The demonetisation of high value Indian currency that has caused chaos “was poorly thought out and executed”, the New York Times said on Friday. Saying the decision to scrap the old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes had thrown the economy into turmoil, the Times said the Narendra Modi government did not appreciate the extent of […]
US President-elect Donald Trump met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the first foreign head of government he spoke face to face since he won the November 8 election. A spokesperson said that the meeting began on Thursday evening at 4.55 p.m., at New York’s Trump Tower, Efe news reported. Although initial reports were that Vice […]
US Vice President-elect Mike Pence met with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. According to Ryan’s office after the meeting held on Thursday, the two conservative politicians had a “productive” meeting on the transition activities of the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, Efe news reported. Discussed at the meeting, which […]
Nearly 200 nations on Friday reaffirmed their political commitment to a global climate deal that is ‘irreversible’ at the ongoing UN climate talks that were mostly overshadowed by US President-elect Donald Trump’s comments to cut off funding to climate change programmes. “We call for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter […]
The man who vandalised US President-elect Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been charged with felony, officials said. James Lambert Otis, 52, made headlines on October 26 after video of him taking a pick-axe to the star went viral, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The District Attorney’s Office on Thursday […]
US President Barack Obama has warned Donald Trump he should be willing to stand up to Russia as president and also talked about his expectations for the president-elect’s actions concerning key US policies and international commitments. Speaking from Berlin on Thursday at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his final trip […]
US President-elect Donald Trump’s name is being removed from three New York City apartment buildings at the tenants’ request. More than half of the residents of three luxury high-rises located on the banks of the Hudson River on Manhattan’s Upper West Side signed a petition on Wednesday for the gold letters spelling out the name […]
About 50 protesters have invaded the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies causing chaos and forcing lawmakers to suspend the congressional session. The protesters, who had been demonstrating against social budget cuts outside the chamber on Wednesday, managed to get through the door and into the lower house itself after deceiving security agents tasked with restricting access, […]
Hillary Clinton urged supporters “not to give up” in her first public appearance since she suffered a shocking defeat to Republican Donald Trump in the November 8 Presidential election. “I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election,” she said to the crowd on Wednesday night at the Children’s Defence […]
Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday ruled that two legislators-elect, who used insulting language against the Chinese nation while taking their oaths last month, must be disqualified as lawmakers. The ruling came after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying filed a judicial review on October 18 against the […]