A fierce heatwave left much of western Europe sweltering on Monday, fuelling ferocious wildfires and stretching emergency services, as it pushed north and took temperatures to record levels. After Britain’s warmest night on record, the country’s Met Office said 39.1 Celsius (102.4 Fahrenheit) was provisionally recorded in Charlwood, near Gatwick Airport, south of London. “If … Read More →
More than 7,00,000 people flocked to a record-breaking Paris exhibition dedicated to the Christian Dior French fashion house, its organisers said. The six-month-long show which ended on Sunday was the most popular ever held at the city’s Museum of Decorative Arts, with visitors queuing for an average of four hours to see some of the … Read More →
CHENNAI: With the fire in Chennai Silks textile showroom in T Nagar on May 31 still fresh in people’s minds and the fire-ravaged eight storey building is under demolition now, another fire accident at a commercial complex in a different locality in the city shook Chennaiites on Saturday. The fire at multistorey Suntec City Shopping … Read More →