One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting incident on Friday evening in central Amsterdam, police said on Twitter. Dutch media quoted sources saying that it was not a terror attack. “No one has been arrested. The police are looking for the perpetrator or perpetrators. Little is known about the facts of […]
A committee representing the largest faction of Syria’s armed opposition has announced here in Austria that it would not participate in next week’s Syrian peace conference in Sochi, Russia. “The decision has been made to not go to Sochi,” a spokesperson for the opposition High Negotiations Committee told Efe on Friday following the conclusion of […]
Mexican authorities have discovered 109 migrants showing signs of dehydration and suffocation crammed inside a truck in Tamaulipas, an official report said. The migrants were trying to reach the US, and according to their statement, “we were taken by human traffickers from the state of Chiapas to Tamaulipas”, Efe news reported. The National Migration Institute […]
A leading Indian-American restaurateur, Harendra Singh, has pleaded guilty in secret court proceedings to trying to bribe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to court documents, the media reported. Singh had admitted in a “sealed courtroom” before a Federal judge on Long Island in October 2016 to bribery and wire fraud in connection with […]
In a bid to take on WhatsApp Business and Facebook Messenger, Apple is set to introduce “Business Chat” for its users to communicate directly with businesses right within its iMessage instant messaging service. “Business Chat is a new way for users to communicate directly with businesses right within Messages. This feature will launch in Beta […]
Facebook, which controls a lion’s share of the online advertising business along with Google, should pay a fee to publishers if it wants to promote trustworthy and accurate news on its platform, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said. According to The Verge on Tuesday, Murdoch, in a letter, proposed a new licensing deal between media […]
US President Donald Trump has signed a temporary funding bill ending a nearly three-day government shutdown, capping off deadlock and reinstating funds for a fortnight, a senior official said. The federal government is expected to be back in business on Tuesday. Thousands of federal employees who had been placed on temporary, unpaid leave since Saturday, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a roundtable meeting with the CEOs of top global companies before his keynote address at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here on Tuesday morning. India also got a thumbs up from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, which reaffirmed that India’s economy is […]
The highest level in January since 2010 and further increase is expected today Electricity spot market prices sky-rocketed yesterday, from around $100 per megawatt hour to over $12,000. The average price was $905 over the day, representing the highest level for January since 2010, when average prices reached $1,153 over the day. A further increase […]
The cases of sexual harassment and assault are rife in the UN offices around the world, with offenders enjoying impunity in a culture of flawed grievance system, a media report said on Friday. Of the employees interviewed, 15 said they had experienced or reported sexual harassment or assault within the past five years, and alleged […]