Category: International News

Pak suffered “no damage” in Balakot air strike: Pak Army

Islamabad :  Pakistan’s military on Monday once again claimed that there was “no damage” in the Balakot air strike carried out by India and asserted that it will facilitate the Indian journalists if they wish to visit the area to “see the truth”. Addressing a press conference at the […]

Tesla CEO Musk strikes deal with market regulators over tweets

New York :  Elon Musk and US stock market regulators told a US court on Friday that they have reached a deal to settle their differences over the Tesla chief executive’s Twitter use. The settlement between Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission sets out clearer guidelines on topics […]

Trump expresses ‘deepest sympathies’ after California synagogue shooting

Washington :  US President Donald Trump on Saturday offered his “deepest sympathies” after one person was killed and three others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a synagogue north of San Diego, California. “At this moment it looks like a hate crime, but my deepest sympathies to […]

Serious flooding in Mozambique in wake of Cyclone Kenneth

Pemba(Mozambique) :  Serious flooding began on Sunday in parts of northern Mozambique that were hit by Cyclone Kenneth three days ago, with waters waist-high in places, after the government urged many people to immediately seek higher ground. Hundreds of thousands of people were at risk. “Help us, we are […]

Trump, US media in open war on annual dinner date

Washington : It’s meant to be the annual Washington love-in, a dinner where White House journalists and the president yuk it up in a hotel ballroom. But this Saturday, President Donald Trump stood up his dates. Members of the White House Correspondents’ Association, or WHCA, were decked out in […]

Kendrick Lamar turned down Mark Ronson collaboration

London : Mark Ronson has revealed he was turned down for a collaboration by Grammy-winning singer Kendrick Lamar. The 43-year-old music producer, however, said he did not take the snub ‘personally’. ‘A lot of people. But I never really take it personally because I know how bad I am […]

Britney Spears no longer in mental health facility

Los Angeles : Pop icon Britney Spears has reportedly left the psychiatric facility where she had been seeking treatment for mental health. The 37-year-old singer had checked herself into a 30-day programme in March in the midst of her father Jamie Spears’ ongoing health issues. According to E News, […]

Xi says will abolish anti-competitive subsidies to Chinese firms

Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed Friday to abolish subsidies to firms that impede fair competition — addressing a major bone of contention in US trade talks. Xi repeated past promises to lower tariffs, increase imports and open up more sectors of China’s economy to foreign businesses. The […]

North Korea’s Kim says US acting in ‘bad faith’

Vladivostok (Russia) : Kim Jong Un has accused the US of acting in “bad faith” in talks on its nuclear arsenal, North Korean state media said Friday as he left Russia following his first summit with President Vladimir Putin. Kim’s armoured train departed the Far Eastern port city of […]

US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan foreign minister

Washington :  The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza as it tries to ramp up pressure to remove President Nicolas Maduro. The United States “will continue to target corrupt Maduro insiders, including those tasked with conducting diplomacy and carrying out justice on behalf […]

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