FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Kaamya Karthikeyan, a class seven student of Navy Children School (NCS) in Mumbai, became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, navy officials said on Sunday.
At 6962 metres, Mt. Aconcagua is the highest peak outside Asia.
Karthikeyan summited the mountain peak on February 1 and unfurled the tricolour, they...
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
(Pictured) A worker wearing a protective suit carries a fogging machine as others prepare to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 9, 2020.
China reported 108 new coronavirus deaths on the mainland on Feb. 10, up from 97 on the previous day, the country's health authority said on Tuesday.
China has been battling an outbreak of...
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Beach erosion is seen at Collaroy on the Northern Beaches as a high tide and large waves impact the coast on February 10, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney area experienced its wettest weekend in more than 20 years, with strong winds and torrential rain causing flash flooding across the city. Evacuation...
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Soccer games, farmers' markets and cultural events were canceled as authorities urged millions of people to stay indoors, away from falling tree branches.
Named by the U.K. Met Office...
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi arriving at President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. - T.J. Kirkpatrick for the NY Times
Facebook and Twitter have rejected a request by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove a video posted by President Trump that was edited to make it appear as though she were ripping a copy of his State of...
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
A British space scientist says it is 'almost a racing certain' that Jupiter's moon Europa is home to alien life, but believes they are 'octopus' like creatures.
Monica Grady, who is a professor of Planetary and Space Science at Liverpool Hope University, suggests the icy seas beneath Euorpa's surface is a prime location to find beings with similar...
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 273 for 8 (Guptill 79, Taylor 73*, Jadeja 1-35) beat India (Jadeja 55, Iyer 52, Saini 45, Southee 2-41) by 22 runs
Kyle Jamieson roars after getting a wicket in his first over on debut. - Getty Images
Navdeep Saini!
All the hype around him was that he could bowl fast.
Only here he was staring...
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Voters cast their votes during the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Ohio. - Reuters/Aaron Josefczyk
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Obama administration "was not well postured" to counter Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and was constrained in responding by a heavily politicized environment and other factors that inadvertently aided Moscow, according to a Senate report released...
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Kirk Douglas, actor, producer, director and a star of Hollywood's golden age, died February 5. He was 103.
Kirk Douglas, one of the first box office stars of the silver screen, has died. He was 103.
MR. GREEN JEANS
" used to have on our answering machine, 'Spartacus and I are not home at the moment, please leave a message,...
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, walks to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, during a break in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. - (Jacquelyn Martin | AP file photo)
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Mitt Romney will vote Wednesday to convict President...
