Drawing enormous support from the state’s non-white voters, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a 5-point edge over her Republican rival Donald Trump in Florida, according to a new poll. The poll from Monmouth University on Tuesday found Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in the crucial battleground, 46 per cent – 41 per cent. […]
US President Barack Obama railed against political “strongmen”, nationalism and isolation in a farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly, taking his campaign battle with Donald Trump to the podium of the world’s foremost international institution. Obama’s speech in New York on Tuesday was a defense of globalism and an attack on authoritarians, tribalists […]
British multi-national automotive company Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday announced a tie-up with global music streaming service Spotify for an in-car app for listening to music. Available across entire vehicle range, the iOS app will be available to download from App Store from September 27, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “Spotify for […]
FMCG company Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Tuesday said it is already rolling out environment-friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants in India to help reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) emissions. “We are already rolling out environment-friendly freezer cabinets that use hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants,” the company said in a statement. Hindustan Unilver also sought to refute the Environmental Investigation Agency’s (EIA) September […]
At least eight militants were killed when Indian soldiers fired on a group of infiltrators trying to cross over from Pakistan at the Line of Control (LoC) under the cover of Pakistani firing in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, two days after a massive terror strike killed 18 soldiers in the garrison town of Uri. […]
The Indian equity markets opened flat on Tuesday on the back of negative global cues and caution ahead of major global financial events. Both the key indices traded on a flat-to-negative note during the early morning trade session, as selling pressure was witnessed in stocks of banking and consumer durables. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of […]
Former US President George H.W. Bush has planned to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the upcoming November 8 elections,a media report said. The news was revealed on Monday by Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a Democrat and brother of slain […]
The man suspected in Saturday’s bombings in New York and New Jersey has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Ahmad Khan Rahami was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after a shootout on Monday with police in Linden, New Jersey, Union County […]
The United Nations special envoy to Syria has voiced anger over the airstrike that hit an aid convoy of UN in the Syrian province of Aleppo. UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura said: “Our outrage at this attack is enormous … the convoy was the outcome of a long process of permission and […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged the US to help resolve issues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Sharif met US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on Monday on the sidelines of the ongoing 71st UN General Assembly session, Dawn online reported. “Pakistan has always fought terrorism as a moral obligation. I […]