Thomas Carlyle was a very influential thinker and writer of the nineteenth century. Carlyle was born in Scotland in 1795. He was famous for his keen intellect, moral earnestness, and writing style.

Right from school days, we are bombarded with many sayings like never give up, failure is a stepping stone to success, there is no substitute for hard work, move forward not backward, start each day ...

JAKARTA – The capital city of Indonesia faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater and cause massive economic losses if aggressive ...

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A new UN report highlights the rise of Asia’s megacities and the urgent need for them to have the infrastructure for climate resilience DEMOGRAPHIC change tends to happen slowly and rarely captures ...

he Jan. 3 United States military operation in Venezuela may prompt a swift and confident response from many commentators: This, we may be told, is a “realist moment”. The phrase travels easily. It ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - After being closed for 13 years, the Jakarta Planetarium Theater at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) is officially open. Governor Pramono Anung inaugurated the facility on Tuesday, ...

Panelists discuss how improving adherence to LDL-lowering therapies is essential for sustained cardiovascular protection. Panelists discuss how adherence to low-density lipoprotein (LDL)–lowering ...

JAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A fire swept through a seven-storey office block in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, killing 22 people, police said. The fire has now been extinguished and the ...

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations. By John Yoon Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded ...

The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...