Category: International

Indonesian trade team arrives in Port Blair with goods

Port Blair, Jan 5:A trade expedition team from Banda Aceh in Indonesia arrived here Saturday with goods and material, to enhance bi-lateral relation between the two countries. The Indonesian team’s ship KM Aceh Millennium with goods and materials arrived here from Malahayati Port in Banda Aceh. The ship […]

Trump has not risen to the mantle of White House: Mitt Romney

Washington, Jan 2: Mitt Romney, the Republican party’s presidential nominee in 2012, has slammed US President Donald Trump, saying his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that he has not risen to the mantle of the office. Romney, 71, who was elected […]

South Africa and Pakistan face selection posers

Cape Town :  South Africa and Pakistan must resolve selection headaches ahead of the second Test starting at Newlands on Thursday. South Africa’s six-wicket win in the first Test at Centurion was set up by the bowling of Duanne Olivier, who had match figures of 11 for 96. Olivier […]

Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers

Cancale : Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year’s Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around. “Twenty years ago, we’d be shivering in the […]

Trump’s promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised

Washington :  Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president’s signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the US-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised. Trump sparked fervent chants of “Build that wall!” at rallies before and after […]

Voting ends in Bangladesh election; 17 killed in poll-related violence

Dhaka : Voting in a tense election to choose a new government in Bangladesh ended on Sunday with at least 17 people killed in poll-related violence amid allegations of manipulation by the ruling Awami League led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to the Election Commission, 1,848 candidates are […]

Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers

Cancale(France) :  Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year’s Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around. “Twenty years ago, we’d be shivering in the […]

Commentary: Macron illuminates European hypocrisies

Emmanuel Macron is the largest political force in Europe today, but he is a force now hemmed in, constrained, trapped. The hurricane of his success last year – the defeat of the far-right Marine Le Pen, the sweeping assembly victory of his newly-minted party, La RĂ©publique En Marche!, […]

Goodbye Stalin: Moscow metro sheds Soviet look in bold new stations

Moscow’s metro system is famed for its Stalin-era stations with glittering chandeliers and mosaics, but architects are taking a radical new approach as the network undergoes a massive expansion. While the original stations were conceived as “palaces for the people”, the new designs are less formal with light […]

‘Trump worst perpetrator of fake news’

Washington :  US President Donald Trump is the “worst perpetrator” of false information on the internet, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion. David Kaye said everybody was struggling on how to deal with disinformation and part of the problem is the governments are […]

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