Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday killed over 300 fake Pages and accounts linked to Russia that it said was “engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, almost two years after the US presidential election. The social media giant removed 364 Pages and accounts as part of a network that originated in Russia and operated in the […]
New Delhi, Taiwan on Thursday strongly condemned Beijing’s demand made on multinational companies to refer to the East Asian island nation as a part of China. In a statement, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said that Taiwan “strongly condemns the Chinese authorities for their recent outrageous demand on 66 multinational companies to change […]
Canada’s Parliament has announced plans to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years, which is nearly 1 per cent of the country’s population each year. Canada welcomed more than 286,000 permanent residents in 2017 and projects that number could reach 350,000 this year, CNN reported. “Thanks in great part […]
New York, The US dollar weakened as the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s dovish remarks on rate hikes coupled with strong jobs data alleviated traders’ demand for safe havens. In late New York trading on Friday, the euro was up to $1.1398 from $1.1391 in the previous session, and the British pound rose to […]
Buenos Aires, Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital with internal bleeding in his stomach, the media reported. The 58-year-old was under observation on Friday at the Olivos clinic on the outskirts of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires after a routine medical check, according to the Clarin newspaper. Doctors reportedly discovered bleeding during […]
Washington, US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government — now entering its third week — to last years. After meeting top Democrats, he also said he could declare a national emergency to bypass Congress and build a US-Mexico border wall, the BBC reported. Trump insisted […]
By Aroonim Bhuyan Kunming (China) Covered with blossoming flowers and lush vegetation and blessed with a salubrious climate throughout the year, the city of Kunming, the capital of the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, is a tourist’s delight. Located at an elevation of 6,200 feet above sea level, Kunming is known as the City of […]
San Francisco On an average, women receive an abusive or problematic tweet every 30 seconds, reveals an Amnesty International study that buttresses Twitter’s reputation as a “toxic” platform for women, especially for politicians and journalists. Women of colour, (Black, Asian, Latinx and mixed-race women) were 34 per cent more likely to be mentioned in abusive […]
By DR. T. SELVA Every six years a sacred site in India attracts the world’s largest gathering of people – so large it can be seen from space, where satellites have photographed it! It takes place again from January 14 – March 4, 2019, in Allahabad and I would urge spiritual seekers and readers not […]
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as Brazil’s new President and he promised to build a “society without discrimination or division”. The 63-year-old former army captain in his inaugural speech on Tuesday talked about a “national pact” to free Brazil of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement, the BBC reported on Wednesday. After being […]