BERLIN – Abuse of power, state oppression and the struggle faced by those who seek to challenge it in countries from Russia and Brazil to the United States are key themes in this year’s Berlin Film Festival, for which the final line-up was announced on Tuesday. This year’s […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists who have called for her execution. “On merit, this petition is dismissed,” Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa […]
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sees coal as a key way to boost the economy, but burning more coal may worsen pollution in a country already choking on some of the world’s most toxic air. With the country staggering under the weight of international sanctions […]
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG – Huawei’s CFO “should not be a hostage” in Sino-U.S. relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced criminal charges against herself and the Chinese firm just days before crunch trade talks with Beijing. The Justice Department charged Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and […]
NEW DELHI – Walmart Inc’s online retailer Flipkart has told the Indian government the company faces the risk of “significant customer disruption” if the implementation of new curbs for e-commerce is not delayed by six months, a source told Reuters. India’s new foreign investment restrictions will, from Feb. […]
Hyderabad, Jan 29: Describing theCentre’s plea in the Supreme Court to return excess land acquired by it in Ayodhya to their original owners as “insidious”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Tuesday said the NDA Government was trying to prevent fair adjudication of the dispute. “This insidious attempt by the Central […]
Jaipur, Jan 29: Welcoming Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of minimum income guarantee to poor, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday said he has already started preparations about the scheme. Gehlot said that the country is capable of providing such a guarantee to its citizens. “This is a historic […]
Jammu, Jan 29: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for vehicles Tuesday due to landslides in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, an official said. There was a landslide at the Panthiyal-Makarkote area on the highway resulting in blockade Tuesday afternoon, police said. The road is the only all-weather surface […]
Tokyo : Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to further expand Japan’s already improving ties with China but stressed the need to bolster defense capability as far as space amid concern about China’s military activity. Abe’s comments came in a policy speech at the start of the parliamentary session […]
Washington : Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has hit back at critics who accuse the Democratic presidential hopeful of being a “Hindu nationalist”, saying questioning her commitment to America while not probing non-Hindu leaders creates a “double standard” that can only be rooted in “religious bigotry”. Gabbard, the four-term lawmaker said […]
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