The UN Security Council’s ceasefire decision in Syria would not have impact on Turkey’s ongoing military operation in Afrin, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag has said. “When we look at the UN Security Council resolution, we see that fight against terror organisations is outside its scope. Therefore, it will not affect Turkey’s ongoing operation,” […]
Michael McCormack, a former regional newspaper editor, was elected as Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister on Monday. He replaces Barnaby Joyce as leader of the Nationals, the governing coalition’s junior partner, reports the BBC. Joyce stepped down on Friday following questions over his relationship with media adviser Vikki Campion, and an allegation sexual harassment by […]
US President Donald Trump’s approval rating in a new CNN poll stands at 35 per cent, down five points over the last month to match his lowest level yet, the media reported. The slide follows dip in approval for the President in January, a finding that appeared connected to a bullish stock market and strong […]
In a tug of war over flying taxis versus Hyperloop transport system, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Tesla CEO Elon Musk came out in the open on the micro-blogging site Twitter when the former took a swipe at Tesla over the need to dig tunnels for its Next-Gen mobility dream. Ride-hailing app Uber has announced […]
More certainty, predictability and clarity regarding retrospective taxation would help companies from the UK to invest more in India, Richard McCallum, Managing Director, UK India Business Council said here on Friday. “I think that if there was more clarity, certainty, predictability around retrospective taxation and (resolving) the Vodafone issue that would help the UK companies […]
New York is the dirtiest city, with more pests and litter than any place else in the US, according to a review of government data by the cleaning-services company Busy Bee. The newly released report ranked 40 urban areas across the US based on pest and litter data from the American Housing Survey, air pollution […]
At least 44 people were killed and 24 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and plunged into a river in Peru’s Arequipa region, authorities said. Seven of the injured are in serious condition, including three children, reports Efe news agency. The accident occurred on Wednesday on the Pan-American Highway. The authorities were […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, will lead the US delegation to attend the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea on Sunday, the White House has said. Ivanka, also Trump’s advisor, was scheduled to have dinner on Friday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at his office in […]
The US economic growth rate will increase to 3.1 per cent in 2018 and remain above 3 per cent through 2020, according to President Donald Trump’s first official economic report to Congress. “The Trump Administration is the first since that of President Ronald Reagan to see positive economic growth exceed its first-year forecast,” said the […]
Brazil President Michel Temer has denied through his spokesperson Alexandre Parola, that the federal state of emergency declared about public safety in Rio de Janeiro had any political motivations. In a statement on Wednesday, Temer said that the electoral agenda “is not nor will be the cause” of the federal takeover of Rio de Janeiro, […]