Sim Harris, 64, had been waiting for a visa at the embassy in South Kensington, West London, when six armed men stormed the site and took him and 25 others hostage.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that he 'can't really give Marcus Rashford a break' due to Manchester United's limited options in attack but accepts the forward is worn out right now.

England's first Test with India is on a knife-edge heading into day four at Edgbaston. Here, Sportsmail's LAWRENCE BOOTH takes a look at the major talking points from the day's play.

Norwich earned a shock win over top-four contenders Leicester on Friday, bagging a vital three points in their relegation scrap thanks to a Jamal Lewis second-half strike. 

In an open letter shared on Instagram, Jennifer Garner, 48, thanked Meghan, 38, and Prince Harry, 35, for sharing a family video to support Save the Children's Save with Stories campaign.

SPORTS AGENDA BY MIKE KEEGAN: Howard Webb is used to enforcing the law but even the former referee appeared to be caught out when confronted with the rules on gaining access to a bar.

Laurence Berland, Paul Duke, Rebecca Rivers and Sophie Waldman were all fired from Google on Monday, November 25. Now, they are speaking out in an interview about their saga.

Some longstanding Virgin Money credit cardholders have been left with charges on their accounts after discovering they had only been making minimum direct debit payments.

An accidental discovery by Harvard academics has now found that a slightly different version of RNA may have been the key ingredient allowing for life on Earth to blossom.

Researchers discovered the tubby lizard near a Cocoa Beach pizza parlor in Florida with a record-breaking case of constipation - a glob of feces made up 80 percent of its body.

Tiwari had asserted that his party will win more than 45 seats in the 70-member Assembly and form the government

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday expressed gratitude to policemen in the frontline in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak by keeping the state police logo as the display picture or DP of his social media accounts. He asked people to do so in large numbers to encourage the men in khakhi who have been working round the clock, with several of them having got infected, and six losing their lives. In a Facebook post, Deshmukh said, "There is a need to highlight that the brothers in my police family are not alone. The people care for the police as much I do as home minister." "I will keep the logo of Maharashtra Police as the DP of all my social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the honour of our brave police. You too should use the logo (as the DP) to participate in big numbers to honour the police brothers," he added.

The Kerala assembly issues a thumbs-down on plans to divert water away from the state, catching the Ministry of Water Resources off-guard.

People are shunning civil litigation in the states where there is no hope of obtaining justice in a reasonable amount of time, where instead of relief from the court all they can expect is a new date for the next court hearing. Kannan Kasturi reports.

Shivin Narang had to undergo surgery on his left hand and has been discharged from the hospital now.

Actress Neena Gupta has thanked fans for showering love on her as she crossed 5 lakh followers on Instagram.

Hrithik Roshan has donated hand sanitisers to Mumbai Police personnel as an expression of gratitude during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Hockey India donated USD 25,000 to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal while also providing Hockey Australia with two playing shirts signed by the Indian men's and women's hockey teams to auction.

Mercedes brought James Allison into the team a year after his wife Rebecca died suddenly of meningitis in March 2016.

In just three days, Saaho reportedly dethroned Mahesh Babu's Maharshi to become the top-grossing title of 2019 in Telugu cinema.

Amitabh Bachchan has donated 12000 Corona Relief Coupons of Rs 1500 for the workers, Chiranjeevi tweeted.

Lata Mangeshkar has thanked Vikas Khanna for donating 1000 PPE kits to the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, built in the memory of Lata's late father.

Instagram and Facebook are some of the most used social media platforms across the globe. These services are being used to share photos and messages and with friends and family. Both of these social media platforms are currently owned by Facebook,

Wilderness areas around the world have experienced catastrophic declines over the years, with three million square kilometres of global wilderness lost since the 1990s, according to a new study. Since the 1990s, our planet has lost nearly three million square kilometres

Shreeharsh's father Mahesh borrowed money from his friends to buy the costly cochlear implant machine, worth Rs 6 lakh, for his son.

Thanksgiving in the modern-day American consciousness often evokes images of turkeys, balloons, pumpkin pies, and, of course, the inevitable reference to the Pilgrims. More than any other Thanksgiving icon, the Pilgrim emerged as the exemplary American success story: religious refugees banned from openly practicing their brand of Protestantism and desperate to retain their English identity....

The post “Pilgrims Going to Church”: Thanksgiving and the Pilgrim in Public Memory appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Just a few weeks after the the signing of the armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, ending military action in World War One, Americans prepared to celebrate their traditional Thanksgiving with new appreciation for a "day of thankful prayer... and joyous feasting." Although still restricted by wartime rationing, the Evening World (New York, NY) asked chefs of major New York City hotels to contribute their best recipes to honor the Allied leaders responsible for victory and the war's end....Read more about it and try some Roast Turkey a la Pershing! For more Thanksgiving recipes see our recent Headlines and Heroes blog for "10 Thanksgiving Recipes You May Not Have Tried" and follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!

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The first global pandemic of the digital era is upon us. We’re living in unprecedented and uncomfortable times. For our senior citizens, these past several weeks have been particularly discomforting. According to the CDC, men and women over the age of 65 are significantly more likely to develop complications from COVID-19. As we seek to […]

Though Thanksgiving as we know it would not become a national holiday until Lincoln declared it in 1863, colonial Virginians found many occasions to give thanks. Journeyman cook Barbara Scherer tells us what was on the table, and explains that technically, you’re probably not roasting your turkey at all.

It’s the time of the year for counting blessings and giving thanks. And the Angry Nerd is most thankful for the cancellation of Futurama—because it let the show go out on a high note (and avoid a slow decline, like so many other one-time favorites).

It’s true that the “Jupiter Ascending” trailer makes the otherwise scrumptious Channing Tatum look like the douchiest elf in all of Middle-Earth. But the troubling part of the movie isn’t the prosthetic ears—it’s the insidious idea that only people fated to do great things can become heroes. Angry Nerd has other ideas about saving the world (again).

Siri's been little more than a slightly sassy sidekick for iPhone users, but now Apple has made some big moves to make the voice assistant work for more people.

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the coffee plant and made the data public. That means we're about to see a coffee renaissance.

Next week Morehead will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 and open on special hours on Friday, Nov. 29.

Find a new and historic recipe for a dish to put on your Thanksgiving table in What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking. This cookbook, published in 1881, is highlighted in a recent post on the Library of Congress Blog. Abby Fisher perfected her culinary skills as an enslaved cook on a South Carolina plantation but went on to establish a successful catering business in San Francisco and publish a compilation of her recipes—one of the first by an African-American. Learn more about this remarkable woman and, this Thanksgiving, sample a taste of history!

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Maharashtra home minister thanks cops for Covid-19 fight with logo tribute

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the things we are most thankful for and to enjoy a delicious meal with loved ones. Some take the lead for meal preparation while others share the responsibility. No matter how your meal comes together, everyone must work together to prevent foodborne illness.

Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday expressed gratitude to policemen in the frontline in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak by keeping the state police logo as the display picture or DP of his social media accounts.