Hidekichi Miyazaki, a Japanese centenarian who set the 100-metre sprint world record for the over-105 age category, has died aged 108, a local sports official said Friday. Miyazaki, dubbed “Golden Bolt” after eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, passed away on Wednesday, the official confirmed. The record breaking […]
WASHINGTON — A prominent American-born anchorwoman for Iran’s state television says she believes the U.S. government jailed her because of her work as journalist and her beliefs, and as a warning to her to “watch your step.” Marzieh Hashemi spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, a day […]
PANAMA CITY — Pope Francis is bringing World Youth Day to Panama’s juvenile delinquents who can’t participate in the Catholic Church’s big festival of faith. Francis on Friday will celebrate a special penitential Mass inside the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center, which is Panama’s main youth lockup. […]
Thrissur(Ker) : National award-winning Malayalam film director Priyanandanan Friday claimed he was attacked and cow dung water poured on him and suspected the hand of BJP-RSS workers in the incident that comes days after his objectionable Facebook post on the Sabarimala women’s entry issue. However, the BJP has denied […]
Caracas : Backed by Venezuela’s military, President Nicolas Maduro went on the offensive against an opposition leader who declared himself interim president and his US supporters, setting up a potentially explosive struggle for power in the crisis-plagued South American nation. A defiant Maduro called home all Venezuelan diplomats from […]
Seoul : Seoul on Friday sent aircraft over the Yellow Sea to carry out cloud-seeding experiments in an effort to tackle air pollution many South Koreans blame on China. Air quality in South Korea is generally better than in its giant neighbour, the world’s biggest polluter, which is periodically […]
Washington : Two bills to end the US government have been rejected by the Senate, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies over President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to build a border wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump is demanding USD 5.7 billion of […]
Washington : President Donald Trump has said he struck a “very fair deal” with India by making it cut the tariffs on the iconic motorcycle Harley-Davidson by half in just about two minutes, but rued the “high” Indian duties on American whisky. India in February last year slashed the […]
Mumbai : Boman Irani has been roped in to star in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biopic, which has Vivek Oberoi set to play the title role. Irani joins Darshan Kumaar, who last came on board “PM Narendra Modi” to be directed by Omung Kumar. The actor said it is […]
New Delhi : As many as 48 people will be honoured, eight of them posthumously, with Jeevan Raksha awards for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person, the Home Ministry announced on Friday. The award is given in three categories — Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha […]
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