US’ Delta Air Lines has issued an apology for kicking a family with two young children off a flight after the customers had already boarded, the media reported. The incident occurred on April 23 on Delta flight 2222 from Hawaii to Los Angeles, but footage of the ordeal was posted on YouTube on Wednesday by […]
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will soon launch a political organisation aimed at funding “resistance” groups that will stand up to President Donald Trump, the media reported. Clinton is currently working with former aides and donors to build the organisation — Onward Together, an homage to her campaign slogan — that will look […]
Former US President Barack Obama with his wife Michelle returned to Chicago to unveiled a 3-D model of his presidential center, media reports said. Obama and his wife Michelle Obama on Wednesday, made their first public appearance on plans for the presidential library at the South Shore Cultural Center of south Chicago. Hundreds of people […]
The US House of Representatives will vote on Thursday on a Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the media reported. The long-awaited announcement on Wednesday night has put to an end to a flurry of speculation about whether the Republican health care bill would come up on the […]
The US House of Representatives approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill for the rest of the 2017 fiscal year, and the measure will now receive the green light from the Senate, thus avoiding the partial shutdown of the federal government. A stopgap spending measure was due to expire on Friday, Efe news reported. Approved in […]
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “paying attention” to the India-Pakistan border tension, but UN observers have not received any reports from India about any recent ceasefire violations, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. Asked about India-Pakistan situation, Dujarric said: “We checked with our colleagues with UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan). We have […]
The US Forces Korea (USFK) on Tuesday said the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system, which was deployed last week in South Korea, is “operational”. Xinhua news agency quoted USFK spokesperson Rob Manning as saying that the “THAAD system is operational” and has the ability to “intercept missiles” from North Korea and “defend” […]
French trade unions clashed here during the annual May Day marches ahead of the upcoming second round of the French presidential elections, a minister said. Several of the union marches ended in clashes on Monday clearly bringing out their differences before the poll scheduled for May 7, Efe news reported. According to the French Interior […]
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “under the right circumstances” to defuse tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet him, I would absolutely, I would be honoured to do it,” CNN quoted Trump as saying […]
Thousands of Americans took to streets in major US cities such as Washington, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles to join May Day demonstrations for the rights of workers, women and immigrants. “It is not my first time to join the event. I joined because the workers of America have been giving a very rough […]