AYUTTHAYA (Thailand): Elephants with hearts and flowers painted on their bodies sprayed water at revellers celebrating Thailand’s traditional new year yesterday, in an annual event which has animal protection groups crying foul over animal cruelty. In Thailand’s former capital Ayutthaya, a tourist hotspot famed for its ancient temple ruins, more
NEW DELHI: The scion of the Gandhi dynasty told Indians that the country’s “soul” was at stake yesterday, as millions braved the hot sun to vote on day one of the world’s biggest election. Opinion polls put Prime Minister Narendra Modi as favourite to win, but he faces a possible
TOKYO: Japanese authorities investigating alleged financial misconduct by former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn questioned his wife Carole at a closed-door hearing on Thursday, his lawyer said. Carole Ghosn has increasingly emerged as a key figure in the case surrounding her tycoon husband, who is in detention facing multiple allegations of
SHANGHAI: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is gunning for his first win this week in China after cruelly missing out in Bahrain as Formula One’s 1,000th race coincides with the emergence of a bright new star. The supremely talented 21-year-old upstaged five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain but ultimately limped home
AUGUSTA (United States): Jon Rahm won’t apologise for his passion on the golf course, but the fiery Spaniard may find it easier to stay on an even keel at Augusta National thanks to the counsel of three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson. “He repeatedly said: ‘You don’t have to play perfect
AUGUSTA (United States): Brooks Koepka could become only the third modern-era golfer to capture three of four consecutive majors this week, teeing off at the Masters for the first time as a major champion. Koepka missed last year’s showdown at Augusta National with a left wrist injury, then bounced back
Massive, ravenous, powerful beyond measure – physicists are convinced that black holes exist, even if no one has directly observed one. But that’s about to change. On Wednesday, scientists in six cities on three continents are poised to simultaneously unveil the first picture of these enigmatic giants, pieced together from
Planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere — at its highest level in three million years — is poised to lock in dramatic temperature and sea level rises over a timescale of centuries, scientists warned this week. Planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere — at its highest level in three million
Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibious ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals’ transition from land to the ocean. Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibious ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals’
Russian officials said Monday they will work towards freeing all orca and beluga whales from a notorious facility in the east of the country, after a visit by US-based marine mammal advocates. Nearly 100 whales captured for sale to aquariums have been kept in small pens for months in what
