Month: March 2019

Modi to visit Amethi on Sunday, his first since 2014

Amethi (UP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting and lay the foundation stone of an ordnance factory unit in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The constituency is being given a saffron hue ahead of the visit, during […]

Rescuers hope for miracle as Indonesia mine goes silent

JAKARTA, Indonesia  — An official overseeing a grueling rescue at a collapsed Indonesian gold mine said that the voices of dozens of trapped miners are no longer being heard as the effort to reach them continued for a fourth day Saturday. Rescuers are currently not entering the mine […]

India, Pakistan resume shelling in Kashmir; 4 killed

SRINAGAR, India — Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and wounding four others, officials said Saturday. Fighting resumed overnight into dawn Saturday, leaving two siblings and their mother dead in Indian-controlled […]

Parents blame North Korea’s ‘evil regime’ for son’s death

CINCINNATI  — Unlike President Donald Trump, Otto Warmbier’s parents don’t believe North Korea’s leader. The parents of the American college student who was sent home from North Korea in a vegetative state spoke out Friday, after Trump’s comment this week that he takes Kim Jong Un “at his […]

Democrats 2020: Governors try to crack the senator scramble

NEW ORLEANS  — The opening months of the Democratic presidential primary have been dominated by senators who have staked their campaigns on personal narratives and sweeping liberal policies. Now come the governors. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was the first state executive to enter the presidential field, launching his […]

Tesla’s online-only sales approach comes with big risks

DETROIT — When Gary Bornstein spent $52,000 for a Tesla Model 3 last summer, he did it without taking a test drive or even seeing the car that he now owns. The Long Island, New York, financial consultant did his research and ordered the car online, a process […]

America’s newest crew capsule rockets toward space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — America’s newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. The only passenger was a life-size test dummy, named Ripley after the lead character in the “Alien” movies. SpaceX needs to nail the debut of […]

Nielsen estimates about 16 million watched Michael Cohen

NEW YORK  — The Nielsen company says that 15.8 million people watched President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, testify against him on television before a congressional committee. Nielsen estimated the viewership on eight different networks between 9:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The number contrasts with […]

Bombshell film reignites Michael Jackson abuse firestorm

An unflinching new documentary on pedophilia accusations against Michael Jackson has shattered the glittering veneer around the late King of Pop, presenting in lurid detail the stories of two men who say he sexually abused them for years as minors. “Leaving Neverland,” a four-hour film by British director […]

Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US

Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States — the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China. Beijing was quick to react, saying Ottawa’s action amounted to a “severe political incident.” The […]

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