Month: May 2019

Hindu groups to double down on demands as Modi set for big win

NEW DELHI – A Hindu temple on a disputed site, life in jail for killing cows and ending the autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority state are some demands Hindu groups plan to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi on if he wins the general election as expected. The ruling […]

Modi’s jobs deficit: J&J’s largest India plant idle three years after completion

PENJERLA/NEW DELHI, India – It was supposed to be Johnson & Johnson’s biggest manufacturing plant in India. It was to eventually employ at least 1,500 people and help bring development to a rural area near Hyderabad in southern India. Yet, three years after the U.S. healthcare company completed […]

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are engaged

Los Angeles, May 20:  Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson and “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost are engaged after dating for two years.  According to E! online, the couple is planning to exchange wedding vows sometime in near future.  The duo made their debut as a couple in November […]

Saudis say they will defend themselves, as Trump warns Iran

Dubai, May 20: Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after the kingdom’s energy sector was targeted this past week amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, warned Iran that […]

Nadal can’t wait to return to new-look Roland Garros

Defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal said Sunday he can’t wait to hit the clay courts of Roland Garros after claiming his first title this season and ninth Italian Open trophy. Nadal defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 for a record 34rd Masters, leaving his […]

Bomb blast hits tourist bus near Egypt pyramids

  A bomb blast hit a tourist bus near Egypt’s famed Giza pyramids on Sunday, wounding some of them, including South Africans, in the latest blow to the country’s tourism industry. The roadside bomb went off as the bus was being driven in Giza, also causing injuries to […]

Sudan army rulers, protesters plan more talks after no agreement

Sudan’s army rulers and protest leaders said more talks were planned for Monday on finalising the makeup of a new ruling body, after hours of negotiations through the night ended without agreement. Both sides have been at loggerheads over the new governing body that would rule Sudan for […]

Japan’s economy shows better-than-expected growth

Japanese GDP expanded a better-than-expected 0.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, official data showed Monday, although analysts cautioned that the world’s third-largest economy was still facing headwinds. It was the second successive expansion for the Japanese economy after growth of 0.4 percent in the fourth […]

After crisis, Greek youth divided about EU

As she ponders her future abroad, Greek university graduate Alexandra is unsure she wants to vote on May 26 for an EU structure she holds responsible for ravaging her country after its debt crisis. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Erasmus student Thanassis suspects that Greece was a “testing ground” for EU […]

EU firms ‘caught in crossfire’ of US-China trade war

  European firms are “caught in the crossfire” of the US-China trade war and fewer are optimistic about their future in the world’s second-largest economy, a business survey showed Monday. The clash between Beijing and Washington does not benefit European companies, contrary to what some might have hoped […]

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