Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic retired from his US Open match Sunday after dropping the first two sets to Stan Wawrinka, sending the Swiss three-time Grand Slam champion into the quarter-finals. Djokovic, who won four of the past five Slam crowns and 16 overall, was in pain from […]
A South Korean lawmaker provoked outrage Monday when he berated a female economics professor nominated as the country’s antitrust chief for not “fulfilling her duty to the nation” by having a child. Despite its economic advances, South Korean society remains highly patriarchal and is facing a demographic crisis […]
New Delhi, Sep 1:Â In an apparent sign of economic slowdown, India’s GST collections in August dropped to Rs 98,202 crore from over Rs 1.02 lakh crore in the previous month, the finance ministry said on Sunday. However, total Goods and Services Tax (GST) mop-up for August this year […]
Houston, Sept 2:Â The gunman who opened fire in the US State of Texas, killing 7 and injuring several others, has been identified, authorities said. The shooting – the 38th mass killing by firearms in the US this year – occurred on Saturday in the West Texas cities of […]
Kolkata, Sep 2:Â West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was sad to see that the values endorsed by India’s founding fathers were being undermined. “On this day in 1946, the interim government of Undivided India was formed, which functioned till August 1947. I am saddened […]
New Delhi, Sep 2:Â Congress president Sonia Gandhi greeted people on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, saying it is a festival that symbolises the cultural unity of the country and brings people together. Ganesh Chaturthi, also called Vinayaka Chaturthi, is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord […]
New Delhi, Sept 2: Â A 26-year-old man was detained while he was allegedly trying to enter the Parliament House with a knife on Monday, police said. Sagar, a resident of Laxmi Nagar area of Delhi, was detained from gate number 1 of the Parliament around 10.45 am while […]
New Delhi, Sep 2: India has accepted the consular access extended by Pakistan to death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav and a senior Indian diplomat will meet him on Monday, official sources said as tensions over Kashmir simmer between the two countries. Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in […]
WASHINGTON — Facing another deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump is deflecting on gun control. Over the weekend, he pointed to mental illness as a likely culprit behind recent shootings in Odessa, Texas and elsewhere, even though criminologists routinely point to gun ownership as a far better predictor […]
HONG KONG — High school students in Hong Kong added gas masks, goggles and hard hats to their formal white uniforms as they planned a strike on the first day of school Monday to show their commitment to a fiery anti-government protest movement. The nearly three months of […]
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