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At Davos, delegates talk down Trump but bet big on America

open view web desk DAVOS, Switzerland:- Since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency, business has been booming for Monaco-based businessman Manfredi Lefebvre d‘Ovidio. His privately owned luxury cruise operator, Silversea Cruises, registered an immediate pick-up in bookings from its main U.S. market and demand has continued to grow. […]

Thousands more flee erupting Philippine volcano

open view web desk Tens of thousands more people have fled an erupting volcano in the Philippines, relief workers said Wednesday, as foreign tourists arrived to watch the flaming lava and giant clouds spurting from its crater. More than 70,000 residents are now crammed in schools and other […]

Sessions questioned in Russia probe, Trump may be up soon

open view web desk WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for hours in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, the Justice Department said, as prosecutors moved closer to a possible interview with President Donald Trump about whether he took steps to obstruct an FBI probe into contacts […]

ASEAN-India Summit: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Delhi

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Myanmar‘s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi arrived here on Wednesday for the ASEAN India Commemorative Summit. To mark the silver jubilee of India–ASEAN bilateral ties, India is hosting a commemorative summit on the theme “Shared Values, Common Destiny” on January 25. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises of ten countries namely […]

Pope condemns ‘evil’ of fake news and its use for political gain

open view web desk VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the “evil” of fake news, saying journalists and social media users should shun and unmask manipulative “snake tactics” that foment division to serve political and economic interests. ”Fake news is a sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes, […]

Facebook to hand privacy controls to users ahead of EU law

open view web desk BRUSSELS – Facebook will make it easier for its more than 2 billion users to manage their own data in response to a tough new European Union law that comes into force in May, the social network’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said. al […]

U.S. West Coast braces for possible tsunami after Gulf of Alaska quake

open view web desk ANCHORAGE – A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Gulf of Alaska early on Tuesday, prompting warnings of a possible tsunami down the West Coast of North America. Evacuation orders were in place in parts of Alaska and as far south as San Francisco as officials […]

West must share benefits of growth with emerging world: Rajan

open view web desk Davos, Jan 23: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the Western world must realise they cannot go a long way without the help of the emerging economies and warned that no one would be able to resolve any problem of a ‘fractured world’ […]

Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year – poorest half of humanity got nothing

open view web desk Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth, according to a new Oxfam […]

Tennis: Chung gives Djokovic a taste of his own medicine

open view web desk MELBOURNE- For Novak Djokovic it must have felt like some nightmarish fight to the death against a clone of himself on Monday as Chung Hyeon stunned the six-times Australian Open champion with a display ripped straight out of the Serb’s textbook. The 30-year-old who […]

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