BANGKOK — Shares skidded in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 470 points overnight amid mounting trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.8% to 21,537.24 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong sank 0.7% to 29,156.23. […]
SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the policy is challenged in court, handing the president a major victory, even if it only proves temporary. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]
JOHANNESBURG — The Latest on South Africa’s elections (all times local): The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party has cast his ballot in Dobsonville, a part of Soweto, Johannesburg’s largest black township. He was one of the first voters at the Dobsonville polling station. Democratic Alliance leader […]
TOKYO — Japan’s top automaker Toyota said Wednesday its profit for January-March fell 4% as vehicle sales lagged in North America. Toyota Motor Corp. recorded a quarterly profit of 459.5 billion yen, or $4.2 billion, down from 480.8 billion yen in the same period the previous year. Quarterly […]
“First off, let’s be honest. Smoking is bad. I don’t let my daughter smoke,” he said during a sometimes profane tirade delivered between puffs. “But it’s going to hurt my friends,” he said, pointing out that a 24-hour Rite Aid pharmacy down the street does big business in […]
CAIRO — As the popular uprising against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gained strength earlier this year, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia began reaching out to the military through secret channels to encourage his removal from power, according to Egyptian and Sudanese officials. The three Arab […]
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment. Hassan Rouhani’s address to the […]
open view news desk Working Agreement on cooperation between AIR and Bangladesh Betar agreed upon – to be operationalized from June, 2019 DD Free Dish to carry Bangladesh TV on its platform A Delegation from Bangladesh led by H.E. Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Adviser to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, […]
open view news desk The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), under the Cabinet Secretary Sh. P. K. Sinha further reviewed the rescue and relief measures in the cyclone “FANI” affected areas of Odisha with the senior officials of State Government and Central Ministries/Agencies concerned. Ministry of Home Affairs […]
open view news desk The Health Ministry in consultation with the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile in respect of NEET-PG for the year 2019-20 by 6 percentile. Now, general category candidates with minimum of marks at 44 percentile, […]
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