Day: February 5, 2020

Taylor-made victory as Black Caps down India in run-fest

An unbeaten century from veteran batsman Ross Taylor powered New Zealand to a stunning four-wicket win over India in the first one-day international in Hamilton on Wednesday. The hosts completed the second highest run chase in their history to finish on 348 for four and overhaul the imposing […]

Pelosi shreds Trump’s speech. Right there on the podium

WASHINGTON — And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. Right there, on camera, behind Trump’s back. As he stepped down, she ripped again. Then […]

Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 28 dead overall

ANKARA, Turkey — An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find two people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said 23 rescue workers were killed while others were still buried under the snow. […]

UN chief warns ‘a wind of madness is sweeping the globe’

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that “a wind of madness is sweeping the globe,” pointing to escalating conflicts from Libya and Yemen to Syria and beyond. At a wide-ranging news conference, he said, “All situations are different but there is a feeling of growing […]

Trump uses State of Union to campaign; Pelosi rips up speech

WASHINGTON — Standing before a Congress and a nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor. […]

All convicts in Nirbhaya case have to be hanged together, says Delhi HC

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Delhi High Court Wednesday said all convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case have to be executed together, and not separately. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed convicts to file any application which they want within one week after which authorities should act. […]

Two mainstream political leaders released from detention in J-K

Srinagar, Feb 5: Senior politician and People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and PDP leader Waheed Parra, close aide of detained former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, were released from preventive detention here on Wednesday, officials said. After the release of Lone and Parra, 13 political leaders now remain detained at […]

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