United Nations, Late lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir has been awarded the UN Human Rights Prize for 2018. Her daughter Munizae Jahangir received the prestigious award on behalf of her mother. The award is given to individuals and organisations in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights. Asma[Read More…]
San Francisco, Facebook has elevated its senior Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand to head Workplace, the company’s two-year-old enterprise communication tool. Anand, who was earlier Head of Product for Facebook Marketplace and Payments services, would handle the Workplace product team and report to Julien Codorniou who is its Vice President. “I’m[Read More…]
London: British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan from June 2019 after a period of 10 years, the airline announced on Tuesday. “Direct flights from London Heathrow to Islamabad’s new airport to start in June,” said British High Commissioner Thomas Drew in a video on Twitter. “A further boost to[Read More…]
Washington, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has released a January 2017 memo detailing the FBI’s interview that month with Michael Flynn, a moment that led to a high-profile criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser. According to the memo released on Monday night, Flynn in the interview lied[Read More…]
Wellington, New Zealand will hold a referendum in 2020 to decide on the legalisation of recreational marijuana, Justice Minister Andrew Little announced on Tuesday, a week after Parliament gave the green light to its use for medicinal purposes. “We need to fine-tune some details, but we are informing the Election[Read More…]
Washington, Former FBI Director James Comey has slammed the Republicans for not speaking out against President Donald Trump’s attacks on the probe agency, following his second round of questioning at a closed-door congressional interview. “Somebody has to stand up and speak for the FBI,” CNN quoted Comey as saying on[Read More…]
Sanaa, A ceasefire between Yemen’s warring parties went into effect at midnight on Tuesday in the strategic port city of Hodeidah. The ceasefire was reached on December 13 in Stockholm after a round of UN-sponsored talks — the first direct talks in more than two years between representatives of Yemen’s[Read More…]
London, Wrestling star and actor John Cena says Optimus Prime was his favourite Transformer as a child. The “Bumblebee” actor admitted while he “should” pick the title character from the new blockbuster prequel – in which he plays evil Sector 7 agent Jack Burns, reports femalefirst.co.uk. In an interview to[Read More…]
United Nations, An overwhelming majority of the UN member states on Monday voted in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees, affirming international solidarity and cooperation for refugee protection and host community development. The compact on refugees, aimed to reduce the burden on host nations, received 181 votes in favour[Read More…]
An African grey parrot Rocco has reported learned how to use owner’s smart speaker Alexa to play music and even placing orders from Amazon. The parrot has attempted to order lightbulbs, ice cream and a kite. This is the same parrot which was kicked out of the National Animal Welfare[Read More…]
Bangkok, India’s Nehal Chudasama failed to make it to the Top 20 of the Miss Universe 2018 pageant, where Catriona Elisa Gray from Philippines pipped 93 contestants from around the world to emerge the winner — as chosen by an all-women jury. India had pinned high hopes on Nehal, 22,[Read More…]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected recent moves by the US Senate over the murder of The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senate on December 13 voted to recommend ending American military assistance to the Saudi-led operation in Yemen, and accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement[Read More…]
Washington, The US has said that it welcomes Pakistans efforts to promote peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a media report said on Monday. The acknowledgement on Sunday came a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan had arranged another round of talks between the[Read More…]
Bangkok, Catriona Elisa Gray from Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2018 at a gala ceremony, where representatives from South Africa and Venezuela secured the first runner-up and second runner-up spots. India’s Nehal Chudasama failed to make it to the Top 20. Gray was ecstatic as she took her first walk[Read More…]
Washington, Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has suggested that the US President had spoken with his former attorney Michael Cohen past January 2016 about a Trump Tower in Moscow. In an interview on Sunday, Giuliani referred to Trump’s written responses to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying the conversations about the[Read More…]
New York, Colin Kroll, co-founder and CEO of the hit gaming app HQ Trivia, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 34 years old. On Sunday, Kroll was found unconscious in the bedroom of his New York apartment, after the technology entrepreneur’s girlfriend called the New York[Read More…]
Ankara, A Turkish Minister has said that US President Donald Trump’s administration is working on the extradition of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen for his alleged role in an attempted coup in Turkey two years ago. In an interview on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu asserted that US President Donald[Read More…]
Tokyo, At least 42 people were injured in an explosion near a pub in Japan’s Sapporo city, police said. The blast occurred at around 8.30 p.m. on Sunday in the city’s Toyohira Ward, causing a fire which was only extinguished hours later at 2.10 a.m., reports The Japan Times. According[Read More…]
Bangkok, India’s Nehal Chudasama failed to make it to the Top 20 shortlist at the Miss Universe 2018 contest here. The Mumbai girl, all of 22, was among the 94 contestants who competed for the crown at the 67th Miss Universe pageant at a glitzy finale here on Sunday. Five[Read More…]
Washington, President Donald Trump called his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen – who was sentenced to three years in prison after cooperating with prosecutors in several investigations, including the so-called “Russia probe” – a “rat” on Twitter. “Remember, Michael Cohen only became a ‘Rat’ after the FBI did[Read More…]
Dubai, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday ordered a reshuffle of the central bank’s board of directors, state-run WAM news agency reported. According to the presidential decree, Hareb Masoud Hamad Al Darmaki was appointed as new chairman of the board of[Read More…]
Paris: The police in the French capital on Saturday arrested 59 people in a preventative move aimed at stopping those suspected of seeking to fuel violence in the “yellow vests” movement that has gripped the country in recent weeks. French media reported that around 1,000 protesters had gathered in Paris,[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Actor Stoney Westmoreland, a 48-year-old actor who plays the grandfather on Disney Channel sitcom “Andi Mack”, has been fired by the channel following his arrest for allegedly trying to arrange a sexual liaison with a 13-year-old he met online. “Stoney Westmoreland, an actor working on the series ‘Andi[Read More…]
Washington: A US federal judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare as unconstitutional due to a recent change in federal tax law. The ruling on Friday night by US District Judge Reed O’Connor of Texas overturns all of the 2010 healthcare law nationwide, reports The Washington Post.[Read More…]
Canberra, Australia will recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Saturday. Morrison made the foreign policy shift almost two months after he declared that he was “open” to the idea, reports Xinhua news agency. However, the Prime Minister also announced his support for[Read More…]
