Washington : The head of NASA Tuesday branded India’s destruction of one of its satellites a “terrible thing” that had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Jim Bridenstine was addressing employees of the National Aeronautics and Space […]
Jerusalem : Israel reopened its crossings with the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday after having kept them closed for nearly a week following a rare long-distance rocket strike from the Palestinian enclave, an official said. The Erez crossing for people and the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods reopened Sunday […]
Los Angeles ; “Fight Club” is among David Fincher’s most iconic films but the director had a hard time working on the movie, which bombed at the box office on its release. A new book “How 1999 Blew Up the Screen” by Author Brian Raftery reveals how Fincher fought […]
Hanoi : Vietnam has seized more than nine tonnes of suspected ivory in a timber shipment from the Republic of Congo, customs officials said Friday, in one of the country’s largest illegal wildlife hauls in years. Though it is illegal to buy and sell ivory in communist Vietnam, lax […]
Grand Rapids : He swore on primetime television. He boasted. He told jokes. He made promises. And the crowd loved him. President Donald Trump was back. In his first rally since the end of special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s two-year Russia collusion probe, Trump took off the gloves to attack […]
London : The stage is set for a busy period of Indian extradition-related activity in the UK courts as liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s High Court appeal moves forward for a judge’s verdict on paperwork and fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi returns to Westminster Magistrates’ Court here for a second […]
Bishkek : Kyrgyzstan has charged two people with inciting inter-ethnic hatred after they protested a visit to the Central Asian country by Russian President Vladimir Putin, their lawyer said Thursday. Nurlan Karymshakov and Gulzana Imayeva, who are husband and wife, were arrested while staging a protest outside the Russian […]
London : Britain’s government said it intended to hold a third parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Friday but was awaiting the go-ahead from House of Commons speaker. “We recognise that any motion brought forward tomorrow will need to be compliant with the speaker’s ruling […]
New Delhi : Israel is not normally associated with badminton but Misha Zilberman has kept the flag fluttering for his country by competing in the last two successive Olympic Games. The 30-year-old is a regular in the international circuit but visa restriction in Arab nations has affected his career […]
Los Angeles : “X-Men: Apocalypse” star Sophie Turner is the latest actor to open up about her “unpleasant” working experience with director Bryan Singer, who is facing fresh allegations of sexual abuse by multiple men. “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek has previously spoken about his differences with Singer while […]
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