Chico (US) : Authorities say one more set of human remains has been found, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 77. A state incident report released Sunday evening says the flames destroyed more than 10,500 homes. Over a thousand names remain on a list […]
San Diego : As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won’t find are armed American soldiers standing guard. Instead they will see cranes installing towering panels of metal bars and troops wrapping concertina wire around […]
Port Moresby : US Vice President Mike Pence pilloried China’s “opaque” chequebook diplomacy in a combative speech Saturday, taking aim at Beijing’s business practices and warning trade tariffs would remain in place. US-China trade tensions are likely to take centre stage at the APEC regional summit, with experts warning […]
PARADISE, Calif. — President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, as confusion continued over how many people remain unaccounted for. Authorities confirmed a new death toll of 71 and say they […]
Washington : WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said Thursday. Prosecutors revealed the existence of the sealed indictment inadvertently in a court filing in an unrelated case, WikiLeaks said. The exact […]
Beijing : Top officials of India and China held the ninth Annual Defence and Security Dialogue here after a one-year gap due to the Doklam standoff, as both countries agreed to enhance military exchanges and interactions. The dialogue on November 13 was held between the two defence delegations headed […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on pleas seeking court monitored probe in procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph concluded the arguments advanced by various parties […]
Cox’s Bazar : A Bangladesh official says authorities are ready to begin repatriating more than 2,200 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar from where more than 700,000 have fled violence since last year. Bangladesh’s repatriation commissioner Abul Kalam said Wednesday that 30 refugee families would be transferred Thursday at the […]
Singapore : There was a light moment during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence in Singapore on Wednesday when he riffed on the meaning of ‘Indiana’ – the American leader’s home state. Through his translator, Modi said that when he met Pence in the […]
London : Prime Minister Theresa May will face a major showdown with her Cabinet ministers on Wednesday as the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the European Union enters a crucial stage. Downing Street has said that the UK and the EU have agreed an initial draft agreement on the negotiating […]
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