A California student injured in the Las Vegas massacre has filed a lawsuit against a hotel, concert promoter and bump stock manufacturers, claiming that they were all liable in the mass shooting that claimed 59 lives, the media reported. The claims against MGM Resorts International, which owns both Mandalay Bay and the concert venue that […]
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she would donate the money Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein contributed to her political campaigns after multiple sexual assault allegations were levelled against the powerful media mogul. In a CNN interview on Wednesday night, Clinton said she was “sick” and “shocked” when she found out about the […]
The US House Intelligence Committee leaders have announced to make some of the 3,000 Russian ads public that appeared on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential election. The decision was taken after US Congress leaders met Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg late on Wednesday, Politico reported. “The decision to release the ads for the […]
A volcano in Japan erupted early on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No one was injured. Mt. Shinmoe, one of the 50 active volcanos constantly under watch of the agency, erupted around 5.34 a.m. (local time) and the plume rose some 300 meters above the crater, said the agency, Xinhua reported. It was the […]
The toll from the wildfires in the US state of California has risen to 15 as more casualties were confirmed in several counties near San Francisco. Sonama County sheriff’s office said on Tuesday a total of nine deaths were reported after two more fatalities were confirmed in the county, about 90 km north of San […]
The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday due to the extraordinary situation created on Tuesday after President of the regional government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said the effects of the declaration of independence will be suspended to open a period of dialogue. Spain’s Deputy Prime Minster, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, said on Tuesday there would […]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a formal step to repeal measures put in place by former US President Barack Obama that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to repeal the so-called Clean Power Plan, Xinhua news agency […]
The White House has said US military leaders had briefed President Donald Trump on options regarding North Korea nuclear issue. US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford on Tuesday briefed Trump on a range of options to respond to any form of “aggression” from North Korea […]
Pakistan has again tried to sneak the Kashmir issue into a General Assembly debate with no relevance to the topic, but India took the high road refusing to be drawn into a “distraction” from the agenda set for the meeting. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi devoted a significant part of her speech to Kashmir at […]
UN aid agencies are helping the Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar into Bangladesh, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The number of Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh since late August has reached 519,000, an increase by 4,000 over the weekend, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Aid workers continued to […]