Day: December 22, 2018

Planes struggle to land at Manchester Airport – BBC News

Storm Deirdre has brought strong winds to the UK this weekend, resulting in planes having to abort landings. This video was filmed at Manchester Airport on Saturday. Courtesy: BBC NEWS Dec 17, 2018

The Latest: Dems blame Trump’s “temper tantrum” for shutdown

WASHINGTON — The Latest on efforts to avoid a government shutdown (all times local): 12:40 Democratic leaders say the government has shut down because President Donald Trump threw a “temper tantrum.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi say Trump “has gotten what he […]

Court directs CBI to cancel look out circular against ex-IAF chief

New Delhi : A Delhi court Friday directed the CBI to cancel the look out circular (LOC) issued against former IAF chief S P Tyagi, who is an accused in the VVIP chopper scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed the probe agency to inform the concerned authorities about it. […]

Privacy and other matters with Facebook’s video-call gadget

NEW YORK — It’s rare that a new gadget these days serves a true need. Rather, it creates a want. You certainly don’t need the Facebook Portal, whose primary purpose is to let you make the types of video calls you can already make on Facebook’s Messenger app. […]

Breaking up (with Facebook) is hard to do: Here’s how

NEW YORK  — Every relationship has a breaking point. Even yours with Facebook. There’s a way out, though the social network will try to win you back with promises to do better. Maybe even flowers. For some users, though, the past two years of privacy scandals, election manipulation […]

With smog covering around, Delhi’s air quality turns ‘severe’

New Delhi : Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to ‘severe’ category Saturday as a cover of smog surrounded the national capital and prevented dispersion of pollutants, authorities said. This is a fourth time this season that the air quality here has worsened to severe category. The first time it dipped […]

AP Explains: What are next steps in Japan case against Ghosn

TOKYO — Nissan Motor Co. former chairman Carlos Ghosn, charged with financial improprieties and detained in Tokyo for more than a month, has also been accused of breach of trust that caused a multimillion-dollar financial loss for Nissan. Speculation that he could leave on bail surged on Thursday […]

Trump call with Turkish leader led to US pullout from Syria

WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria was made hastily, without consulting his national security team or allies, and over strong objections from virtually everyone involved in the fight against the Islamic State group, according to U.S. and Turkish officials. Trump stunned his […]

2 arrested for drone use in London Gatwick Airport case

LONDON  — British police say two people were arrested early Saturday morning for suspected “criminal use of drones’” in the Gatwick Airport case that has created nightmarish holiday travel delays for tens of thousands of passengers. Sussex police did not release the age or gender of the two […]

North Carolina asked feds to open vote fraud case last year

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges against the man now at the center of ballot fraud allegations that have thrown a 2018 congressional race into turmoil. N.C. Board of Elections […]

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