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May warned of pregnant duck at Downing Street during talks with Modi

open view web desk London April 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with his British counterpart Theresa May at her Downing Street office earlier this week could have turned chaotic if a pregnant duck nesting in one of the windows had been accidentally disturbed, it has emerged. On Wednesday, […]

‘World’s oldest person’ dies in Japan at 117

open view web desk A 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world’s oldest person, has died, a local official told AFP Sunday. Nabi Tajima, who was born August 4, 1900, died around 8:00 pm (1100 GMT) Saturday at a hospital on her native Kikai Island in Kagoshima […]

Post-Brexit UK will be just as important to India, says Modi

open view web desk LONDON – Britain will be just as important to India after it leaves the EU as it is now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his British counterpart Theresa May on Wednesday, May’s spokeswoman said. “Prime Minister Modi said there would be no dilution in […]

Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users

open view web desk SAN FRANCISCO – Concern about Facebook Inc’s respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world’s largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not. Privacy concerns have swamped […]

Another rape reported in India amid protests against brutal acts

  open view web desk   MUMBAI- Days after the arrest of a lawmaker from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in connection with the rape of a teenager, another case of the brutal rape and murder of a girl was reported on Sunday in the state of Gujarat in […]

Trump says ‘Mission Accomplished!’ after Syria strikes

open view web desk President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed a US-led missile assault on Syria’s regime as “perfectly executed,” despite the limited nature of the strikes and Russia’s condemnation, which further heightened tensions between the Cold War foes. The UN Security Council was set to meet at […]

Syria strikes: what we know

open view web desk The United States, Britain and France launched strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime early Saturday in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack after mulling military action for nearly a week. Here is what we know so far about the strikes: – Targets […]

U.S., Britain, France launch air strikes in Syria

open view web desk WASHINGTON/BEIRUT – U.S., British and French forces pounded Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week, in the biggest intervention by Western powers against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. US attack on syria, […]

Russia warns against Syria strikes as West hesitates

open view web desk Russia warned the West Friday against any “dangerous” moves on Syria as its rivals hesitated over possible strikes on the country which Moscow has warned could lead to “war”. The UN Security Council was to meet again Friday, at Russia’s request, to try to […]

Pakistan bars former PM Sharif from holding office for life

open view web desk ISLAMABAD/KARACHI- Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life on Friday amid an ongoing corruption trial and ahead of general elections due this year. The Supreme Court barred Sharif, 67, from politics in July over an undeclared source […]

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