered in a July heatwave, the mercury hit 38.7 Celsius (101 Fahrenheit) in the east of England, marking Britain’s highest daily maximum temperature on record. […]

US ambassador defends Poland from false Russian WWII claims

11:50 pm December 30, 2019

Warsaw: The US ambassador in Warsaw came to Poland’s defense on Monday following repeated claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Poland bears blame for the outbreak of World War II. “Dear President Putin, Hitler and Stalin colluded to start WWII. That is a fact. Poland was a victim of this horrible conflict,” Ambassador Georgette […]

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Cyprus: Tourists seek return of stolen urn with son’s ashes

8:01 pm December 28, 2019

Nicosia : A Swedish couple have appealed for information about a wooden urn containing the ashes of their deceased son, stolen while they were holidaying on Cyprus, police on the east Mediterranean island nation said Saturday. Police said the urn was inside one of three suitcases taken from the couple’s car within a 20-minute span […]

People assume the worst from me on screen: Emraan Hashmi

3:38 pm November 25, 2019

Mumbai: Actor Emraan Hashmi says it’s amusing how people expect him to play characters that are either gangsters or evil and he would need a solid script to move away from this zone. Emraan featured in popular hits in the late 2000s, including “Gangster”, “Jannat”, “Woh Lamhe”, “Once Upon a Time In Mumbai”, before switching […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]