Day: April 9, 2019

Ghosn accuses Nissan executives of ‘backstabbing’ plot

Carlos Ghosn has accused “backstabbing” Nissan executives of a “conspiracy” to have him arrested over fears he planned to merge the Japanese firm with France’s Renault, in a video released Tuesday. The footage, recorded shortly before Ghosn was re-arrested by prosecutors in Tokyo last week, did not however […]

Britain’s May seeks Brexit delay from Merkel, Macron

British Prime Minister Theresa May meets the leaders of Germany and France on Tuesday in a last-gasp bid to keep her country from crashing out of the European Union later this week. Her huddles with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and President Emmanuel Macron in Paris come on […]

German IS woman in court accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die of thirst

A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group went on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi “slave” girl die of thirst in the sun. The case against Jennifer W., 27, is believed to be the first anywhere in the world […]

Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted in Umbrella Movement trial

A group of Hong Kong activists face jail after being convicted Tuesday on colonial-era “public nuisance” charges for their role in organising mass pro-democracy protests that paralysed the city for months and infuriated Beijing. The convictions followed a trial that has renewed alarm over shrinking freedoms under an […]

Russia violated Navalny’s rights in house arrest: European rights court

Russia violated the human rights of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, a leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin, by holding him under house arrest for a lengthy spell in 2014, Europe’s top rights court said Tuesday. It is the second time the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has […]

US proposes tariffs on EU products over Airbus subsidies

A simmering transatlantic trade row risked escalating on Tuesday after the US threatened to impose tariff counter-measures of up to $11.2 billion on a host of European products. The threatened US tariffs are in response to subsidies received by aircraft maker Airbus and target a host of European […]

Sudan protesters defiant after aborted bid to clear army HQ sit-in

Thousands of defiant Sudanese protesters remained camped outside army headquarters for a fourth day Tuesday, buoyed by the abandonment of a pre-dawn attempt to disperse them after soldiers intervened, witnesses said. Chanting “freedom, freedom,” crowds of men and women, who had spent the night camped outside sprawling the […]

Israel votes with Netanyahu’s future at stake

Israelis voted Tuesday in a high-stakes election that will decide whether to extend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long right-wing tenure despite corruption allegations or to replace him with an ex-military chief new to politics. The vote is expected to be close and likely lead to frantic negotiations to […]

Four TN fishermen arrested by SL Navy for fishing off

Rameswaram(TN) :  Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in their territorial waters early Tuesday and taken to the island nation, a fishermen association leader said. Around 3,000 fishermen from this island town had put out to sea Monday and […]

166 candidates in fray for 3-phase LS polls in C’garh

Raipur :  The stage is set for three-phase Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh where 166 candidates are in the fray for total 11 seats. Major parties BJP and Congress have already rolled out their campaigns to woo voters in the state where polling will be held on April 11, […]

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