Former US President George W. Bush has called for “answers” regarding Russia’s alleged interference in the November 8 presidential elections. “I think we all need answers,” efe news agency quoted Bush as saying in an interview with NBC. “I’m not sure the right avenue to take. I am sure, though, that question needs to be […]
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for navy secretary Philip Bilden, has withdrawn his name from consideration, a media report said. “After an extensive review process, I have determined that I will not be able to satisfy the Office of Government Ethics requirements without undue disruption and materially adverse divestment of my family’s private financial interests,” […]
Seventeen years after its debut, the much-awaited Nokia 3310 has been relaunched in an all new revamped look featuring a colour screen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) here. The device, to be sold under licence by the Finnish start-up HMD Global, is available in four distinctive colours – gloss-finished warm red and yellow, and […]
Google’s self-driving car company Waymo has filed a lawsuit against global ride-hailing app Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets and technology from it. The lawsuit, filed against Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit Otto that it bought last year for $680 million, argued that former Waymo manager Anthony Levandowski took information when he left the company and […]
The insurgent groups in Manipur have called for a shutdown in the state on Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigns here for the upcoming assembly election, a statement said. Late on Thursday night, the Coordinating Committee (Corcom) that constitutes of six insurgent groups, in a communique said that the blockade would start at 6 […]
The killing of an Indian-origin man shows the worst and the best of America — the undercurrent of bigotry and the heroism and the generosity, which are often the dominant traits. A 24-year-old man rushed to overpower the gunman, who shot dead Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injured Alok Madasani, and himself took several bullets in the […]
US Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to a historic Jewish cemetery in Missouri state to condemn a vandalism that took place there, a media report said. “From the heart, there is no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism,” he said on Wednesday. Pence called Missouri’s […]
Pyongyang on Thursday said the death of a North Korean citizen in Malaysia last week was a “conspiratorial racket” launched by South Korea. North Korea also blamed the Malaysian side for showing an unfriendly attitude in handling the case, Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA said in a report. A spokesman for the Korean Jurists Committee […]
US President Donald Trump reversed a regulation proclaimed by Barack Obama, obligating public schools around the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and dressing rooms they prefer according to the gender with which they identify. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday announced in a statement that the Trump administration had decided to […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Mexico ahead of talks with President Enrique Pena Nieto in a bid to “soothe tensions” between the two nations, a media report said. Tillerson, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrived on Wednesday and are slated to will hold meetings on security, immigration, trade and the […]