Month: August 2019

G-7 summit in France a test of unity among world leaders

BIARRITZ, France — Efforts to salvage consensus among the G-7 rich democracies frayed Saturday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s unpredictable America-first approach even before the official start of the summit in southern France. European Council President Donald Tusk said the three-day summit in the seaside resort of […]

Economic storm clouds hovering over Trump and global leaders

BIARRITZ, France — Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the richest democracies can make substantive progress on an array of issues at their summit […]

Hong Kong protests met with tear gas; China frees UK mission staffer

HONG KONG – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb on Saturday after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions. Four MTR subway stations were closed […]

Opposition leaders denied entry to Kashmir, sent back from airport

NEW DELHI – Indian opposition leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi were barred from leaving the airport on Saturday in Kashmir, where local authorities had warned that their visit could stoke heightened tension in the region. The Jammu and Kashmir government said late on Friday political leaders […]

Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

Biarritz (France), Aug 24: French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch Saturday ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in southwest France. The two leaders sat on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais in the Atlantic resort […]

Restrictions lifted from most of Kashmir, situation improving gradually: Official

Srinagar, Aug 24: Authorities lifted restrictions from most of Kashmir on Saturday, a day after they had imposed strict curbs on movement of people in the Valley in view of the Friday prayers and the proposed march of separatists to the local United Nations office. Day-time restrictions have been […]

Former finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley dies

New Delhi, Aug 24: Arun Jaitley, who as finance minister ushered in India’s biggest tax reforms and was the chief trouble-shooter of the BJP and the Modi government, died at the AIIMS here on Saturday after battling multiple health issues for the last several months. He was 66. In […]

US working on two-prong strategy to ease Indo-Pak tensions over Kashmir issue: Senior officials

Washington, Aug 24: The US is working on a two-pronged strategy to defuse fresh tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, senior officials from the Trump administration here said.  The first strategy is to exert pressure on Pakistan to refrain […]

Three held for killing man

Ghaziabad, Aug 24: Three persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing a man here, police said. However, the main accused, identified as Sunil, is still at large, they added. Sunil, along with his three friends, planned to kill Sanjay, a farmer, after the latter had an altercation with […]

Navy on high alert, strict vigil in TN

Coimbatore/Kochi,Aug 24: The Indian Navy has sounded a high-alert at sea in view of intelligence inputs that six members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba have intruded into Tamil Nadu, as strict surveillance continued in various parts of the State for the second day on Saturday. “In view of the intelligence inputs, […]

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