In these ages of austerity, it is the royal tour that gives value in quest of money: two princes for the price of one. Prince William and Prince Harry’s perambulation of Africa — a six-day, three-country dash that began yesterday and volition take in England’s next World Cup match in Cape Town — is the [...]
Pakistani inundation victims, burning straw and waving sticks, blocked a highway yesterday to question government help as aid agencies warned relief was too slow to arrive on the side of millions without clean water, food and homes. Public anger has grown in the brace weeks of floods, highlighting potential political troubles for an unpopular state [...]
Hikosaburo Yasuda of Nakano, Japan, plans to bribe an iPad to keep up with junior members in his computer association. “It’s important to always try new things, otherwise you procreate left behind,” he says. Yasuda is 95 years old. He and his peers, looking because of easier ways to browse the Web and send e-mail, [...]
Israel bowed to between nations pressure yesterday when it agreed to reopen crossing points into Gaza conducive to everyday goods. The decision was prompted by criticism of its sanguinary interception of an aid flotilla two weeks ago and condemnation of the Gaza close by the Red Cross. Tony Blair, Middle East peace envoy, hailed the [...]
President Obama likened the press close together of the oil spill disaster on the nation’s mind to the September 11 terrorist attacks as he made his leading multi-state tour yesterday of the Gulf of Mexico. Facing questions from one place to another his leadership amid rising public anger 56 days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling [...]