Day: May 29, 2019

US removes India from its currency monitoring list

Washington, May 29: The US on Tuesday removed India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners, citing steps being taken by New Delhi which addressed some of the Trump administration’s major concerns. For the first time, the US placed India in its currency monitoring list of countries […]

From European dream to global giant: Airbus marks half century

Fifty years ago at the Paris air show, France’s transport minister and Germany’s economy minister signed an agreement that would change aviation history. The year was 1969 and Europe needed a smaller, lighter and more cost-effective passenger aircraft than American rivals. Five years later, the A300B2 was born, […]

UAE expats get taste of Ramadan traditional sweets

Nida Mohammed drove for more than an hour from Fujairah to Sharjah in the UAE just to buy special Iraqi sweets and juices for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. “Over there (in Fujairah) you can’t find Iraqi stuff,” Mohammed says, as she picks up her order of […]

Mother Minella expects more WTA players to have children

Luxembourg’s Mandy Minella says she expects there will soon be more mothers playing on the WTA Tour as she “enjoys” the nomadic life with her family. The 33-year-old, who was knocked out of the French Open in the second round by Latvian 12th seed Anastasija Sevastova on Wednesday, […]

Top French journalist questioned by intelligence service

France’s domestic intelligence service on Wednesday questioned a journalist who broke the story of a scandal that shook President Emmanuel Macron, the latest in a growing number of reporters to be quizzed in a trend that has disturbed press freedom activists. Ariane Chemin, who works for the Le […]

Charging US president with a crime was ‘not an option’: Mueller

Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging Donald Trump with a crime of obstruction was not an option because of Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president. “Under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office,” […]

AP Explains: Why do Serbia-Kosovo tensions persist?

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared this week after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and arrested scores of people. There have been clashes between Kosovo’s police and local Serbs, with several people injured, and two U.N. personnel were detained, including a […]

Mueller: Special counsel probe did not exonerate Trump

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday he believed he was constitutionally barred from charging President Donald Trump with a crime but pointedly emphasized that his report did not exonerate the president. He cautioned lawmakers who have been negotiating for his public testimony that he would not […]

SC extends tenure of NCDRC’s judicial member by one year

New Delhi, May 29: The Supreme Court Wednesday extended the tenure of Justice V K Jain, a judicial member of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which was expiring today. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose said the extension of tenure would […]

Cong will analyse reasons behind people electing BJP in Rajasthan: Pilot

Jaipur, May 29: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot said on Wednesday that the party will analyse the reasons behind people electing the BJP in the Lok Sabha election just a few months after the Congress formed a government in the state. He said Congress president Rahul Gandhi […]

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