Image copyright Getty Images Image caption India’s Supreme Court made gay sex legal in September 2018 The decriminalisation of gay sex was arguably the biggest news story of 2018 in India. So, it wasn’t surprising when it became a hotly debated topic at one of the year-end parties I recently […]
Daily Archives: December 30, 2018
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Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Dec. 31, 2018 / 4:51 AM GMT By Tim Stelloh The federal judge who struck down the Affordable Care Act earlier this month issued an order Sunday halting his earlier […]
LAUREL, Md. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is ready to perform the most distant flyby ever of a solar system object, an event largely unaffected by the ongoing government shutdown. New Horizons will make its closest approach to the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, at 12:33 a.m. […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least two people died and 10 were rescued after a section of a high rise housing apartment collapsed in the early hours of Monday in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk in the southern Urals, local news agencies reported. RIA news agency said, citing the emergencies ministry, […]
Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Chicago Bulls 95-89 on Sunday. Dec 30, 2018; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) drives to the basket between Chicago Bulls forward Justin Holiday (7) and Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez […]
Eastern Turkey had a large and thriving community of Christians a little over 100 years ago, but since then most have been dispersed or killed. The BBC’s Eli Melki went to look for traces of a relative, who was martyred at the age of 33. One evening in June, I […]
Cheryl and Liam call it quits Cheryl, 35, and Liam Payne, 25, first got together in 2016. After weeks of speculation, the couple finally confirmed their relationship when the One Direction hitmaker shared a cosy picture of the pair on his Instagram page. A week later, he gushed over the […]
The tweet showed a photo of a beluga whale peeking out of the water. The caption read: “What is she thinking?” But on Saturday, Twitter users were left bewildered when they noticed the image changes based on the device being used to view the post. When accessed on one device […]