US President Donald Trump has said that pulling his government out of the nuclear pact with Iran is a very real possibility. “I feel strongly about what I did. I’m tired of being taken advantage of as a nation,” Trump told the press on Monday during a Cabinet meeting, Efe news reported. “We’ll see what […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as a white nationalist is set to give a speech later this week at the University of Florida. “This executive order is an additional step to ensure that the University of Florida and the entire community is prepared so everyone can stay safe,” Scott said on […]
SoftBank’s multi-billion-dollar investment into ridesharing app Uber will be finalised “very likely in the next week” Uber board member Arianna Huffington has said. Uber’s board voted earlier in October to approve the Japanese tech conglomerate’s cash infusion, which would add six more board seats and annul super-voting shares held by former CEO Travis Kalanick among […]
The key Indian equity market indices traded on a flat-to-negative note during the early morning trade session on Tuesday, as low volumes and profit booking subdued investors’ sentiments. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure in the automobile, metals and FMCG stocks led to the slide. However, positive Asian indices aided the equity markets’ to […]
After a US Senator wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook, conveying concerns on users’ security with Face ID biometric security in iPhone X, Apple has responded to him, detailing Face ID’s built-in security features. In September, Senator Al Franken (Democrat-Minnesota) had asked several questions related to Apple’s implementation of the Face ID technology. Franken had […]
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nine Asian films nominated for the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Asian Film. The Award, which was announced earlier this year alongside AACTA’s Asia International Engagement Program, acknowledges the finest Asian films of the last 12 months, reflecting the popularity and importance of […]
Happy Diwali! Thursday, 19 October marks Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and there will likely be a greater number of Hindus celebrating Diwali in Australia this year, with the 2016 Census revealing Hinduism as the country’s fastest growing religious group between 2011 and 2016. Last year, the Census counted 440,300 people reporting Hinduism as their […]
The US Army has fired a two-star General who allegedly sent flirty messages to the wife of an enlisted soldier at his post in Italy. Major General Joseph Harrington was sacked due to “a loss of confidence in his ability to command”, Xinhua quoted an army spokesman as saying in a statement. The statement said […]
In his first TV appearance since he took office on May 7, French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his controversial reform which is criticised by the discontent as favouring the rich. “I’m the president of all the French,” Macron told TF1 television in response to growing critics over his pro-liberal roadmap, Xinhua reported. “We’re taking […]
US President Donald Trump’s recent anti-Iran speech was under the influence of lobbyists from Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said. It was clear that the Zionist regime of Israel and some countries like Saudi Arabia have played a major role in writing Trump’s speech and guiding him, Larijani was quoted as […]