Day: March 27, 2019

US judge recommends partial ban on iPhone imports to US

A US trade judge ruled Tuesday that Apple had violated a Qualcomm chipmaker patent and said she would recommend banning imports of some iPhones. International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara wrote that she would be recommending a “limited exclusion order together with a cease and desist […]

NZ police probe mosque attack links after man dies in stand-off

Christchurch police launched an urgent investigation Wednesday to find out whether a man who died after an early morning stand-off with armed officers had links to mosque attacks which killed 50 people. Police raided the 54-year-old man’s home on Tuesday night and found a cache of firearms after […]

US to speed up astronaut return to Moon: target 2024

Donald Trump’s administration announced Tuesday it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a “spark of urgency” to prevail over delays that have plagued NASA’s lunar return plans. “It is the stated policy of this administration and […]

Brit fugitive tries to flee Australia on jet ski

Australian police on Wednesday said they had apprehended a British suspected drug offender, who tried to flee to Papua New Guinea on a jet ski. Border police said they received a tip-off that “a man, possibly armed with a crossbow and carrying additional fuel and supplies, had been […]

British MPs to vote on Brexit options

British MPs will on Wednesday hold votes on various Brexit options even as Prime Minister Theresa May comes under pressure to announce a departure plan to get support for her unpopular divorce deal. Three years after a referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union, the […]

Turkey: key dates of Erdogan’s rule

Here are key dates in Turkey since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) — on course to win Sunday’s local elections — took power in 2002. – Win in first vote – In its first election bid and just a year after it is founded, […]

End of an era in Indian aviation as Goyal bows out

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal rose from humble beginnings to be undisputed king of India’s skies. But now, at 69, massive debts have forced him to cede control of the pioneering airline he founded. Goyal stepped down as Jet chairman Monday and quit its board as part of […]

Ready or not? Britain’s ‘no deal’ planning

If Britain’s political system fails to break its Brexit logjam, the country is faced with the prospect of crashing out of the European Union on April 12. Here are the main ways Britain would be affected: – Business planning – Around 80 percent of British companies judged themselves […]

Bautista Agut stuns Djokovic, Barty topples Kvitova in Miami

Novak Djokovic’s pursuit of a record seventh Miami Open ATP title ended in dramatic fashion on Tuesday as Roberto Bautista Agut superbly recovered from a first set destruction to win 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and book a place in the quarter-finals. And the top seeds kept falling as women’s […]

New Gaza rocket threatens truce after Netanyahu warning

Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel late Tuesday prompting further retaliation strikes from the Israeli army, with the late-night exchanges threatening claims of a truce. It comes hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was prepared for further military action in Gaza, at a highly sensitive […]

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