The US presidential election has come to an end and Donald Trump is all set to be the 45th President. In the thick of the action in Arizona, a state which voted for the tycoon is the campaign strategist and the executive director of the Arizona Republican party, Avinash Iragavarapu.[Read More…]
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in several cities across the US to protest the unexpected victory of Donald Trump. Protesters took into the streets in Manhattan on Wednesday night and converged on Trump tower in Midtown. In Los Angeles, protesters burned a Trump effigy at City hall and shutdown a section[Read More…]
On his way to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Thailand on Thursday to pay his respects to revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month after a protracted illness. Bhumibol, the world’s longest ruling monarch, died aged 88 on October 13. Modi laid a wreath[Read More…]
2016 election was the most divisive in the entire American political history. The campaign exposed the worst in US politics. Trump’s misogynistic and racist comments earned him global notoriety while DNC email leak and other allegations made Hillary untrustworthy. Trump’s victory will definitely tarnish America’s image and will transform the[Read More…]
Taiwan is poised to become the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage after the death of a prominent gay professor. The country is already regarded as one of the most progressive in the region when it comes to equal rights and there is already some legal recognition of same-sex[Read More…]
Documentary film maker Michael Moore, well known for the film Fahrenheit 9/11, has issued a five-point plan in Facebook for Americans struggling to come to term with Donald Trump’s victory. In mid-October Moore made an anti-Trump documentary titled Michael Moore in Trumpland , which is based on a one-man show[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s dumbfounding victory over Hillary Clinton in the US elections has sent shockwaves across the world. Many countries are now re-evaluating their stand with the US and what the shock result means to them. India too is now gearing up with plans and probabilities of Trump’s move to the[Read More…]
In a changing attitude, voters in California, Nevada and Massachusetts have endorsed the recreational use of marijuana in state-wide polls. The votes, which took place alongside the presidential election, legalise the growth and consumption of cannabis for those over the age of 21. Leading up to the election, recreational marijuana[Read More…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in US elections. The Kremlin said that it hoped to work with him on improving relations between the two countries, reported AFP. Putin ‘expressed hope for mutual work on bringing US-Russia relations out of their critical condition as[Read More…]
Republican Donald Trump is the new President of the United States. Earlier, Republican nominee Donald Trump had gained a clear edge over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the fight for the swing states (states where both parties have similar levels of support) as polls close across most of the US.[Read More…]
Republican nominee Donald Trump has gained a clear edge over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the fight for the swing states (states where both parties have similar levels of support) as polls close across most of the US. Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump needed 270 electoral votes out of a[Read More…]
As America moves to elect its 45th president, lines snaking out of the polling station and around the block have been the reality for voters on election day. Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump Jr said his father will concede the result if they are “legit and fair.” Trump has repeatedly called[Read More…]
Polling stations have opened as the first ballots are cast in the long-awaited election pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. Voters in nine states – Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Virginia – got first crack at electing the new president, with the rest[Read More…]
Ahead of the latest US election, President Barack Obama’s popularity rating has neared record high, according to a latest poll. The Gallup survey found 56% of respondents viewed the US president favourably, which is 12 points higher than his approval figures in June last year when the presidential race began.[Read More…]
Hacktivist group WikiLeaks has released a new batch of 8,263 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just days before the US election. Published on November 6, the emails revealed that CNN allegedly asked DNC for interview questions to pose to Republican rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, reports IBT.[Read More…]
In the quest to wrest back control over the city of Mosul, Iraqi forces retook a key southern town from the Islamic State group on Monday, reports AFP. The news agency reported that federal police, army and elite interior ministry forces established full control over Hamam al-Alil, the last town[Read More…]
After ‘Ice bucket challenge’ and ‘Harlem Shake’, a new bizarre has hit American streets and schools. Dubbed as Mannequin challenge, the musical statue game has been already trending in twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms The game requires participants to adopt various action poses and then stand perfectly still[Read More…]
Theresa May has rejected calls to relax Indian visa rules, saying the UK has a ‘good system’ for applications. The British Prime Minister, who is in Delhi to pave the way for the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal, said the UK was already able to attract ‘the brightest and the[Read More…]
Thousands of people descended on the streets of London for the Million Mask March which saw police make a total of 47 arrests. Supporters of the hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ began their march from London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday while scores of Police maintained a tight parameter around them. The protest[Read More…]
An unpublished report by a government advisor and UN consultant, accused Algerian and Western security services of complicity in al-Qaeda terrorist activity across North Africa, Nafeez Ahmed of INSURGE Intelligence reports. The report said that an al-Qaeda terrorist attack on the Tigantourine gas plant in Algeria was orchestrated by Algerian[Read More…]
The countrywide protests ensuing in Morocco against marginalisation and inequality is being taken to international attention as activists plan a showing at the UN global climate summit taking place in Marrakech next week. Moroccan cities have witnessed the most serious protests since the Arab spring in recent days following an[Read More…]
Thousands of people are expected to take part in protests-known as the Million Mask March- around the world on Saturday, to demonstrate against neo-capitalism, official corruption, surveillance, erosion of civil liberties and other causes. The march covers more than 400 cities across the globe. Protesters will wear Guy Fawkes mask[Read More…]
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday morning that killed eight people and wounded more than 100,Reuters reports. The blast went off close to the Diyarbakir state prison, where some of the opposition leaders are believed to be held. After the[Read More…]
US security officials and intelligence agency fear that Russian hackers might launch a huge wave of cyber attacks on the election day. US intelligence warned Russia that any attempt to affect the voting or vote counting next Tuesday would be considered as a serious breach, multiple media reports have said.[Read More…]
Baltia Airlines was founded in August 1989 by Igor Dmitrowsky, who had planned to operate the service between the John F Kennedy Airport in New York, US and Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg, Russia. The airline though, never actually got off the ground and instead continued to exist for years[Read More…]
