Day: March 16, 2019

Cong names eight candidates for Telangana in LS polls

Hyderabad :  Hammered by defection of its MLAs to the ruling TRS in Telangana, the Congress has announced candidates for eight out of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The party has fielded state Congress working president and former MLA A Revanth Reddy from Malkajgiri Lok Sabha […]

Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes after rockets target Tel Aviv

Israel said Friday its aircraft had struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward its economic capital Tel Aviv. The escalation followed weeks of growing tensions and came at an especially sensitive time ahead […]

New Zealand massacre provides test for live video platforms

A horrific video of the New Zealand mosque massacre was blocked by Facebook during its livestream but circulated on other social media, highlighting the challenges faced by internet platforms in curbing the spread of violent content. Facebook said it “quickly” removed a live video from the suspected gunman […]

Qualcomm scores $31 mn win in patent battle war with Apple

US smartphone chip titan Qualcomm said Friday it won a $31 million verdict in its multifront war with Apple over patented technology used in iPhones. A jury in a federal court in Southern California ordered that Apple pay Qualcomm for patent infringement for chips used on iPhone 7, […]

Extremist appears in court charged with New Zealand mosque attack

A right-wing extremist who filmed himself rampaging through two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch killing 49 worshippers appeared in court on a murder charge Saturday. Australian-born 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant appeared in the dock wearing handcuffs and a white prison shirt, sitting impassively as the […]

Boeing upgrades software on crisis-hit 737 MAX after deadly crash

Boeing is upgrading the stall prevention software on its 737 MAX, industry sources said Friday, as French investigators scoured black box data from the latest of two deadly crashes involving the aircraft in recent months. The MAX has been grounded worldwide following Sunday’s Ethiopia Airlines disaster that killed […]

Russian oligarch Deripaska sues US over sanctions

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska filed suit against the US Treasury Friday, accusing it of illegally targeting him for sanctions and victimizing him as part of the Russia meddling investigation. The suit, which named the US Treasury, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and Andrea Gacki, the head of the Treasury’s […]

Defiant New Zealand mosque attack suspect charged with murder

A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a shooting rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power gesture as he appeared in a New Zealand court Saturday charged with murder. Australian-born 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant stood in the dock wearing handcuffs and a white prison smock, as […]

Trump signs first veto to secure funding for border wall

Donald Trump signed the first veto of his presidency Friday, overriding congressional opposition to secure emergency funds to build more walls on the US-Mexico border. Trump declared in the Oval Office that he was “proud” to sign the veto. It came after he suffered an embarrassing defeat on […]

Receding Chilean glacier a sign of accelerating climate change

In the space of just two weeks, two large icebergs broke off the Grey Glacier in Chilean Patagonia — a sign of accelerating climate change, experts say. The Grey Glacier is one of the main sights in the Torres del Paine national park popular with tourists and hikers. […]

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