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 […]
Srinagar : The higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains, an official at the MeT Department said Saturday. The Meteorological Department has forecast another spell of wet weather across the state over the next few days. Many areas in the higher reaches […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used as a weapon in a deadly attack on the Syrian town of Douma last year. The determination was contained in a detailed report by the Organization for the Prohibition […]
Where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopefuls are introducing themselves to voters in some of the earliest states that will weigh in on their campaigns to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Candidates are fanned out in South Carolina and Iowa on Saturday, spending time with […]
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