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Bhubaneshwar, May 3 (IANS) At least one million people have been evacuated in the last 24 hours from the vulnerable districts in Odisha ahead of cyclone Fani’s landfall in the state on Friday, officials said. The cyclone is expected to make landfall between 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the[Read More…]

Wellington, May 3 (IANS) The toll from March 15 mosque attacks in New Zealand’s Christchurch city increased to 51 as a Turkish national who sustained injuries has died in the hospital, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday. “My heartfelt condolences go to the family and community of this man[Read More…]

Washington, May 3 (IANS) The US Senate has failed to override the veto of President Donald Trump regarding a resolution that demands Washington end its military support for the Saudi Arabia-led military operation in Yemen. The vote — 53 to 45, failed on Thursday to reach the two-thirds majority required[Read More…]

Shimla, May 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh was rocked by a low intensity earthquake on Friday, an official said. There was no loss of life. An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in several parts of Mandi district at 4.32 a.m., an official of the meteorological office told[Read More…]

Ottawa, May 3 (IANS) Canada will see more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to its Port of Vancouver soon from the Philippines, the media reported. Canada made a formal offer earlier this week to have the containers returned to the Canadian port, Xinhua reported on Friday[Read More…]

By Troy Ribeiro Film: “After”; Director: Jenny Gage; Cast: Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Inanna Sarkis, Samuel Larsen, Dylan Arnold, Swen Temmel, Meadow Williams, Selma Blair, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals; Rating: ** Director Jenny Gage’s “After” is based on the romance, fan-fiction novel of the same name, written by Anna Todd.[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Actress Sanya Malhotra of “Dangal” fame is always backed by a team of stylists who ensure that she doesn’t sport the same outfit more than once, but personally she has no qualms about repeating clothes as she finds it normal and says she doesn’t have[Read More…]

Washington, May 3 (IANS) The US State Department has said Thursday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will talk in Finland over issues like Venezuela and Ukraine. In a teleconference to brief the media on Pompeo’s upcoming trip to Europe, which will take[Read More…]

By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Setters”; Director: Ashwini Chaudhary; Starring: Aftab Shivdasani, Shreyas Talpade, Pavan Malhotra, Vijay Raaz; Rating: *** (3 and a half stars) Welcome to the murky world of academic fixers. If you are not an Indian and reading this, then let me quickly tell you North India[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) At least one million people have been evacuated in the last 24 hours from the vulnerable districts in Odisha ahead of Cyclone Fani’s landfall in the state on Friday, officials said. The highest number of people — 3 lakh — was evacuated from Ganjam district while[Read More…]

Tehran, May 3 (IANS) Iran’s Ambassador to the UN has said his country’s missile programme is defensive and will never be up to negotiations, the media reported. The US attempts to portray Tehran’s “conventional” missile program as a breach of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2231, Majid Takht Ravanchi said[Read More…]

New York, May 3 (IANS) US stocks declined on Thursday, extending the losses in the previous session, after the Federal Reserve dampened hopes for any potential rate cuts soon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased 122.35 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 26,307.79. The S&P 500 was down 6.21 points,[Read More…]

Washington, May 3 (IANS) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress. Her comments came a day after Barr’s testimony to a Senate panel about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s alleged meddling in 2016, the BBC reported on Thursday. Barr[Read More…]

Washington, May 3 (IANS) SpaceX has confirmed that its Crew Dragon capsule was destroyed during an engine test last month, possibly causing a drag to the company’s plan to bring astronauts into space this year. On April 20, an anomaly occurred during a testing of the Crew Dragon’s abort engines[Read More…]

Moscow, May 3 (IANS) Russia and the US have “incompatible” positions on the Venezuelan affairs, but Moscow is ready to talk with Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. “Although US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and I agreed to continue contacts, I do not see how it[Read More…]

New York, May 3 (IANS) The US dollar increased in late trading on Thursday, as investors continued to digest messages from the just-concluded policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve. In late New York trading, the euro was down to $1.1175 from $1.1194 in the previous session, and the British[Read More…]

Los Angeles, May 3 (IANS) Actress Anne Hathaway has always sensed a pressure to complete her schedule before she became a mother to Jonathan three years ago. “Before I had my son, I sensed this pressure to fill my schedule. If I wasn’t working, I felt like I was wasting[Read More…]

Los Angeles, May 3 (IANS) Singer Justin Bieber has said legendary rapper Eminem “doesn’t understand” the new generation of rap. After posting a track named “The Ringer” by Eminem to his Instagram story, Bieber followed it up with a note that read: “I just like Em’s flow but don’t like[Read More…]

Bengaluru, May 3 (IANS) A total of 25 candidates, including four women, are in the fray for the two assembly by-elections in Karnataka on May 19, an official said on Thursday. “After the last day of withdrawals today (Thursday), 17 candidates are in the fray for the Chincholi (SC) seat[Read More…]