IRAPUATO, Mexico — Local Mexican officials again helped thousands of Central American migrants find rides Sunday on the latest leg of their journey toward the U.S. border. At a toll plaza to the west of the central Mexico city of Queretaro, where the group spent Saturday night, police […]
TOKYO — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. will carry out an initial public offering of its Japanese mobile subsidiary, set for Dec. 19. The Tokyo Stock Exchange approved the listing of 1.6 billion shares of SoftBank Corp. Monday, at 1,500 yen ($13) a share, raising potentially more […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushing back to Israel on Monday following a sudden burst of fighting the previous night that left in doubt efforts to bring to an end months of relentless violence between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military said an officer was […]
SINGAPORE : Asian markets were mostly higher on Monday ahead of key economic data, such as industrial production figures from China and Japan later in the week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.1 percent to 22,269.88. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.1 percent to 25,622.40. The Shanghai […]
Their father served in World War I, but his daughters cannot recall ever hearing him speak of his wartime experiences. “From what we’ve read about it, that’s quite typical,” said Roberta Williams Lee. “I don’t think any of (the veterans) really wanted to talk about it. He didn’t […]
PARIS : The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Paris. (all times local): 11:30 p.m. President Donald Trump paid tribute to U.S. and allied soldiers killed in World War I during what he called “a horrible, horrible war” that marked America’s emergence as a world power. Trump […]
PARADISE, Calif. : As wildfires continued to rage on both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire. […]
New Delhi : Silver prices were higher by 0.52 per cent to Rs 37,071 per kg in futures trade Monday after speculators built up fresh positions amid positive global cues. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for delivery in December was up by Rs 191, or 0.52 per cent, […]
Kolkata : Actor and director Nandita Das on Sunday said that the beauty about art is that pain gives rise to something stronger and deeper. Das, whose 2018 film ‘Manto’ on famous Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto would be screened at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), said […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday declined early hearing of petitions in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said it had already listed the appeals before the appropriate bench in January. “We have already passed […]
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