Month: August 2019

Russia sends ‘Fedor’ its first humanoid robot into space

Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research with identification number Skybot F850, the robot is the first ever sent up by […]

Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing ‘strong economy’

WASHINGTON — A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had “a strong economy.” Trump’s flip-flop came after recent market volatility and economic uncertainty, and amid a debate about whether […]

Report shows US deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year under the first projections taking into account the big budget deal that President Donald Trump and Congress reached this summer, the Congressional Budget Office reported Wednesday. The return […]

Killings by police divide Brazilian city weary of crime

RIO DE JANEIRO — It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police open fire and someone dies. Brazilian human rights and victims’ groups are raising alarms about the record levels of deaths at police hands in the state of 17.2 million […]

Planned Parenthood sees swift fallout from quitting program

SALT LAKE CITY — Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping into financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases in the wake of its decision to quit a $260 million federal family planning program in a dispute […]

Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – Two American service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement, as the United States seeks to reach a negotiated end to the nearly 18-year-old war. It gave no further details and withheld the names of the service […]

Nifty, Sensex slip as stimulus news awaited; DLF plunges nearly 20%

BENGALURU – Indian shares fell on Thursday as investors fretted over the chances of a fiscal stimulus and anxiously awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman’s speech later this week for clues on future rate cuts. Real estate stocks were among the top losers, with the Nifty real estate […]

P. Chidambaram arrested in corruption case

NEW DELHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested former finance minister P. Chidambaram late on Wednesday in relation to alleged corruption and money laundering, a day after the Delhi High Court rejected his application to seek exemption from arrest. Chidambaram was arrested by federal police on […]

US seeking balancing act in South Asia over Kashmir: Report

Washington, Aug 22 : The US is seeking a balancing act in South Asia after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two Union Territories, according to a congressional report which said President Donald Trump’s offer to “mediate” on the issue may have […]

Never met Peter or Indrani Mukherjea, says Karti Chidambaram, claims “political vendetta”

New Delhi, Aug 22: Karti Chidambaram on Thursday termed the arrest of his father P Chidambaram as a “political vendetta” and vehemently denied any association with either Peter Mukherjea or his wife Indrani Mukherjea, the promoters of INX Media. Karti arrived here this morning from Chennai, hours after his […]

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