Puebla (Mexico), Mexico paid tribute on Christmas Day to Puebla state Gov. Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, former Gov. Rafael Moreno Valle, who died earlier this week in a helicopter crash. Hundreds of residents of the central state of Puebla, along with members of the local and national political[Read More…]
This year has seen many grand weddings and the amount of money spent on most of these weddings is insanely huge. But breaking the monotony, a man in Karachi, Pakistan had a big fat wedding, but in a pocket-friendly budget. Rizwan capped the expenses at 20,000 Pakistani rupees which comes[Read More…]
Aizawl/Kohima, Christmas was celebrated on Tuesday in the Northeastern states with special prayers, hymns and masses in churches, followed by the traditional community feasting. Over 5.3 million Christians live in Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur, while there is a significant number of them in Tripura, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The[Read More…]
Beijing, Extending support to Huawei which is facing immense pressure from the US, Chinese companies have rallied behind the tech giant, offering hefty discounts to employees to buy Huawei devices and shun iPhones. According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review on Tuesday, the move came after the detention of[Read More…]
Kabul, Dec 25: The death toll of a terrorist attack on a government office here in Afghanistan rose to 43 as many injured succumbed to their injuries, an Afghan Public Health Ministry official said on Tuesday. Earlier reports had put the casualty at 28 civilians, one police officer and three[Read More…]
Washington, With the US government shutdown entering its third day, President Donald Trump took to Twitter and lamented how he was “all alone” in the White House and aired his many grievances. “I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Pop singer Brandon Jenner and his ex Leah are continuing to stay on friendly terms after splitting up in September. Over the weekend, the two spent time together while celebrating Christmas with Brandon’s family. Alongside a group photo, which features his mother, Linda Thompson, as well as his[Read More…]
Jakarta, Days of heavy rain on Indonesia’s Java coast was making it difficult on Tuesday for search and rescue teams looking for survivors of the Sunda Strait tsunami. The emergency teams were scouring about 100 kilometers of coastline in search of survivors trapped in the debris caused by Saturday’s tsunami,[Read More…]
Kabul, At least 28 civilians, one police officer and three attackers were killed after a deadly explosion and ensuing gun firing rocked a government office near a diplomatic district in Afghan capital on Monday, spokesman of Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday. Around 20 people, including three policemen, were[Read More…]
Ankara: US President Donald Trump has agreed to visit Turkey in 2019, Turkey’s presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin announced on Monday. Speaking at a press conference after a cabinet meeting in capital Ankara, Kalin said Trump accepted the invitation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a weekend phone call between[Read More…]
An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years jail term in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case, while acquitting him in the Flagship Investment reference. In a short verdict announced today, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and[Read More…]
Washington, Billionaire Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has successfully launched and deployed a powerful next-generation GPS navigation satellite into orbit — making it the company’s first-ever US government-sanctioned national security space mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit on Sunday with the GPS 3 satellite designed to beam higher-power positioning,[Read More…]
Lhasa: A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Xigaze city in Tibet autonomous region early on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). No casualties have been reported. The epicentre was Xaitongmoin county as the quake struck at a depth of 8 km, Xinhua quoted CENC as saying. Some cracks were[Read More…]
Sydney, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban shared a laugh during a church outing in Australia with daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. They have been enjoying a leisurely time Down Under ahead of the festive season. On Sunday, Kidman and Urban looked every inch the doting[Read More…]
Washington, The US State Department has asked its citizens to exercise caution on Las Ramblas avenue in Barcelona due to the presumed risk of a terrorist attack “with little or no warning” during the Christmas season. The State Department issued the warning on its Travel Twitter account on Sunday, Efe[Read More…]
Washington, A partial US government shutdown over budget spending could continue right up to the opening of the next Congress on January 3, an aide of President Donald Trump has said. The shutdown began at midnight Friday after the Opposition Democrats resisted Trump’s demand for $5 billion for his Mexico[Read More…]
United Nations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the loss of life, injuries and damage caused by a tsunami that hit the coast on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait. The Secretary-General extended his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Indonesia. He wished[Read More…]
Abuja, Seventeen people have been killed following an attack by unidentified gunmen in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said. The incident happened in Magami village of Faru district in the Maradun area of Zamfara. State police spokesman Muhammed Shehu on Sunday said more police officers have been deployed in the area[Read More…]
Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government will maintain its current policy regarding the conflict in Syria despite the US decision to withdraw its forces deployed there. Netanyahu made these remarks on Sunday after the White House said that the withdrawal of US troops had already begun,[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Actress Hayley Atwell, who shot to stardom as Agent Peggy Carter in the “Captain America” franchise, is apparently shown in a nude “selfie” shot on an X-rated website that features leaked celebrity images. The person who posted it has threatened to release more compromising photographs in the near[Read More…]
New York: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the state will intervene in order to keep the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island open in face of a US federal government shutdown. “As we’ve done before when Washington’s dysfunction has shut down the government, New York will step[Read More…]
Scottish Government provided £100,000 funding for kids charity to provide healthy food and activities during the Christmas school holidays for more than 7,000 children from low-income family background across Scotland. Ministers awarded another £48,000 to 12 smaller community organisations for similar projects, during the Christmas and February school holidays Dundee Bairns[Read More…]
Sharjah, A 20-year-old Indian girl here upset over comments mocking her picture on social media planned to commit suicide and livestream it, but was saved in time by the police. According to a Khaleej Times report on Saturday, the cybercrime patrols of the Dubai Police notified their counterparts in Sharjah[Read More…]
Washington, A partial shutdown of the US federal administration began on Saturday after lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement over President Donald Trumps border wall funding demands. Negotiations between the House of Representatives and Senate reached a deadlock over Trump’s demand to include a $5 billion allocation in the[Read More…]
Washington, A partial government shutdown is assured after the House and the US Senate adjourned without Congress passing a spending deal. Several federal agencies will cease operations at Saturday midnight as the White House and congressional leaders failed to make a deal on spending. “Members are advised that the House[Read More…]
