Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm, ravished Puerto Rico on Wednesday (20 September), bringing down trees and power lines.
Spanish police entered offices of the Catalan regions economy, interior, foreign affairs, welfare, telecommunications and tax departments, on 20 September and arrested Catalonias junior economy minister. The arrest sparked thousands of pro-independence voters to gather outside Catalan regions economy ministry building.
Spanish police entered offices of the Catalan regions economy, interior, foreign affairs, welfare, telecommunications and tax departments, on 20 September and arrested Catalonias junior economy minister. The arrest sparked thousands of pro-independence voters to gather outside Catalan regions economy ministry building.
A statue of Dame Millicent Fawcett will be unveiled in Parliament Square this year to celebrate the upcoming 100th year anniversary of women being granted the right to vote.The statue was a result of campaigning by feminist activist Caroline Criado-Perez.She started a petition online when she noticed the area was home to 11 statues of famous political men and no women.
Oktoberfest, the annual beer-drinking holiday has kicked off in Munich over the weekend. An estimated seven million liters of beer will be drunk at the festival this year. Here are 11 incredible stats behind the worlds largest Volksfest.
Hostelworld and Gold Coast Tourism commissioned world champion sand sculptor Dennis Massoud, or Sandman as he is known, to create the first ever and amp;#39;sandcastle hostel and amp;#39; in the world. The impressive structure is straight out of the very golden sand the area is famous for. It took more than 26 tons of sand and 21 days to create the hostel on Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Australia.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has established a Cyber Security Advisory Panel (CSAP) to further boost and enhance the cyber resilience of the city state's financial sector.
Mexican residents have seen devastating earthquakes before also and it shows the region is one of the world's most seismologically dangerous areas.
For the first-time footage released by Britains Ministry of Defence shows a RAF drone stopping a public execution. A Reaper drone spotted the event whilst flying over the Syrian town of Abu Kamal, and fired a hellfire missile at a sniper to scare the crowd into running.
In this gallery, IBTimes Singapore has compiled a series of images of a devastated Mexico City after the 7.1M earthquake.
More than 200 people have died after an earthquake ravaged the central regions of Mexico.The 7.1 Magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings including a school where more than 20 children and two adults have died. Emergency services and volunteers have been searching for any survivors through the night. Mexico sits on three of the Earth and amp;#39;s largest tectonic plates making it prone to earthquakes.
More than 200 people have died after an earthquake ravaged the central regions of Mexico.The 7.1 Magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings including a school where more than 20 children and two adults have died. Emergency services and volunteers have been searching for any survivors through the night. Mexico sits on three of the Earth and amp;#39;s largest tectonic plates making it prone to earthquakes.
A number of social media videos have emerged showing crowds of people across Mexico banding together to help in the rescue effort. The earthquake on 19 September killed at least 226 people, a figure that is expected to rise.
Singapore has been ranked first in an Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI) study, based on a country's ability to prepare students for their future career challenges.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday, beginning his three-day official visit to the country.
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