South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, makes a speech in Gwangju, South Korea, in this photo taken in 2023. — Reuters STOCKHOLM: South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility […]
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm on Thursday. Han, 53, is the first South Korean writer to […]
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah pays his respect as he attends the final viewing of the former chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata, in Mumbai, India, October 10, 2024. — Reuters Hundreds gather to pay last respects to India’s iconic business tycoon Hundreds of people, including corporate leaders, politicians and celebrities, gathered in Mumbai on […]
A group of elephants are seen near a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe. — Reuters The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Thursday revealed that Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70% in the last half-century. The WWF Living Planet Index, featuring data from 35,000 populations of more than 5,000 species […]
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Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds on Wednesday, slamming into Florida’s west coast before churning its way eastward across the center of the state. The catastrophic landfall follows barely two weeks after Hurricane Helene, which battered Florida before causing devastation in North Carolina. Florida residents have spent the […]
North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. NORTH KOREAN TROOPS NOW FIGHTING FOR […]
Nepalese teenager, Nima Rinji Sherpa, has become the youngest mountaineer to climb the 14 highest peaks on the Earth, generally known as the “eight-thousanders”. All of the gigantic peaks are located in Asia, in the mountain ranges of Himalayas and Karakoram. Nima Rinji stood atop the peak of Mount Shishapangma on Wednesday, achieving a feat […]
Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata attends a panel discussion during the annual general meeting of Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) in Mumbai, India, June 18, 2015. — Reuters Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, […]
