Dalits, the lowest rung of Hinduism’s caste hierarchy, usually carry out undesirable tasks such as skinning dead animals and many work in tanneries NEW DELHI — India’s parliament was in an uproar Wednesday after four […]
BRASLIA: Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group allegedly planning terrorist attacks during the upcoming Olympic Games, Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said Thursday. The group, made up of Brazilians, allegedly declared loyalty […]
On Tuesday the famed Russian traveler, Fedor Konyukhov crossed South America on his solo balloon flight around the world. After flying over the continent he set off over the Atlantic Ocean’s airspace, his son Oskar told TASS […]
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela — Tebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez still have their sleek apartment, a fridge covered with souvenir magnets from vacations abroad, and closets full of name brand clothes. But they feel hunger drawing […]
July’s Side Street Films releases take us from Santiago, Chile to the Mississippi Gulf coast in the US. Colonia is a drama telling the story behind a little-known torture camp for political prisoners during General […]
During the last 24 hours Fedor had to perform a few difficult manoeuvres. Yesterday afternoon the pilot saw large cumulus clouds (cumulonimbus) on the horizon, at the height of 10-11 km, well above the Morton balloon flight […]
In anticipation of Argentina’s Independence Day bicentenary on Saturday,( 9 July 1816), Pope Francis sent a special message calling for the homeland to fulfill the prophesy of Joel (1st chapter. 4th verse) — only if […]
CARACAS, Venezuela — Jannet Almeida, a local representative of the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca, which is at the center of the Panama Papers offshore scandal, has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities in Caracas. […]
75 per cent of companies in Transparency International report score less than 5 out of 10 in transparency tests The vast majority of the world’s biggest emerging market companies have failed when it comes to […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who devoted his life to the poor and the destitute, died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness. He was 88. Edhi’s family […]
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