browser Messy coalition talks in Ireland after close vote London: Irish politicians are facing messy talks over the creation of a new government as an exit poll suggests the parliamentary election ended in a dead heat between the countryu2019s three biggest parties. The exit poll released after voting stations closed Saturday indicated that Prime Minister Leo Varadkaru2019s centrist Fine Gael party, its centrist rival Fianna Fail and the left- wing Sinn Fein party all received about 22 per cent of first preference votes.
British Airways records fastest NY- London flight London: As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways ( BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record four hours and 56 minutes u2013 at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour. Another Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight landed at Heathrow moments later, only a minute less than the time the BA flight took, reports The Independent.
Man uses ketchup to mark territory on train New York: A New York subway commuter demonstrated a completely new way of demarcating his personal territory.
Pervaiz Shallwani, who is a journalist by profession, tweeted a picture of ketchup spilled on the floor in an MTA subway train, reported Fox News.
u201c A straphanger in morning on a train pulled a bottle of ketchup from his bag and squirted a perimeter on the train car floor to keep folks from crowding his seat.
Props to the woman seated next to him who is not going to give up her seat,u201d Shallwani wrote.
Earthquake hits Papua New Guinea Sydney: A 6.2- magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea ( PNG) on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4pm local time at a depth of 31 km, some 122 km) south of Kokopo, capital of PNGu2019s East New Britain province, the USGS said.
