Category: International News

Thousands brave snow to rally against Serbia populist leader

Belgrade (Serbia) : Thousands of people have braved snow and freezing temperatures in Serbia’s capital to turn up for the fifth week of street protests against populist President Aleksandar Vucic. The demonstrators marched through downtown Belgrade blowing whistles and booing and jeering loudly as they passed the Serbian presidency […]

Officials: No tsunami expected from earthquake near Alaska

Adak (US) : Officials say a large earthquake has struck in a remote area of the Aleutian Islands near Alaska, but a tsunami is not expected. The US Tsunami Warning System says the 6.0-magnitude quake struck just before 10 am Saturday about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of the […]

Mexico launches plan to stimulate US border economy

Mexico City :  President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has launched an ambitious plan to stimulate economic activity on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border despite recent U.S. threats to close the border entirely. Mexico plans to slash income and corporate taxes to 20 per cent from 30 per […]

2018 was just the beginning: Emma Watson on Time’s Up anniversary

London, Jan 6: Emma Watson has said that she feels optimistic about a “fairer future” for women courtesy the Time’s Up campaign. On the first anniversary of the campaign, the actor took to Instagram on Saturday to express gratitude towards people who have been a part of the revolution. […]

Gaga, ‘A Star Is Born’ poised to dominate Golden Globes

NEW YORK — When the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards get underway Sunday night, who takes home statuettes is only a small part of the intrigue. What the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Beverly Hills, California, ceremony lacks in gravitas it usually makes up for in freewheeling frivolity and […]

Friends mourn NRI jeweller’s killing in the US

Vadodara, Jan 6: School friends of a 49-year-old NRI businessman, who hailed from Vadodara, are in shock at his killing on Friday in the St Croix area of Virgin Islands in the United States. Kailash Banani (49), owner of Panache Jewellery store in Christiansted, died of multiple gunshot wounds […]

Floods, blackouts after Thai storm, but tourist islands spared

Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thailand), Jan 5:Floods and blackouts caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk left nearly 30,000 people in evacuation shelters across southern Thailand Saturday, as relieved tourists stranded on islands further north were spared the worst and began to plot routes home. Pabuk, a once in three-decades weather […]

Watchdog group urges probe of Ivanka Trump tax break role

Washington, Jan 5:An ethics watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka violated federal conflict-of-interest law by promoting an Opportunity Zone tax break program from which she could potentially benefit. The complaint from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in […]

Pak Govt seeking extradition of Haqqani from US on embezzlement charges

Islamabad, Jan 5:Pakistan has initiated a process of seeking the extradition of its former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani through the foreign office on embezzlement charges after it failed to get it through Interpol, a media report said on Saturday. The Supreme Court had issued warrants to […]

Justin Timberlake returns to tour after vocal cord injury

Los Angeles, Jan 5: Pop star Justin Timberlake is ready to restart his ‘Man Of The Woods’ tour two months after postponing numerous dates due to bruised vocal cords. The singer shared the news on Instagram on Thursday night, one day before the tour resumed in Washington D.C. at […]

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