NEW DELHI — The planned release of a Bollywood biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi days before the start of Indian elections has run into trouble with a court challenge pending and the censor board yet to clear its opening in theaters. Opposition parties are protesting that the […]
SEOUL, South Korea — Firefighters extinguished much of a forest fire burning on South Korea’s mountainous northern coast Friday after the blaze destroyed 120 homes and forced more than 3,500 to flee the region that hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics. One person was killed by the fire, and […]
TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully dropped an explosive designed to make a crater on an asteroid and collect its underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system. Friday’s crater mission is the riskiest for Hayabusa2, as it had […]
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s presidential candidates have taken alcohol and drug tests before a runoff vote. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a popular comedian who left President Petro Poroshenko far behind in Sunday’s first round, had challenged the incumbent to take the test. Poroshenko took the test Friday at Kiev Olimpiyskiy […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening to slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the Mexicans do more to stop the flow of migrants trying to enter the U.S. Trump had threatened to close down the border this week unless Mexico immediately halted […]
Muzaffarnagar : A court here has sentenced three highway robbers to life imprisonment for murdering a man after looting him. Additional District Sessions Judge Gaurav Kumar Shrivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 each on the accused, Gulfam, Narender Sharma and Suleman, after holding them guilty under sections […]
Mumbai : Actor Irrfan Khan has commenced shooting for the much-anticipated sequel to his 2017 blockbuster “Hindi Medium”. The 52-year-old actor recently returned to the country. He went abroad last year after he was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour. Maddock Films, the production company behind the original film, shared […]
Srinagar : Clashes broke out between inmates and the staff at Central Jail Srinagar as prisoners went on a rampage against the move to shift them within the prison facility for renovation of some barracks, police said on Friday. Trouble started Thursday night in Central Jail as the inmates […]
Google on Thursday confirmed that it has disbanded a recently assembled artificial intelligence ethics advisory panel in the face of controversy over its membership. The end of the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) came just days after a group of Google employees launched a public campaign against […]
The abdication of Japan’s outgoing Emperor Akihito and the enthronement of his son Naruhito will be solemn, ritual-bound affairs complete with sumptuous clothing and sacred paraphernalia. Here are some of the key elements of the garb and gear that will be seen during the enthronement of the new […]
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