Christchurch: A 28-year-old man from Australia appeared in a local court here on Saturday and was charged with murder in connection with the mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city. The suspect identified as Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared before district court judge Paul Kellar here on Saturday[Read More…]
Canberra: Thousands of schoolchildren across the world, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg who has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, abandoned their classrooms on Friday to demand action on climate change as part of a global youth campaign. The protests in about 100 countries, including[Read More…]
Washington: An Indian-origin Uber driver in the US has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a sleeping passenger and driving her over 60 miles from her destination to boost his fare. Harbir Parmar, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of wire fraud in White Plains federal court[Read More…]
Wellington: Horrible and heart rendering accounts are emerging after mass shooting at 02 mosques in New Zealand even as local police have refused to reveal the exact number of those killed in the incident described by the New Zealand Prime Minister “worst ever” and “darkest” in the history of the[Read More…]
The man who claimed responsibility for the shooting said he came to New Zealand only to plan and train for the attack. He said he was not a member of any organisation, but had donated to and interacted with many nationalist groups, though he acted alone and no group ordered[Read More…]
One of the gunmen who opened fire at a New Zealand mosque killing at least 40 people and injuring 20, livestreamed the heinous attack on Facebook in which he can be heard asking people to subscribe to YouTube channel Pewdiepie. Reportedly several disturbing videos have surfaced on various social media platforms.[Read More…]
Christchurch: Facebook on Friday said it removed both the shooters’ accounts and a live streaming video after they opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city, causing “multiple fatalities”. “Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the live stream commenced and we quickly removed both[Read More…]
The gunman who opened fire in a New Zealand mosque on Friday, live-streamed the heinous attack on Facebook for about 17 minutes. The disturbing video appears to show the gunman executing people inside the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch. Another video shows bodies piled up inside. The livestream began as[Read More…]
Washington: Boeing has announced that it will temporarily halt deliveries of its 737 Max fleet after the aircraft was grounded for an indefinite period globally in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model that killed all 157 people on board. The announcement was[Read More…]
Wellington: An active shooter is at large in Christchurch, New Zealand, after an attack on a mosque in the city on Friday, police said. Witnesses told the media there were several casualties. Police warned people to avoid the area and all schools and a hospital were put in lockdown. Eyewitnesses[Read More…]
Washington: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that all US diplomats remaining in Venezuela have departed the South American country. Calling the withdrawal “temporary departure,” Pompeo said in a statement released by the State Department on Thursday that US diplomats will continue their work from other locations, Xinhua[Read More…]
San Francisco: Speaking publicly about his differences with Facebook, WhatsApp’s co-founder Brian Acton urged Stanford University students to delete their Facebook accounts, as he explained his reasons for selling the app to Mark Zuckerberg in the first place. Acton made statements on Facebook while addressing a panel that also involved[Read More…]
Washington: The US military is readying to test missiles banned by a Cold War-era arms control pact with Moscow that is set to end formally this year after President Donald Trump withdrew from it over Russian violations. The US military plans to test a ground-launched cruise missile with a range[Read More…]
Washington: A total of 50 countries, including the US, has either grounded or banned the Boeing 737 Max 8 planes following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model that killed all 157 people on board earlier this week. US President Donald Trump spoke to the media[Read More…]
Copenhagen: Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist who is a prominent voice in the fight against climate change, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Norwegian deputy Andre Ovstegard told the “VG” newspaper on Wednesday that he and two other parliamentarians of the Socialist Left Party have[Read More…]
Abuja: A three-storey building housing a primary school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Wednesday, trapping over 100 schoolchildren, authorities said. The building came down when schoolchildren were attending classes, Efe news reported citing officials. Teams of rescue workers were at the scene but no details about the[Read More…]
A Chinese mugger’s uncharacteristic gesture after stealing from his victim has earned him some praise from netizens online. A knife-wielding man robbed a woman at an ATM in southern China’s Guangdong province however, on realising that she has no money left, the robber return the looted cash. The moment was[Read More…]
Canberra: Australian Cardinal George Pell, once the Vatican’s number three, was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in the late 1990s. The former Vatican treasurer is the most senior Catholic figure ever to be found guilty of sexual offences against children, CNN reported. A former[Read More…]
Pyongyang: Turnout in North Korea’s single-candidate elections touched 99.99 percent this year, state media said on Tuesday. The election turnout saw an increase of 0.02 percent from the previous elections that took place in 2014. The turnout was touch short of 100 percent as people working abroad or in oceans could[Read More…]
Ancona: In an appeals court, a trio of female judges acquitted two men of rape in 2017, agreeing to defendants’ arguments that as the woman looked like a man, they could not have been attracted to her. A retrial has now been ordered in the hearing. After the reasoning behind[Read More…]
US federal prosecutors have charged nearly 50 people including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin in a scam where the wealthy paid to have their children admitted to elite schools. US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling told a press conference in Boston on Tuesday that the case[Read More…]
Manila: At least 12 people, including three soldiers, have been killed in clashes between government forces and militants in the southern Philippines in the past two days, the military said on Tuesday. Major General Cirilito Sobejana, Commander of a military task force in central Mindanao, said fierce fighting erupted on[Read More…]
Jakarta: Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air has sought to abort its orders of Boeing 737 Max planes and change them with other types following the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner of the same model that killed all 157 people on board, officials said on Tuesday. Lion Air ordered 222 Boeing[Read More…]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit back at the media attention he generated when he appeared to flub Apple CEO Tim Cook’s name, claiming he meant to call the executive “Tim Apple” in order to “save time and words”. “At a recent round table meeting of business executives and[Read More…]
Pul-e-Khumri (Afghanistan): Armed militants intercepted a passenger bus in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province on Tuesday and kidnapped 13 commuters, officials said. “A group of armed militants intercepted a passenger bus in Jar-e-Khushk area of Baghlan-e-Markazi district… After checking the travellers, the militants took 13 men to unknown locations,” an Army spokesman[Read More…]