Category: World
Mighty India thrash SA to win second successive U-19 women’s T20 world title
AGENCY KUALA LUMPUR: An utterly dominant India flaunted their embarrassment of riches to win a second successive U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup title with a nine-wicket shellacking of South Africa here on Sunday, the triumph…
Modi will do ‘what is right’ on illegal immigrants, likely to visit US in Feb: Trump
AGENCY WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do “what is right” on illegal immigrants, underlining that discussions are going on with India.President Trump made these remarks on Monday…
India to launch human underwater submersible this year: Jitendra Singh
NEW DELHI: India will operate its first human underwater submersible at a depth of 500 metres in the sea as part of the Deep Ocean Mission, Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. Singh…
Trump takes oath; says ‘golden age’ of America begins right now
AGENCY WASHINGTON: Donald J Trump was on Monday sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, marking his remarkable return to power for a second term, four years after he left the American…
TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free speech, national security
AGENCY WASHINGTON: In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly…
6.8-magnitude quake in Tibet kills 126 people with tremors felt in Nepal
AGENCY BEIJING: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and injuring 188 others with tremors also shaking buildings and forcing people to run to the…
Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau resigns
AGENCY Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signalled growing turmoil within his…
Hundreds of trucks carrying goods stranded at Pak-China border as protest against power crisis in Gilgit-Baltistan disrupts trade
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of trucks carrying goods are stranded at the dry port of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as the main highway in Gilgit-Baltistan remains closed for the fourth consecutive day on Monday due to a…
Driver rams New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, killing 15; FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone
Agency New Orleans: An Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around…