October 31 (Daily News) - Surveys conducted in the country by the Centre for Conservation and Research (CCR) that elephants in Sri Lanka have lost 16% percent of their natural habitat during the past 60 years. This has forced them to expand their territory by 1.5% at present, the CCR stated. “Through interviews with residents of different areas, we have...

October 31 - Kings XI Punjab star batsman Chris Gayle went on to achieve a new feat in T20 cricket. In the Indian Premier League match between Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, the left-handed batsman became the first man to hit 1000 sixes in T20 cricket. Gayle accomplished the feat in the 19th over of the KXIP inning after slamming young...

Berlin, October 31 (Reuters) - The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV star-turned Republican President Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday, a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesday’s presidential election. In what seemed a further calculated insult, the statue of his predecessor and nemesis Barack Obama, who counted Germany’s Chancellor...

Manila, October 31 (Reuters) - Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world’s strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation. Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph (133 miles) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265 kph (164 mph), will...

Folklore, across cultures, has dealt with the evil and shows the right way.