Category: World News

Daddy cool: Same-sex penguin couple become parents

Two male penguins who paired up as a “same-sex couple” have successfully incubated a baby chick and are “doting” on their tiny offspring, an Australian aquarium announced Friday. Gentoo penguins Sphen and Magic are happily “taking turns caring for their baby chick,” born on October 19 weighing 91 […]

Democratic lawmaker Cory Booker target of 11th suspect package: FBI

Democratic US Senator Cory Booker is the latest target in a spree of 11 suspicious packages sent to opponents of Donald Trump, the FBI said Friday. “The #FBI has confirmed an 11th package has been recovered in Florida, similar in appearance to the others, addressed to Sen. Cory […]

Israel PM makes secret Oman visit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made an unannounced visit to Oman, an Arab state with which Israel has no diplomatic ties, and met with Sultan Qaboos, the premier’s office said Friday. The two leaders discussed the Middle East peace process “and other issues of shared interest”, it said […]

US arrests suspect over 12 bombs, suspicious packages

The US government on Friday announced a suspect had been arrested in connection with 12 suspicious packages and pipe bombs sent to critics of Donald Trump in a days-long spree that has inflamed the United States ahead of key midterm elections. A Department of Justice spokeswoman announced the […]

Yes Bank sinks on management woes, IL&FS exposure

Uncertainty around the succession plans for Yes Bank Ltd’s chief executive and exposure to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) sent the lender’s stock to a four-week low on Friday, a day after it reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit. Yes Bank shares plunged 15 percent to 168.60 […]

RBI deputy governor calls for ‘effective independence’

MUMBAI – India’s central bank needs to be independent to improve the macroeconomic stability, and policies need to be rule-based, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya said on Friday. “To secure greater financial and macroeconomic stability, these efforts need to be extended to effective […]

Man arrested trying to steal Magna Carta from UK cathedral

LONDON— A man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral has been arrested after he was wrestled to the ground by cathedral employees, British authorities said Friday. Wiltshire Police said cathedral alarms sounded Thursday afternoon in the southwestern English city […]

More suspicious packages found, these to Booker, Clapper

WASHINGTON— Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats — have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from coast to coast to locate […]

Spain to ban speedboats used by drug, migrant traffickers

MADRID — The Spanish government is moving to ban the high-speed semi-inflatable boats used by traffickers to bring both drugs and migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain from North Africa. Police in Spain have identified groups of African migrants arriving in the rubber inflatable boats, known […]

Report: More than 500,000 US households had water cut off

OKLAHOMA CITY— Water service was cut off to an estimated 1.4 million people living in more than a half-a-million American households that got behind on their bills two years ago, as some struggled to keep up with rising costs and governments didn’t do enough to help, a group […]

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