TV director’s charity reaches out to Ukrainian Holocaust survivors

Zane Buzby?s day job is as a successful Hollywood television sitcom director, but her real passion lies in her charity organization, the Survivor Mitzvah Project (SMP), whi...

India shows the way for other polio-endemic nations

After India’s unexpected feat of freeing itself from polio, the target to eradicate the debilitating disease from the world, set in 1988, seems possible When the WHO ...

New school to focus on energy and environment

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s joint school of sustainable development in Xian will contribute to energy and environmental policies on the mainland,...

Delivering Hope is a labour of love

For some women it will be a day of celebrating achievements. For many others, though, International Women’s Day will offer no respite from the absence of even the mos...

UNICEF begins polio vaccination campaign in Middle East

UNICEF announced on Monday that the organization and its partners began the largest-ever coordinated polio vaccination campaign in the Middle East following the return of t...

British Floods, California Drought: A Connection?

This winter, weather reports have been full of extremes. California, for instance, has had the driest year in 119 years of recordkeeping, with the Sierra snowpack less than...

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood saves choking man’s life

Clint Eastwood was the star of the show on Wednesday at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after he saved a man’s life.

50-year-old golf director, Stev...

Development plan for former water depot site

A development of new homes is set to be built at the site of the former North West Water Depot in Ribbleton.

Detailed plans for the estate of 34 homes have been lod...

Konjo The Fighting spirit by Sandeep Goyal to be launched at 2nd India Non Fiction Festival

Books to be launched at the India Non Fiction Festival

New books with interesting tales will be launched at t...