S.Korean First Lady to serve Trumps traditional refreshments

S.Korean First Lady to serve Trumps traditional refreshments

South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook will serve homemade traditional refreshments to US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump during teatime after they arrive here on Tuesday. President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to have tea with Trump right after their summit talks along with their wives, at Sanchunjae, a wooden traditional Korean house […]

Salesforce, Google announce strategic Cloud partnership

Salesforce, Google announce strategic Cloud partnership

 In a strategic partnership that is set to disrupt the global Cloud market, US-based Cloud computing company Salesforce has joined Google to deliver smarter, more collaborative experiences for customers. With the industry-first integration of Salesforce with Google Analytics 360, companies will be able to seamlessly connect sales, marketing and advertising data across Salesforce Sales Cloud, […]

Secret service “could have stopped” Manchester bombing: Report

Secret service “could have stopped” Manchester bombing: Report

Officials from Britain’s secret service MI5 missed key intelligence warnings that could have stopped the Manchester Arena terror attack, a media report claimed. The Sunday Times newspaper in a report said the warnings could have put suicide bomber Salman Abedi under surveillance as a “high-priority” before his attack in May, the worst act of terrorism […]

Belgium court releases sacked Catalonian leader Puigdemont on condition

Belgium court releases sacked Catalonian leader Puigdemont on condition

A Belgian court has released former Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont, and four of his former cabinet members on condition. The hearings were held here at the Office of the Attorney General. A Belgian judge released the Catalonian leaders but forbade them from leaving the country, Efe news reported. The court ordered them to provide an […]

Trump meets Japanese Emperor

Trump meets Japanese Emperor

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on Monday met Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife, Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in here. Trump arrived here on Sunday, the first leg of his extensive five-nation tour through Asia, reports CNN. The leaders greeted and shook hands before entering the Imperial Palace. Trump’s […]

Russia-funded firms invested heavily in Twitter, Facebook: ICIJ

Russia-funded firms invested heavily in Twitter, Facebook: ICIJ

As the US Congress investigates Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election by using social media giants, a new trove of confidential documents has revealed that Facebook and Twitter received major investments from firms with ties to Kremlin-owned corporations. The documents called “Paradise Papers”, were obtained by German newspaper SUddeutsche Zeitung and reviewed by the […]

Seoul approves new unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang

Seoul approves new unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang

South Korea on Monday announced the imposition of new unilateral sanctions against North Korea in response to its nuclear and missile development programme, ahead of US President Donald Trump arrival in Seoul on Tuesday. The measure bans transactions with 18 North Koreans from five state-owned banking entities which have overseas operations and are allegedly linked […]

Twitter employee briefly shuts down Trump’s account

Twitter employee briefly shuts down Trump’s account

A Twitter employee brought down US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for 11 minutes on his last day at office, the micro-blogging platform confirmed on Friday. Trump’s Twitter account @realdonaldtrump disappeared from the site for around 11 minutes shortly before 7 p.m. Later, in a series of tweets issued by Twitter’s Government and Elections team, […]

One killed, 3 injured in shooting in Morocco’s cafe

One killed, 3 injured in shooting in Morocco’s cafe

At least one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting at a cafe in Morocco’s tourist city of Marrakesh, local media reported. Two attackers entered the cafe and shot at the crowd before fleeing the scene with a motorcycle, Xinhua news agency quoted le360.ma news site as reporting on Thursday. Citing police […]

Over 30 journalists killed in targeted attacks in 2017: UN

Over 30 journalists killed in targeted attacks in 2017: UN

 More than 30 journalists have been killed in targeted attacks this year, two UN Special Rapporteurs announced. Speaking ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Special Rapporteurs on arbitrary, summary and extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, and on freedom of expression, David Kaye, called on states to take actions in […]