Month: October 2019

SA 129 for 6 at lunch on 3rd day

Ranchi, Oct 21 : South Africa were 129 for 6 in their first innings in reply to India’s 497 for 9 declared at lunch on the third day of the final Test here on Monday. South Africa still trail by 368 runs with four first innings wickets in hand. […]

Himachal bypoll: 24 per cent polling till 11:30 am

Shimla, Oct 21 : About 24 per cent polling was recorded till 11:30 am for the two Assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, a state election official said. The voting began at 8 am on Monday at a slow pace which is likely to pick up during the day. The […]

Maha polls: 5.64 pc voting recorded in Mumbai in first 2 hrs

Mumbai, Oct 21 : Mumbai suburbs on Monday recorded 5.64 per cent polling in the first two hours as voting got underway for the 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, an election official said. Long queues were observed outside several polling stations, indicating the percentage may go up in subsequent […]

Report: Synagogue massacre led to string of attack plots

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, EE.UU. — Al menos 12 supremacistas blancos han sido arrestados por acusaciones de planear, perpetrar o amenazar cometer ataques antisemíticos en Estados Unidos desde la masacre en una sinagoga de Pittsburgh hace casi un año, reportó el domingo un grupo judío de derechos civiles. La […]

Bolivia’s Evo Morales likely forced to presidential runoff

LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales came out ahead in the first round of Bolivia’s presidential election, but he appears to have failed to get enough votes to avoid the first runoff in his nearly 14 years in power. The preliminary results released late Sunday dealt a […]

US troops in Syria going to Iraq, not home as Trump claims

KABUL, Afghanistan — While President Donald Trump insists he’s bringing home Americans from “endless wars” in the Mideast, his Pentagon chief says all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue operations against the Islamic State group. They aren’t coming home and the […]

Prince Harry admits he and Prince William are ‘on different paths’

Prince Harry has admitted he and his brother are now “on different paths” and have “good days” and “bad days” in their relationship. The Duke of Sussex has been plagued by rumours in recent months of a rift between him and Prince William, and in an interview with […]

Ref triggers World Cup anger for ‘mocking’ France red card

World Cup referee Jaco Peyper has sparked anger after posing for a photo with Wales fans in which he appeared to mimic the elbow that led to Sebastien Vahaamahina’s quarter-final red card. The South African official dismissed the hulking lock in Oita on Sunday after video replays showed […]

Canada vote too close to call as Trudeau hopes to cling on

Canadians vote in a general election Monday with polling predicting a minority government as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party risks losing its majority or even being kicked out of office. The Liberals and the Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, could be set for a near dead heat […]

Explainer – Brexit basics: What is Brexit and why does it matter?

LONDON – The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union at 2300 GMT on Oct. 31. Below is an explainer of the Brexit basics: For a graphic: here     BREXIT?     A blend of “Britain” and “exit”, the word was coined by former lawyer Peter Wilding four years […]

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