US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly will visit Mexico next week, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced. The two chiefs “will meet with various federal government officials”, the ministry said on Wednesday, adding it would release more details of the agenda in coming days, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
he Manhattan US Attorneys office is conducting a criminal investigation into Fox News, informed sources told ABC News. Judd Burstein, an attorney representing former Fox News personality Andrea Tantaros, said during a hearing on Wednesday that one of his clients had received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the use of […]
The AIADMK camp led by acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam is hoping to receive a sizeable number of legislators on Thursday, said a senior leader. He also said Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao may not invite Public Works Minister Edapadi K. Palanisamy to form the government in the state till everything seems to be clear. “There […]
A Russian spy ship sits 30 miles off the US coast of Connecticut, according to an American defence official. This is the farthest north the Russian spy vessel has ever ventured, the official told CNN on Wednesday. The Leonov, which conducted similar patrols in 2014 and 2015, was off the coast of Delaware, but typically […]
AIADMK’s leader of legislature party and Public Works Minister Edapadi K. Palanisamy will be meeting Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidayasagar Rao on Thursday morning, said an official in Raj Bhavan. “The Governor has given appointment to Edapadi K. Palanisamy at 11.30 a.m. Beyond this there is no information now as to the meeting agenda,” he […]
She is an octogenarian and lives all alone in the Unesco-tagged Great Himalayan National Park in the picturesque Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The authorities say she is the only human who lives in the park that is spread over 754 sq km — one of the richest biodiversity sites in the western Himalayas. The […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday discussed in a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe the border security and economy. Turnbull on Wednesday met Wickremesinghe to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations, Xinhua news agency reported. Aside from signing two new agreements, Turnbull said the two nations would […]
As voting for 67 seats in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is hoping to repeat its 2012 performance in the region. The SP had won 34 of the 67 seats, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had come a distant second with 17 seats in the last […]
Around 9,000 soldiers from the Brazilian Army were deployed here ahead of a potential police strike, the Ministry of Defence announced, a media report said on Wednesday. Minister of Defence Raul Jungmann told a press conference on Tuesday that the soldiers would patrol here and the nearby cities of Niteroi and Sao Goncalo until February […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated ISRO for the successful launch of 104 satellites at one go and said it was a proud moment for the nation. “Congratulations to ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) for the successful launch of PSLV-C37 and Cartosat satellite together with 103 nano satellites,” Modi tweeted. “This remarkable feat by […]