US President Donald Trump has insisted in remarks before Republican lawmakers that the young undocumented foreigners who came to this country as children should not be called “Dreamers,” advising people not to “fall into that trap.” “I’ve been hearing about DACA for so many years. Some people call it Dreamers. It’s not Dreamers. Don’t fall […]
Two sisters in the US city of Atlanta have been charged over the killing of a three-year-old boy whose only crime, police said, was taking a cupcake. Kejuan Mason had sneaked the cupcake from the kitchen while at home with Glenndria and Lashirley Morris, the BBC quoted the police as saying. According to the indictment, […]
The 68-year-old son of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, Fidel Angel Castro Diaz-Balart, has died in Havana after taking his own life, according to the media here. He was found on Thursday morning and is said to have suffered from depression. Popularly called “Fidelito”, he was the first-born of the former President, who died in November […]
Buoyed by iPhone sales in the holiday season, Apple posted a record revenue of $88.3 billion — a 13 per cent increase from a year-ago — for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 that ended on December 30. According to the company, it now has 1.3 billion active installed base of devices globally. Apple’s earnings […]
Authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar and Shopian districts on Friday to prevent a separatist-called march in protest of the killing of five civilians over the last few days. Police said restrictions under section 144 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been imposed in Rainawari, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safakadal, Khanyar, Maisuma and Kralkhud in Srinagar. […]
Key Indian equity indices opened in the negative territory on Friday. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded lower by 77.70 points or 0.71 per cent at 10,938.20 points. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 35,707.60 points, traded at 35,673,39 points (09 18 AM) – down […]
The price of bitcoin dropped 20 per cent in the Japanese markets after authorities on Friday inspected the headquarters of the cryptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck. They were probing the financial situation in the wake of cyber attacks that took place a week ago, Efe news reported. The bitcoin traded on Friday below $8,011 after 10.30 […]
It was a sunny morning here on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky was mainly clear in the morning, though shallow fog is likely to occur,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. Visibility stood at 600 metres at […]
Riding on Google’s growing ad business, Alphabet Inc posted $32.32 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2017 — up 24 per cent (year-on-year) from $26.06 billion during the same quarter in 2016. After deducting its traffic acquisition costs, Google’s revenue alone was $25.87 billion. Overall, Alphabet posted revenues of $110.9 billion for 2017 […]
US President Donald Trump sparked alarm within the FBI on Wednesday by saying that he plans to make public a memo prepared by the Republican party detailing alleged abuses by the agency and the Department of Justice in the investigation into presumed Russian interference in the 2016 election. The FBI issued a statement saying that […]