The US Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to pull the US out of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if his proposal on penalising the US companies for moving overseas is blocked. “Meet the Press” that he, if elected President, would impose a tax on US companies that shift production overseas then sell […]
US Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced on Sunday that she would resign at the end of the party’s convention. The announcement came amid furore over leaked emails showing DNC’s bias against Presidential contender Bernie Sanders, Xinhua news agency reported. Donna Brazile, the DNC’s Vice Chairwoman, would step in as interim Chairwoman, […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday said that France, Germany and other nations hit by terror attacks recently had only themselves to blame ”because they allowed people to come into their territory.” Trump, who has been in favour of suspending immigration from what he calls countries “compromised by terrorism” until vetting mechanisms are in […]
A senior opposition minister on Monday urged the Australian government to reveal what it knows about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, after a media report which said the flight’s captain might have deliberately brought down the plane. Australia’s Shadow Transport Minister Anthony Albanese questioned the legitimacy of the search zone currently being combed by […]
Two men involved in one of Mexico’s most shocking kidnapping and killing incidents have each been sentenced to 520 years in prison, media reported on Saturday. Mario Alberto Rodriguez Ledezma and Gabriel Carrasco Ilizaliturri must additionally pay a fine of more than $270,000 for their role in kidnapping 13 people, including an 18-year-old, at a […]
Wildfire fuelled by high heat has so far spread across at least 11,000 acres in California’s Santa Clarita Valley area, fire officials said. A brush fire broke out along the northbound Antelope Valley around 2 p.m. on Friday, near Sand Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. The blaze was contained only about 10 per cent on […]
The US will send a total of 555 athletes to the Rio Olympic Games to compete in 244 medal events over 27 sports, officials said. There are 292 women on the squad and 263 men. It is the second time that the US will send more women than men to the Olympics after fielding a […]
A forensic examination showed the pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 conducted a flight simulation on his home computer that closely matched the suspected route of the missing aircraft, according to a confidential report obtained by New York magazine. The confidential document from the Malaysian police investigation into the disappearance of the aircraft showed that […]
US President Barack Obama on Friday pledged support to Germany in the wake of a shooting rampage at a shopping mall in Munich that has left at least six people dead. The US has also issued an advisory for its citizens in Germany asking them to maintain a high level of vigilance and take steps […]
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for 300 members of the Presidential Guards after a failed coup attempt, CNNTurk reported Friday. It said 283 of the guards have already been arrested and that the operation is ongoing, Xinhua news agency reported. Meanwhile, over 10,000 passports have been reportedly cancelled “due to flight risk”. Latest figures reported […]