Oil prices went up on Friday, as US oil rig count fell sharply this week, easing concerns there would be a potential supply glut and Saudi Arabia called for oil production cut extension. The number of US oil rigs dropped 11 to 789 for the week ending June 7, US energy services firm Baker Hughes […]
Pakistan’s Defence budget during the next fiscal year will remain unchanged as compared to the outgoing fiscal year in rupee terms due to the countrys dire economic condition, a media report said on Saturday. Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to announce that the military had “voluntarily agreed” to cut its expenditures due to […]
BY ARUL LOUIS New York Seven Indian-origin kids, along with an American, have been declared co-champions of the US National Spelling Bee after the tie among the eight couldn’t be broken even after 20 rounds of the finals. The unprecedented decision to declare eight co-champions was taken Thursday night after the organisers ran out of […]
BY JAYANT K. SINGH Engelberg (Switzerland) It’s home to the world’s first revolving cable car, a glacier cave, a Cliff Walk over Europe’s highest suspension bridge, a multi-seater open-to-the-sky Ice Flyer chair lift and a glacier park – to name just a few of its attractions. Thus, it’s little wonder that over two lakh Indians […]
US President Donald Trump announced that he will formally launch his re-election campaign for the 2020 election at a rally in Orlando, Florida, on June 18. The kick-off rally will be alongside First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence, Trump said in a tweet on Friday. Trump said that […]
A group of locals partially demolished the centuries-old “Guru Nanak Palace” and sold off its precious windows, doors and ventilators in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported on Monday. “Three storeys of the building have been demolished and new houses constructed. The influentials have demolished the building with the connivance of the Auqaf Department and […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday said that, “actions – not words” will show the intentions of US President Donald Trump and reiterated that Tehran was not seeking nuclear weapons. Zarif’s response came following Trump’s statement made on Monday in Tokyo where he said: “We’re not looking for a regime change. I just […]
Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS, or Partido Socialista) have won the European elections by garnering 34 per cent of votes, showed the preliminary results after counting of 95 per cent of the votes. The Socialist Party was followed by PSD (Partido Social Democrata) with 23.0 per cent, Left Bloc (BE) with 9.4 per cent, according to […]
“We recognise that people have differing opinions on mining thermal coal and the Carmichael Project, however it is important that they have the facts before joining a protest,” a statement from Adani Mining read. The statement further reads, “The process of mining 10 million tonnes of coal per annum at the Carmichael mine will produce […]
has asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara to resign over mis-handling of intelligence reports in the lead-up to Easter Sunday’s bombings that killed nearly 360 people, officials said on Wednesday. Warnings had been shared with Sri Lankan security services, including one memo addressed to the IGP, ahead of […]