When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals. But in Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been forged: conservationists and shipping companies have aligned in a bid to move the heavily-trafficked lane about 28 […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani mountaineering official and Italy’s ambassador say the search has resumed for two European climbers who went missing on the world’s ninth-highest mountain in bad weather. Italian Daniele Nardi and Scotsman Tom Ballard have been missing for more than a week on Nanga Parbat, known […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Facebook says it will not allow foreign-funded advertisements for upcoming presidential and legislative elections in Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, hoping to allay concerns that its platform is being used to manipulate voting behavior. The announcement on Facebook’s website said the restriction in Indonesia took […]
SEATTLE — A London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant, the second success including the “Berlin patient,” doctors reported. The therapy had an early success with Timothy Ray Brown, a U.S. man treated in Germany who is 12 years post-transplant […]
WASHINGTON — Democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, an aggressive investigation that threatens to shadow the president through the 2020 election season with potentially damaging inquiries into his White House, campaign and family businesses. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Monday his panel was […]
Adalaj (Guj) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said asking the government to account for its work has now become a trend in the country. He said his government aims to empower the society to conduct more and more social works. “There is a recent trend of people expecting […]
Mumbai : A murder case accused, who was out on bail, was shot dead by an unidentified person in suburban Kurla on Tuesday, a police official said. Janu Pawar alias Billa was on Halav bridge in Kurla area in the morning when the assailant fired at him and fled, […]
Mumbai : Arjun Rampal says the primary job of an actor is reinvention, as the moment one starts repeating roles, a shelf life is born. In the last few years, Arjun has featured in films of diverse genres — thriller “Kahaani 2”, the Arun Gawli biopic “Daddy” to war […]
Aurangabad : Police Tuesday detained a doctor from Aurangabad district of Maharashtra for allegedly providing financial assistance to the ISIS suspects who were arrested in January this year by the ATS. The doctor was taken into custody in the wee hours from Khuldabad, around 26 kms from here, a […]
Nagpur : Australia captain Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to bowl in the second ODI against India here Tuesday. For Australia, Shaun Marsh and Nathan Lyon have come in for Ashton Turner and Jason Behrendorff. India are unchanged for the match. The hosts won the opening ODI […]
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