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Stabbed to death just before new year celebration in London
2Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Stabbed to death just before new year celebration in London

    Four young men were stabbed to death at the turn of the year in London bringing the total number of fatal knife attacks in the capital to 80 in 2017 alone. The killings three on New Year’s Eve and a fourth on New Year’s Day were all unrelated and occurred within a 15-hour period at locations in north, east and south London. The three deaths on Sunday bring the total number of fatal stabbings in the capital in 2017 to 80, Scotland Yard confirmed. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who has struggled to control knife crime during his term so far, said he will work tirelessly in 2018 and beyond to stamp out this scourge. Figures revealed in the Guardian as part of the Beyond the Blade reporting revealed that 2017 was already the worst year for deaths of children and teen...
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You should visit 10 hot travel destinations this new year
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Life Style

You should visit 10 hot travel destinations this new year

    1. Andaman Islands Think of the Andaman Islands as the new Maldives – except much more off-grid. The Indian archipelago consists of 300 uber remote islands characterised by palm-fringed sandy beaches and lush rainforest. Whereas the Maldives now has hundreds of resorts vying for your attention, the Andamans are only set to get its first luxury resort in March 2018 when the Taj Exotica opens. The 75-villa beachfront hotel will be set on the crescent-shaped Radhanagar Beach on Havelock Island, which is perfectly perched between dazzling coral reefs and jungle. 2. Belfast, Northern Ireland Provided by Evening Standard Limited Titanic Museum in Belfast (Lonely Planet) Belfast has been quietly reinventing itself in a post-Troubles era as a city break destination with...
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UAE introduce VAT for first time in Saudi Arabia
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

UAE introduce VAT for first time in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time from Monday. It is a five per cent tax on most goods and services to boost revenue. The VAT will be applied on food, clothes, electronics and gasoline, phone, water and electricity bills, as well as hotel reservations, the BBC reported. Some outgoings were exempt from the tax or given a zero-tax rating, including medical treatment, financial services and public transport. The UAE estimates that in the first year, VAT income will be around 12 billion dirhams ($3.3 billion). The imposition of VAT will help to raise tax revenues of the Saudi government to be utilised for infrastructure and developmental works, said Mohammed Al-Khunaizi, a member of the Shoura (cons...
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Theresa May considers move for Boris Johnson in cabinet reshuffle
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Theresa May considers move for Boris Johnson in cabinet reshuffle

    Theresa May is preparing a new year reshuffle that could see a number of cabinet figures losing their positions in an attempt to refresh the Conservative front bench. The prime minister is said to be considering offering the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson a move to a Brexit delivery role based in another department, but he is likely to resist such a move. May’s decision to shake up her team comes after fierce disagreements within Downing Street about how sensible such a move would be. Some of those around the prime minister, including her former chief whip, Gavin Williamson, have urged caution because of the ramifications of placing sacked ministers on the backbenches. Others could also feel aggrieved at being overlooked. But May’s chief of staff, Gavin Barwell,...
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Nuclear button is on my desk: Kim Jong Un warns
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Nuclear button is on my desk: Kim Jong Un warns

    Kim Jong Un has used his New Year message to warn the US that he has a nuclear button on his desk that is always in reach. In his address, North Korea's leader said his country's nuclear forces are now a reality and not just a threat. Mr Kim also proclaimed that the isolated state achieved the historic feat of "completing" its nuclear forces in 2017. The speech, broadcast on North Korean television on Monday morning, suggests escalating tensions over the nation's weapons programme are not going to die down in the coming year. He reiterated that North Korea has developed the capability to strike all of the US mainland with its nuclear weapons, and claimed this meant that America would never be able to start a war against the country. Last week, the UN Security Counc...
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Prince Philip joking with crowds and asked was bearded man terrorist
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Prince Philip joking with crowds and asked was bearded man terrorist

    The Duke of Edinburgh pointed out a bearded man and asked is that a terrorist? as he greeted crowds at Sandringham, it has been claimed. The 96-year-old was attending St Magdalene Church on New Year’s Eve accompanied by the Princess Royal, when it is reported he made the comment as he joked with onlookers. Witnesses who claimed to have heard the comment said the man had a ginger beard, The Sun and the Mail Online reported. The Duke traditionally marks the festive period with the Queen at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, attending a church service on Christmas morning and New Year’s Eve with the royal family. Philip, who retired in August, is notorious for making controversial comments. The royal once famously asked a group of Aboriginal Australians during a vis...
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What Will Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Baby Be Called
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

What Will Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Baby Be Called

    Kate Middleton and Prince William will soon welcome their third child, but the couple still has not revealed that sex of their baby. Even though no one knows if the couple will be having a boy or a girl, the Independent recently came up with name predictions for their little one. Since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stuck with regal and classic names for their first two kids, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, it’s possible that they will do the same for their youngest child. Middleton and Prince William may be welcoming another girl in April, just before the third birthday of Princess Charlotte. If the couple will have another female addition to their family, they could choose to name her Princess Alice, taken after the name of Prince Philip’s mom. The cou...
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Britain’s ultimate part time job advertised
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Britain’s ultimate part time job advertised

    Fancy applying for a part time role which is being billed as ‘Britain’s ultimate part-time job’? Well next year one lucky job hunter could get paid £10,000 to go on a jolly around the UK and Europe. The role of chief adventure officer is being advertised by National Rail, which has described it as Britain’s ultimate part-time job. The successful applicant will use a 16-25 Railcard to travel around, with their destinations decided by the public, who will get to vote on their activities such as flying a gyroplane in Carlisle, braving the world’s fastest zipwire in Snowdonia or going on a graffiti tour in Bristol. On top of all that the adventure officer will also get to go inter-railing around Europe in the summer! But there is a bit of a catch. Whoever gets the j...
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Free tube and bus travel all night in New Year’s Eve
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Free tube and bus travel all night in New Year’s Eve

    Revellers expected to descend on central London in their hundreds of thousands to celebrate the New Year can look forward to free travel on the capital’s Tube network. After partial closures throughout the festive period, Transport for London (TfL) said it the vast majority of its trains and Tubes will be running throughout the night. Ahead of the capital’s major New Year’s Eve events, including the Mayor’s annual fireworks celebration by the London Eye, TfL will alter its services to help party-goers get around. Here we explain how the city’s rail and Tube networks will be effected as Londoner’s prepare to bring in 2018 across the city. Customers using TfL’s Tubes and trains will be able to travel for free between 11.45pm on New Year’s Eve and 4.30am the next mor...
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South Korea seizes second ship carrying oil to North Korea
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

South Korea seizes second ship carrying oil to North Korea

    South Korea has seized a second vessel suspected of carrying oil to the impoverished North Korean regime and most of its crew members are thought to be nationals of China and Myanmar. The Panama-flagged vessel was reported to be transferring oil to a North Korean ship at sea in violation of UN regulations – just like the first vessel which was reportedly carrying out a similar transfer. The first one, a Hong Kong-registered vessel, had supplied as much as 600 tonnes of refined petroleum to a North Korean vessel in the East China Sea waters and was seized after that. In the latest development, the 5,100-tonne KOTI has been confiscated by South Korean authorities and kept in the western port of Pyeongtaek-Dangjin in Gyeonggi Province. Seoul's foreign ministry is yet ...
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