Washington, The deployment of active-duty US troops at the border with Mexico will most likely be extended through September, the Pentagon has announced. Prior to Monday’s announcement, Pentagon’s border mission had previously been scheduled to end on December 15, and the Defence Department later extended the deployment into January, reports[Read More…]
Maine, US: Following the decision of a local newspaper of cutting the regional book review section owing to budget cuts, Maine boy and international fame Stephen King’s interference has led to the daily switching their decision. Asking people to retweet King said, “The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram will no[Read More…]
Washington, US President Donald Trump hosted a fast-food dinner for a university football team during their national championship celebration at the White House, the media reported. Before the dinner on Monday night, Trump told the media earlier in the day that he was serving “McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King’s with[Read More…]
Beijing, China on Monday defended the reputation of telecom giant Huawei after its executive was arrested in Poland on charges of spying. The executive was later fired by Huawei and the company said that the incident had harmed its reputation. “This case is an individual case. We hope the Polish[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, China on Monday warned the US, India and other countries against transferring technology to Taiwan for producing submarines and said such a move could hurt their bilateral ties with Beijing. An Indian firm is reportedly among the six companies from the US, Japan and the European[Read More…]
Jakarta, Indonesian search teams on Monday recovered the cockpit voice recorder of the Lion Air aircraft which had crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing all 189 people on board, including the flight’s Indian captain. The data contained in the cockpit voice recorder, the second of the plane’s two[Read More…]
Boeing 707 cargo plane with 10 people on board crashed on Monday near Iran’s Fath airport, west of the capital, Tehran. According to media reports, the aircraft was allegedly flying from the city of Bishkek when the pilots lost control of the aircraft during landing, resulting in the plane crashing in a residential area. Local broadcasters have said[Read More…]
Washington, US President Donald Trump said that America would “devastate Turkey economically” if the NATO-allied country attacks Kurds in the region. “Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining IS (Islamic State) territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base[Read More…]
East African country, Rwanda, has officially banned skin lightening and bleaching products. The Rwandan government is now sending officials across the country to enforce the ban. The country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and substandard cosmetics, particularly products that include hydroquinone. “It is being implemented by the Ministry[Read More…]
New York, The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Maria Fernanda Espinosa, will visit Pakistan from January 18 to 22, her spokesperson said. According to spokesperson Monica Grayley, this will be Espinosa’s first official visit to the Asia Pacific since she took office in September. During her five-day visit,[Read More…]
Hobart, Taiwan’s Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan defeated Romania’s Monica Niculescu and China’s Zhaoxuan Yang in straight sets in the doubles semi-final at the WTA Hobart International tournament at Domain Tennis Centre on Friday. The Taiwanese pair had advanced to the doubles semi-finals after the withdrawal of their quarter-final opponents,[Read More…]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has granted 2.664 million visas for pilgrims to perform Umrah this year, a 2.79 per cent up over the corresponding period last year, according to official statistics released on Friday. Up till now, 2.250 million pilgrims have entered the kingdom to perform Umrah, a growth of 3.47[Read More…]
Manila, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterete has said his country won’t buy any more weapons from the US after it threatened to impose sanctions on nations purchasing Russian military equipment, authorities said on Friday. In an address to soldiers in Bulacan province on Thursday night, Duterte said he would not agree[Read More…]
San Francisco, Iran-based cyber criminals are likely behind a sophisticated “unprecedented” hacking campaign targeting entities across the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and North America, according to US cybersecurity firm FireEye. The researchers at FireEye have identified a wave of DNS (Domain Name System) hijacking that has affected dozens[Read More…]
Las Vegas, Las Vegas police investigating a rape allegation against Cristiano Ronaldo have sent a warrant to Italian authorities for a sample of the Portuguese football superstar’s DNA, a police spokeswoman said. “The LVMPD (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) is taking the same steps in this case as in any[Read More…]
San Francisco, In a bid to hide sexual harassment allegations against former Google executives, Alphabet’s board of directors has approved hefty severance packages for the accused, according a lawsuit filed by a shareholder of the company. Alphabet Inc is Google’s parent company. The lawsuit filed on Thursday in California state[Read More…]
By Hardev Sanotra Nassau (Bahamas), Spain’s Ramon Colillas defeated Julien Martini of France to grab the $5.1 million (rs 36 crore) top prize in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure here which ended on day five. Martini, who was the chip leader by a substantial amount during the final table game, got[Read More…]
Washington/Damascus, The first US military ground equipment has been withdrawn from Syria, signaling the beginning of the drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump, according to an administration official. “Some cargo has already moved,” the official told CNN on Friday. Due to security concerns, the official would not describe exactly what[Read More…]
New York, Astronauts who spend six months or more on the International Space Station (ISS) are likely to have significant reductions in the size and density of spinal muscles after returning to Earth, reports a study. In the study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) analysed computed tomography[Read More…]
With Mackenzie Bezos splitting with Amazon founder and world’s richest man Jeff Bezos the divorce settlement could be the most expensive one, with Mackenzie becoming the richest woman on the planet. Currently, Jeff Bezos is the richest person with a net-worth of $137 billions while Bill Gates at number 2[Read More…]
New York: US President Donald Trumps prime-time address, a nine-minute speech from the Oval Office on border security and the government shutdown, on Tuesday night drew roughly 40 million TV viewers, according to statistics. According to the statistics released on Wednesday by Nielsen, a leading global information and measurement company,[Read More…]
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces on Thursday found the body of a journalist in the capital Baghdad, the Interior Ministry said. The body of Samir Ali Shgara, a cameraman assistant who worked for the US-based al-Hurra Iraq, an Arabic-language satellite TV channel, was found near al-Qanat Street with bullet injuries to[Read More…]
Lhasa: More than 30 million tourists visited Tibet in 2018, up 31.5 per cent year-on-year, an official report revealed on Thursday. It is the first time the number has exceeded 30 million, reports Xinhua news agency. Authorities believe that the tourist number could exceed 40 million this year, Qizhala, chairman[Read More…]
Taipei: The US has urged China to stop coercing Taiwan and resume dialogue with the Taiwan government for a peaceful resolution of differences between the two sides, a spokesperson of the de facto American embassy here said on Thursday. Amanda Mansour’s remarks come after several US Senators and lawmakers backed[Read More…]
Washington, Democrat Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American to serve in the US Senate, has criticised President Donald Trump over the federal government shutdown and called it a “crisis of the President’s own making”. Harris, in a CNN interview on Wednesday, said the American people deserve better leadership than they are[Read More…]
