Month: July 2019

UN calls for Libya ceasefire as death toll climbs to 1,000

The UN Security Council called Friday for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1,000, including scores killed in an air strike that hit a detention centre for migrants. The council condemned the late Tuesday attack on the Tajoura detention […]

Amazon’s Bezos finalizes divorce with $38 bn settlement: report

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos finalized their divorce Friday to the tune of a $38-billion settlement, Bloomberg News reported. Under the agreement, MacKenzie Bezos, 49, will receive approximately 19.7 million Amazon.com shares, giving her a four percent stake in the company valued at $38.3 billion, and […]

Erdogan sacks Turkey central bank governor amid rate tensions

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the governor of Turkey’s central bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree said Saturday, after months of tension with the government over high interest rates. Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, has been replaced […]

Crews assess damage from second big quake in Southern California

Emergency rescue crews fanned out Saturday to assess damage from the second powerful earthquake to hit Southern California in as many days — a 7.1 magnitude tremor that revived fears of the so-called Big One the region has feared for decades. No fatalities or serious injuries have been […]

Russia outraged by case of sisters who killed abusive father

MOSCOW — One evening last summer, Mikhail Khachaturyan decided that his living room wasn’t tidy enough, so he summoned his three teenage daughters one by one and doused each with pepper spray. Such violence and abuse was not unusual in the Khachaturyan household, according to court records. But […]

Top official says Iran ready for higher uranium enrichment

TEHRAN, Iran — A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord. A video message […]

North Korea says released Australian student was spying

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday that an Australian student who it detained for a week had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in spying by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views toward the North. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency, or […]

Pete Buttigieg has money. Can he turn it into a 2020 win?

CARROLL, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg stunned the Democratic presidential field with a nearly $25 million second-quarter fundraising haul. Now he needs to figure out how to use that money to build a campaign that can go the distance against nearly two dozen rivals — many of them better known — […]

Maiden Visit of Chief of Naval staff to Kochi

open view news desk Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) is on a two-day visit to Kochi. The Admiral arrived at naval air station INS Garuda by Indian Air Force aircraft at 11 am on 05 Jul 19 and was received by Vice […]

PM visits Varanasi

Unveils Lal Bahadur Shastri statue at Varanasi airport Joins a tree plantation drive in Varanasi open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today, visited Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and took part in various programs. The Prime Minister unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Sh. […]

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