Big City Informer

As Pakistan have shown in the second Test, one dropped catch often leads to another

For years, Clark County School District in southern Nevada braced itself for the opening of the school year with the hiring of thousands of teachers from throughout the country and even some from outside the country.  This year, it intends to hire less than 275.  Economic times are a changing. Budget crunching has led to some [...]

One of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted Friday, sending lava and a searing gas cloud tumbling down its slopes. At least four people were feared dead, officials said, and several others were seriously hurt. “It happened so fast,” said Surono, the director of the volcanology and mitigation agency. “There was no time for an evacuation.” [...]

Mikhail Pletnev, who has denied charges in Thailand, withdraws from Proms and Edinburgh festival

There may be exotic fruit in my back garden, but dangers lurk everywhere

In celebration of the 441st Founding Anniversary of the province of Cebu, there will be no classes and work in the entire province on Friday. August 6 every year is declared special non-working holiday through the enactment of Republic Act 8952 in July 26, 1999, which amended Republic Act 7698, the original Charter of the [...]

Where authorities have been left overwhelmed by worst flooding in decades, Islamist groups linked with terrorists have stepped in

British firms earning millions advising foreign regimes whose controversial activities may have stained their countries’ images

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Kesho to join harem of three females as zoo awaits first gorilla birth for 22 years

Gunmen swarm Pakistani city’s streets seeking revenge after politician Raza Haider killed in gangland-style hit

Dr Ijaz Habib, from the Merlin medical relief group, describes the chaos and devastation he has witnessed while helping with the health response from Peshawar

Residents evacuated from outskirts of Peshawar as aid agencies warn disease could become biggest killer in floods

Dubai Customs inspectors recently foiled a bid to smuggle 1.57 kg of Crystal narcotics which is prohibited internationally. The haul was brought in by a passenger coming to Dubai International Airport – Terminal  1 from an African country. When a female Customs inspector suspected the bottom area of the baggage due to some lumpiness detected, [...]

Brazil’s special ambassador for climate change, Sergio Serra, offers an insider’s view as negotiators gather in Bonn for another round of talks

Several injured and scores arrested in Bangladeshi capital as ‘inadequate’ rise in minimum wage prompts angry riots

Transport departments elsewhere are watching to see if Boris Johnson’s cycle hire project takes off

All sides know what’s been going on since Afghanistan was first occupied. It’s also clear that this war can’t be won

Private airline Airblue’s flight ED 202 Plane Model Airbus A321 crashed Its is Reported that a Private commercial jet Flight # ED 202 Airblue was on its routine flight from Karachi to Islamabad and was about to land at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad suddenly crashed on Margalla hills. according to sources this place is said [...]

If Typhoon Ondoy showed us how vulnerable we are to floods, the recent typhoons this year showed us how vulnerable our seas are from oil spill damage. After the typhoons, oil spills and a coal spill occurred within the Philippine seas. Incidents of oil leakage were reported from the provinces of Batangas and Bataan. The [...]

Leaked documents reveal hand of Pakistan’s spy agency behind insurgency, say officials in Afghanistan and India