Day: October 23, 2019

Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with new accord

ANKARA, Turkey — Russia and Turkey reached an agreement Tuesday that would cement their power in Syria, deploying their forces across nearly its entire northeastern border to fill the void left by President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces. The accord caps a dramatic and swift transformation […]

Soto, Nationals top Cole, Astros 5-4 in World Series opener

HOUSTON — Juan Soto and the Washington Nationals quickly derailed the Cole Express. A 20-year-old prodigy with a passion for the big moment, Soto homered onto the train tracks high above the left field wall and hit a two-run double as the Nationals tagged Gerrit Cole and the Houston […]

Trump claim brings new pain to relatives of lynching victims

MONTGOMERY, Ala. : — Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge in Alabama in 1957. Two years earlier, white men had bludgeoned black teenager Emmett Till to death in Mississippi. No one went to […]

Ballistics database helps bring Houston gang war into focus

HOUSTON — Kenneth Roberson’s lyrics chronicled the gang violence he saw in his hometown of Houston. “Momma’s crying, son is dying on this crime scene,” he rapped. Those words became prophetic as the aspiring artist was killed during a September 2018 drive-by shooting that left his mother, Yvonne […]

UP woman burnt to death by husband

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 23 : A woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband over a family dispute, following which the man was arrested, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on October 13 in Khatoli district, SHO Santosh Kumar Tyagi said. Anuradha was rushed to a hospital […]

‘Narcos’ star Wagner Moura to attend IFFI

New Delhi, Oct 23 : Wagner Moura, best known for playing Colombian drug lord in hit Netflix series “Narcos”, is set to attend the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The Brazilian actor, who is visiting the country in November for the film gala in Goa, will present his […]

Market starts on a tepid note amid weak global cues

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty stared on a tepid note on Wednesday amid weak cues from global markets and foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading flat at 38,963.28 in morning trade, and the broader NSE Nifty slipped 3.40 points, or 0.02 […]

Rupee slips 9 paise to 71.03 against USD in early trade

Mumbai, Oct 23 : The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 9 paise to 71.03 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday amid rising demand for the US dollar vis-a-vis other currencies overseas and unabated foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said trading in emerging […]

Re-polling underway in five booths in Haryana

Chandigarh, Oct 23 : Re-polling was underway in five polling booths in as many assembly constituencies of Haryana on Wednesday. Some “shortcomings” had been noticed after which re-polling was ordered in these booths, state’s joint chief electoral officer Dr Inder Jeet had said on Tuesday. The re-polling is being […]

Sonia Gandhi meets D K Shivakumar in Tihar jail

New Delhi, Oct 23 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday morning met Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in Tihar jail and enquired about his welfare. Shivakumar, 57, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 3 in a money laundering case. He is lodged in Tihar […]

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