Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he would approve the return of the death penalty if it was backed by parliament and the public. He made the remarks during the “Democracy and Martyrs’ Rally” on Sunday evening in Istanbul against the July 15 failed coup attempt, Hurriyet Daily News reported. “If parliament accepts the […]
A 10-year-old boy died on a water slide billed as the world’s tallest at an amusement park in US’ Kansas city, police said. Schlitterbahn Water Park spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said the child died on Sunday on one of the park’s main attractions, Verruckt, a 168 ft tall water slide that has 264 stairs leading to […]
The Indian women’s archery team crashed out of the Rio Olympics after losing to Russia in the quarter-finals at the Olympic archery stadium here on Sunday. The Indians, who had clinched a silver in the 2015 World Championships, turned in an inconsistent show to lose 23-25 in the shoot-off after both teams were locked 4-4 […]
A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work. Najaf Khan was hired as a dental assistant at Fair Oaks Dental Care in Fairfax County last week. She did not wear the hijab at her interview or on the first two days […]
US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump targeted Somali communities in Maine and Minnesota during a campaign speech in Portland, saying refugees from “dangerous places” should not be allowed in the US, a media report said. During the speech at Merrill Auditorium in Maine, Trump said the US does not do a good job of vetting […]
At least 13 people have died after a fire ravaged and destroyed a bar in Rouen, the capital of the French region of Normandy, a local newspaper reports. Most of the victims were reportedly young people attending a birthday party. The fire started around midnight at a bar where young people had been gathering to […]
Taking another foray into the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as well as to make its digital assistant Siri better, Apple has acquired Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for nearly $200 million. According to a GeekWire report, the move is set to increase Apple’s presence in the Seattle region where the tech […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said he is not considering a third term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at the end of his tenure in September 2018. “I’m not considering it at all,” Xinhua news agency quoted Abe as saying at a press briefing following the announcement of his […]
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. Io is the most volcanically-active object in the solar system. “This is the first time scientists have observed […]
Washington An American man, Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from 25,000 ft (7,620 metres) without a parachute, landing safely in a net. Aikins — who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt — fell dead centre into the 100×100 ft net in Simi Valley, southern California, BBC reported. During the […]