Day: January 27, 2019

Lucky 7: Djokovic routs Nadal for record 7th Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even whiffed […]

Israeli Holocaust survivor remembers Auschwitz on birthday

JERUSALEM — As the world commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Sunday, death camp survivor Cipora Feivlovich marks her own personal milestone as she turns 92. Feivlovich has spent her most recent birthdays recounting to audiences in Israel and Germany her […]

UK paper pays damages to Melania Trump over false report

LONDON — Britain’s Telegraph newspaper has apologized and paid damages to U.S. First Lady Melania Trump after publishing an article it says contains many false statements. The newspaper said Saturday it apologizes “unreservedly” to Mrs. Trump and her family for any embarrassment caused by the content of a […]

Russia and Putin mark 75 years since WWII siege of Leningrad

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Russian city of St. Petersburg marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II siege by Nazi forces with a large military parade Sunday in the city’s sprawling Palace Square. Russian President Vladimir Putin later laid flowers at a monument […]

Fears that 2nd dam could breach in Brazil prompt evacuations

BRUMADINHO, Brazil — Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same company was also at risk of breaching. Authorities were evacuating several neighborhoods in the southeastern city of Brumadinho that were within […]

Give first round to Pelosi over Trump in shutdown skirmish

WASHINGTON — In the year’s first test of divided government, give round one to Nancy Pelosi. And it wasn’t really competitive. When the record 35-day partial federal shutdown began before Christmas, Pelosi was just a month removed from her vote-by-vote struggle for enough Democratic support to become House […]

20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral

JOLO, Philippines — Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 111 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said. Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in […]

EWS quota will not affect existing reservation: PM

Madurai (TN), Jan 27: Virtually sounding the Lok Sabha poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at critics of the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections. A few in the state were creating an “atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust” for ‘selfish’ […]

ICICI Bank case: CBI transfers investigating officer

New Delhi, Jan 27: The CBI has transferred the investigating officer in the ICICI Bank case as its “discreet inquiry” suggested his role in leaking information related to searches, officials said Sunday. Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra was transferred to Ranchi, a day after filing an FIR in […]

Rahul has all qualities to make a good PM: Tejashwi

New Delhi, Jan 27:Congress president Rahul Gandhi has all the qualities to make a good prime minister, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has said, and alleged that the BJP’s propaganda machinery spent hundreds of thousands of crores to malign the Congress leader’s image. However, he also emphasised that the […]

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