Erik the Red, whose real name was Erik Thorvaldsson, was a Viking explorer who turned a remote Arctic island into a Norse settlement that lasted for hundreds of years. Erik was born in Norway around 950 AD. He got his nickname because of his bright red hair and beard, and his fiery personality. He got […]
The gruesome beheading of Indian-origin Texas motel owner Chandra Nagamallaiah in September which prompted President Donald Trump to vow strong action against the murderer, a 37-year-old Cuban alien, has suddenly gone off the radar as the alien, a history-sheeter, is not being pursued for the death penalty. Yordanis Cobos-Martinez was indicted on a capital murder […]
Tyler Robinson made his first appearance after arrest in an anti-suicide vest. Charlie Kirk’s accused murderer, Tyler Robinson, made his first appearance in court yesterday wearing an anti-suicide vest showing extra precauting the administration is taking as Robinson already expressed his wish to end his life rather than face justice — to his father. An […]
The Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in Morwell, Australia where Erin Patterson is on trial (AP image) An Australian woman, named Erin Patterson, who was convicted of killing three of her in-laws by poisoning their food with lethal mushrooms, also tried to kill her husband by poisoning him with a chicken korma curry, according to the […]
The US on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against the man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers outside a museum in Washington, DC, earlier this year. According to court documents, the attack was allegedly motivated by the victims’ Israeli nationality, reported Reuters. The nine-count indictment against Elias Rodriguez, 31, accuses him of […]
I have visited Italian painter Caravaggio in many cities — London, Florence, Rome, Venice, Paris. Now here he is, returning the visits, a guest in my hometown Bengaluru, where Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy is on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art. Caravaggio had carried the painting with him while escaping to Naples after […]
Members of Spirit in Education Movement holding posters during a press conference to condemn the visit of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok (Photo: AP) Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing faced protests in Bangkok on Friday as he attended a regional summit, despite the ongoing crisis in his […]
