Month: October 2019

Lam says Chinese military could step in if uprising gets bad

HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad” but said the government still hopes to resolve the crisis itself. Lam urged foreign critics […]

Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday cast his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from “endless war” in the Middle East, even as Republican critics and others said he was sacrificing a U.S. ally and undermining American credibility. Trump […]

Rajnath Singh to hold talks with French President before sortie in Rafale jet

Paris, Oct 8: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday and receive the first of the 36 Rafale aircraft in the French port city of Bordeaux, where he will perform ‘Shastra Puja’ on the occasion of Dussehra and take a sortie in […]

Don’t use ‘lynching’ to defame India: Bhagwat

Nagpur, Oct 8: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said lynching is a “western construct” and should not be used in the Indian context to defame the country. Addressing the Vijayadashmi function of the RSS at Reshimbagh ground in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, he said the word […]

Modi-Xi Jinping summit: Stalin wishes positive impact

Chennai, Oct 8: DMK president M K Stalin on Tuesday said the upcoming Indo-China summit to be held at Mamallapuram near here is a thing of pride for Tamil Nadu and wished a positive impact for the global community from the meet. Stalin, Leader of the Opposition in the […]

Balakot strikes show major shift in govt handling of terrorist attacks: IAF chief

Hindon, Oct 8:The strategic relevance of the Balakot strike reflected the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism and this has been a major shift in the government’s way of handling terrorist attacks, Indian Air Force chief R K S Bhadauria said on Tuesday. […]

Trio win medicine Nobel for work on how cells adapt to oxygen

Three researchers from the US and Britain on Monday shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how human cells sense and adapt to changing oxygen levels, opening up new strategies to fight common diseases such as cancer and anaemia. William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza of the US […]

Explainer – North Korea’s deadline on denuclearisation talks looms, but what does it mean?

SEOUL – North Korea has doubled down on leader Kim Jong Un’s year-end deadline for the United States to reconsider its approach in denuclearisation negotiations after the latest attempt at talks ended in disagreement. A spokesman for North Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state […]

Court issues notice to attach properties of absconding SP MLA

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 7 :A court in Shamli district has issued a notice to attach the properties of Kairana’s SP MLA Nahid Hasan, who is absconding in connection with a cheating case. On Sunday, police pasted the notice, issued under Section 82 (proclamation for person absconding) of the CrPC, […]

‘Humbled’ Osaka reveals pressure of being number one

Beijing, Oct 7 : Naomi Osaka has opened up on the immense pressure she placed on herself earlier this year that contributed to a slump in form and the loss of her top ranking. The 21-year-old Japanese continued her late season resurgence Sunday with victory over current number one […]

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