Theresa May devoted most of her first hours as Britain’s Prime Minister on Wednesday to naming the key members of the team that will have the task of implementing voters’ decision to leave the European Union. She appointed Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson as the country’s new Foreign Secretary. Until now a back-bencher, the […]
The micro-blogging website Twitter and Bloomberg Media have signed a deal to live stream several media company’s TV news shows on Twitter platform. The partnership includes streaming rights shows like “Bloomberg West”, “What’d You Miss?” and “With All Due Respect”, along with the network’s daily stock market coverage. Although the amount of the deal was […]
Incumbent Jeremy Corbyn is entitled to be on the ballot in the Labour Party leadership election, the National Executive Committee of Britain’s main opposition formation decided on Tuesday. Corbyn’s opponents insisted that to be included on the ballot, he would need backing from at least 51 Labour Party members of the British Parliament or the […]
The US Capitol complex was briefly placed on lockdown on Tuesday after reports of a possible active shooter around the complex. According to police, the Capitol Hill and all buildings in the Capitol complex were placed on lockdown around 4:20 p.m. local time while police were checking reports that a suspect with a gun appeared […]
The victims of the Paris attacks last year, intended to file charges against the French government, their lawyer has said. Maitre Samia Maktouf, a lawyer defending 17 victims of Paris terror attacks on November 13 last year that left about 130 people dead and over 250 injured, on Tuesday said her clients intended to file […]
China’s new generation of space tracking ship, the Yuanwang-7, which will perform maritime tracking of manned spaceflight Shenzhou-11, was formally launched on Tuesday after a 60-day trial period. The vessel, designed by China, marks a new high for China’s space tracking technology, said an official statement. The construction of the ship started on October 10, […]
Racial tension following police violence against African-Americans continued ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Dallas, where five police officers were gunned down last week. Obama is scheduled to travel to Dallas where he will pay tribute to the five officers killed during a “Black Lives Matter” protest on July 7, together with his wife, […]
Republican Party members have formally asked the US Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation for perjury against the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton to determine if she lied to Congress. “The evidence collected by the FBI during its investigation of Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email system appears to directly contradict […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is ready to welcome people from all across the globe for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games slated to begin from August 5. Nawal El Moutawakel, chairwoman of the IOC’s Rio 2016 coordination commission, on Monday said she was impressed by the […]
Tokyo stocks extended gains from the bell on Tuesday as a comparatively weak yen, a strong showing on US and European bourses, as well as hopes for the domestic economy following the government here saying it will compile a new stimulus package, contributed to an upbeat market mood. As of 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei […]