Hurricane Sandy Storm WAS more powerful than Hurricane Katrina
Researchers have found that Sandy's Integrated Kinetic Energy index, or IKE, which quantifies the power of a hurricane based on how far out tropical-storm force winds extend from the center, ranked second only to Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Read more...
16 Nominees for South Asian Fiction Award
The DSC literary prize comes with a ,000 award. Read more...
Eight-year-old girl who died 'after being tortured by her father was forced to eat her own faeces when his mistress locked her in toilet'
An eight-year-old girl who died from torture was forced to eat her own faeces after her father and his mistress left her to starve in a locked toilet, a Dubai court heard. Read more...
Fishermen will get 23m in extra funding to ease the impact of Brexit-related delays on exports
Boris Johnson's trade deal has posed challenges for Britain's fishing sector, which has suffered increased delays due to new export requirements. Read more...
U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Ship Involved in Russian Gas Pipeline
The sanctions are the first targeting the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline, which is to carry natural gas directly from Russia to Germany, whose government backs the project. Read more...
Donald Trump 'decides to pardon Steve Bannon'
Bannon, 67, helped Trump win the 2016 election. In August he pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded donors to 'We Build the Wall,' an online fundraising campaign that raised million. Read more...
How to Get Married in a Hurry
Shane Gerdes was told he had a tumor. While in the hospital, he called his long-term partner, Darien Monk, and asked her if shed like to have a wedding. Now. Read more...
Pandemic Paved the Way for Sim Racing, but Will It Last?
Nearly a year into the experiment, digital racing appears to be paying off for fans, race teams and even tracks. Read more...
Former footballer Sam Burgess says he's looking forward to a 'reset' in 2021
Sam Burgess is ready for a fresh start on the back of hisacrimonious split from ex-wife Phoebe Burgess. Read more...
Biden, Harris speak from Lincoln Memorial about lives lost to COVID-19
34;Though we may be physically separated, we the American people are united in spirit,34; Harris said. Read more...
He may hold the winning ticket in tech. Silicon Valley knows it
Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Read more...
Find a taste of high society on Britain's most aristocratic hotel and BB breaks
Jane Knight checked into The Falcon hotel, an old pub on the Castle Ashby estate in Northants, and thoroughly approved. Read about her stay and her tips for other aristocratic staycations. Read more...
The Mystery of the Painting Thieves Love
What is it about a Frans Hals painting housed at a tiny Dutch museum that has made it so popular with thieves, who have stolen it three times since 1988? Read more...
CRAIG BROWN The Wilde confessions of 'an old freak on the Hollywood dust heap'
Actors' memoirs are invariably tales of triumph. There may be a few ups and downs, but when the curtain falls, the audience rises to its feet and delivers thunderous applause. Read more...
Stunning 3D scans show internal structure of Christ the Redeemer statue
Geospatial mapping specialist GeoSLAM has produced the never-before-seen digital images of the inside of the world-famous statue for its 90th birthday. Read more...