Category: International News

31 Rohingya in limbo on Bangladesh-India border

Dhaka, Jan 21: Thirty-one Rohingya Muslims including 17 children remained stranded on the India-Bangladesh border after three days, Dhaka officials said Monday, as both sides refuse to accept them. As many as 1,300 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from India in recent weeks as fears of deportation to […]

World economy forecast to slow in 2019 amid trade tensions

DAVOS, Switzerland — The world economy will be more sluggish this year, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday, citing trade disputes that have seen China slow to its weakest pace in 30 years as well as the impact of rising U.S. interest rates. The IMF cut its forecast […]

King holiday draws out Democratic presidential hopefuls By ELANA SCHOR 14 minutes ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic presidential hopefuls are fanning out across the country to honor the civil rights leader and make themselves heard on the national stage. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., used the holiday to launch a presidential campaign that, if successful, […]

Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ‘compromise’

WASHINGTON — In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while Trump cast the move as a […]

Clashes break out in France as ‘yellow vests’ stage latest protest

PARIS – Clashes broke out throughout France on Saturday, as an estimated 84,000 “yellow vests” demonstrators took to the streets in a 10th consecutive weekend of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The demonstrations passed off relatively peacefully in Paris where 7,000 turned up, although Reuters Television reporters […]

Trump offers protection to undocumented immigrants in exchange of border wall funding

Washington, Jan 20: US President Donald Trump has launched a new plan to end a government shutdown, which has been ongoing for nearly a month, by offering protection from deportations for some undocumented immigrants in exchange for USD 5.7 billion for constructing a wall on the US-Mexico border. The […]

India, Pak should engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ to resolve their issues: UN chief

United Nations, Jan 19: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief, speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, also said he has been offering his “good offices […]

Netflix orders season two of ‘The Kominsky Method’

Los Angeles : Netflix has renewed its Golden Globe-winning series “The Kominsky Method” for season two. The announcement was made by Netflix’s dedicated news handle See What’s Next on Twitter. “@goldenglobes winning comedy #TheKominskyMethod has been renewed for Season 2!” read the tweet. The show, featuring veteran actors Michael […]

Tibet sees sharp decline in illegal entry, exit: report

Beijing  :  China’s southwest Tibet Autonomous Region has registered a steep 79 per cent decline in illegal entry and exit of Tibetans in the second half of last year due to a crackdown, state media reported Friday. Over decades, Tibetans have been crossing the remote Himalayan region from the […]

India, Pak should engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ to resolve their issues: UN chief

United Nations :  United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief, speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, also said he has been offering his “good offices in […]

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