==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Thomas Hardy: Selections on war ==== Thomas HardyThe Trumpet-Major There is not one among them who would attach any meaning to ‘Vittoria,’ or gather from the syllables ‘Waterloo’ the remotest idea of his own glory or death. *** O yes, she […]
American Quincy Hall dug deep in the final metres to overhaul Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith and take the Olympic 400 metres gold in another race of scintillating quality on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, […]
The Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ejigbo has sentenced two men for vandalising transformers belonging to Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. A statement by the IKEDC spokesperson, Kingsley Okotie, on Wednesday, stated th the convicts, Abubakar Alido, received a one-year sentence for vandalising a 500KVA transformer on Michael Aladesuyi Street, Egbeda, Lagos, under the Omo Osho
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As the UK is set to bask in sweltering temperatures of more than 30C this week, a gardening expert has revealed the best time to water your lawn during the sunny spells.
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A tanker ship caught fire Wednesday off Indonesia’s Bali island, leaving five crew members dead and…
A tanker ship has caught fire off Indonesia’s Bali island, killing five crew members and injuring 15 others