Former US secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was appointed Thursday as the new chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. Clinton will serve for five years in the largely ceremonial role, the Northern Irish institution announced. “It is a great privilege to become the chancellor of Queen’s […]
BERLIN — Three women are under investigation in Germany for launching paper sky lanterns for the new year which apparently ignited a devastating fire that killed more than 30 animals at a zoo, officials said Thursday. The three local women — a mother and her two daughters, ages […]
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s justice minister said Thursday that Lebanon has received an international wanted notice from Interpol for Nissan’s ex-chair Carlos Ghosn, four days after he fled Japan to Lebanon to evade trial on financial misconduct charges. Albert Serhan told The Associated Press in an interview that the […]
BENGALURU – Indian stocks ended higher on Thursday, led by a surge in metals and infrastructure stocks, as hopes that the U.S. and China will sign a trade deal soon bolstered risk appetite. The Nifty ended up 0.8% at 12,282.20 on the second trading day of the year, […]
LONDON – Europe’s airlines are flying into a carbon cloud. New European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen’s continental Green New Deal puts the sector firmly in the cross hairs. Her most obvious ammunition is removing the free rides airlines get from fuel tax and emissions credits. A […]
BEIRUT/TOKYO – Lebanon received an Interpol arrest warrant on Thursday for fugitive former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, while Turkey launched an investigation into his daring escape from Japan. Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he […]
BENGALURU – India’s factory activity expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in December as a jump in new orders prompted companies to ramp up production, a private business survey showed on Thursday. Business optimism fell to an almost three-year low, however, as companies worried about challenging […]
Karimnagar (Telangana), Jan 2: A four-year-old girl has allegedly been kidnapped and raped by her close relative in a village in Jayashankar Bhoopalpalli district, police said on Thursday. The girl, along with her mother and grandmother, was asleep in their house in Konampet village on Tuesday night when […]
Kolkata, Jan 2:Â West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote individual letters to around 1.5 crore students in state-run schools as well as madrasas wishing them “a very Happy New Year”. The letters were sent on the chief minister’s official letterhead and signed by Banerjee herself. They […]
Jammu, Jan 2:Â The Pakistan Army shelled mortars along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence spokesman said on Thursday. The Indian Army retaliated to the shelling that took place on Wednesday night. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms […]
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