Day: October 25, 2018

Venezuelan exiles turn to prostitution to feed families

Back in Venezuela, they were teachers, police officers and newspaper carriers, but were forced to flee their homeland in search of work and money to survive. But the women, without identity papers, ended up working as prostitutes in sordid bars in Colombia, saving all they can to provide […]

Parrikar being pressured to continue as CM, alleges Velingkar

Panaji, Oct 25: Former Goa unit RSS chief Subhash Velingkar has alleged that the BJP high command is pressuring Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to continue in the post despite his ill health, to retain power in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, rubbished his charge, saying Parrikar […]

Saudi financial clout over media helps in Khashoggi affair

CAIRO— Saudi Arabia’s financial clout among the Arab media has given it an influential tool as it grapples with the international outcry over the death of Saudi writer and dissident Jamal Khashoggi. From the time Khashoggi vanished into the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, newspapers and […]

Bomb threats highlight risk of violent political rhetoric

NEW YORK— The discovery of pipe bombs targeting prominent Democratic politicians and CNN is raising the threat of election-season violence largely unknown in the U.S. — and prompting uncomfortable questions about the consequences of leaders’ increasingly vitriolic rhetoric. Coming two weeks before midterm elections, the thwarted attacks Wednesday […]

As political strain grows, pipe bombs target Democrats, CNN

WASHINGTON— Pipe bombs packed with shards of glass were intercepted en route to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, in an unnerving wave that deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections. None of the seven bombs detonated, and nobody […]

YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy injured in attack at Vizag airport

Visakhapatnam, Oct 25:  YSR Congress leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was Thursday injured when he was attacked by a man with a sharp-edged object at the airport here, official sources said. Reddy, the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh assembly, received a minor injury on his […]

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