11 dead migrants found on libya beaches
Tripoli: The bodies of 11 migrants who died trying to make the perilous journey to Europe have washed up on beaches around libya’s capital Tripoli, the Red Crescent said on Wednesday. “Teams from the Tripoli branch of the libyan Red Crescent recovered 11 bodies washed up around Tripoli,” Red Crescent volunteer Mohannad al-Fallah said.
Alcohol poisoning kills 35 in Pakistan
lahore: Five persons were on Wednesday taken into custody and three others identified for allegedly brewing and selling toxic liquor mixed with aftershave lotion on Christmas eve that claimed 35 lives in a town in Pak’s Punjab Province.
Terror attack foiled; 5 JMB members held
Dhaka: A major terror attack in Bangladesh on the New Year’s eve has been foiled with the arrest of five operatives of the banned terror group JMB along with guns and 30 kgs of explosives, police said on Wednesday.
Anish Kapoor triggers ‘pinkest pink’ row
london: Award-winning Mumbai-born sculptor Anish Kapoor has triggered a row with the creator of the world’s “pinkest pink” by acquiring the colour illegally. The 61-year-old london-based artist had hit the headlines earlier this year after he had acquired the exclusive right to use the world’s “blackest black”.
China plans to land rover on Mars by 2020
Beijing: China aims to reach Mars by 2020, to catch up in the space race with India, the US, Russia and EU which have succeeded in sending probes to the red planet. China aims to launch a Mars probe around 2020 to carry out orbiting and roving exploration, followed by a second mission that would include collection of surface samples from the red planet, an official white paper “China’s Space Activities in 2016” said.
Japan’s Abe ends Pearl Harbor visit
Washington/Beijing: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, during which he offered no apology for Japan’s sneak attack on the US in 1941, was on Wednesday deplored by China, which said “it is more in the interest of the future to make one sincere apology than to put on dozens of smart shows”.
Evacuation at Trump Tower after bag found
New York: An unattended bag containing toys on Wednesday forced the evacuation of the Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump resides. “Out of an abundance of caution, NYPD Bomb Squad is responding to a suspicious package in the lobby of Trump Tower," said New York Police.