PORTLAND, Ore. — The focus on measles in the Pacific Northwest intensified Friday as public health officials in Oregon announced a new case of the highly contagious disease unrelated to an ongoing outbreak in Washington state that’s sickened 68 people so far. An unvaccinated Illinois resident who spent […]
LAS VEGAS — Casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson is battling cancer, but industry analysts and his Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Friday said the gambling empire he founded and helms has the personnel to guide it through the health crisis. Their comments came a day […]
Washington : The US Supreme Court 2015 ruling legalising same-sex marriages in country boosted the well-being and life satisfaction of homosexual couples, a study claims. Some states were clear on whether or not they would recognise the marriages of same-sex couples, and others were in an uncertain flux, in […]
Washington : The United States and Russia clashed Friday over how to assist crisis-wracked Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channeled through President Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to push through the border. A day after Russia and China vetoed […]
Rio De Janeiro : Rio de Janeiro’s fabled Carnival — one of the world’s biggest and most lively parties — kicked off Friday with the traditional symbolic passing of a key to the city to festival leader King Momo. Once again this year, mayor and former evangelical Christian pastor […]
Washington : Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort urged a judge on Friday to impose a sentence “substantially below” the potential 19 to 24 years in prison he is facing for tax crimes and bank fraud. Manafort, 69, is to be sentenced on March […]
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthman from captivity in Pakistan and called on the two countries to sustain the “positive momentum” and engage in further constructive dialogue. The IAF Wing Commander returned to India from Pakistan on […]
Hyderabad : Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first ODI of the five-match series here on Saturday. India included Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI in place of Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been rested. Teams: India: Virat Kohli(capt), Rohit Sharma, […]
NASA’s newest Mars lander has started digging into the red planet, but hit a few snags, scientists said Friday. The German drilling instrument on the InSight lander struck what appeared to be a couple of stones. It only managed to burrow between half a foot (18 centimeters) and […]
Bareilly (UP) : Two men were killed and three others injured when their car rammed into the rear of a truck on the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Highway, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Friday night in Faridpur area, Inspector Satish Chand said. The five men were rushed to a […]
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