Texas student fatally shoots police officer

Texas student fatally shoots police officer

A Texas Tech University student fatally shot a campus police officer in the head, according to varsity authorities. The incident took place on Monday night when campus police were making a student welfare check, reports CBS News. Upon entering the suspect’s room, officers found drug paraphernalia, according to a university statement. The suspect was then […]

Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before massacre

Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before massacre

Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before he opened fire on an open-air concert in Las Vegas on October 1 killing 59 people, a senior police official announced. Paddock shot Jesus Campos in the leg, injuring him at 9.59 p.m. on October 1, CNN quoted Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo as saying on Monday night. […]

Ivanka Trump urges Congress to act on immigration

Ivanka Trump urges Congress to act on immigration

US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump has urged Congress to act on immigration and called the fate of immigrants who have been covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme a “very complicated issue”. “You do have the question of the Dreamers: 800,000 young people, most of whom are under 25, most […]

Cuba marks 50th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death

Cuba marks 50th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death

More than 60,000 people took to the streets gathered to commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Cuban President Raul Castro was present at a mass rally on Sunday at the Che Guevara Mausoleum in the town of Santa Clara, 300 km east of Havana, reports Xinhua news agency. The […]

Pence leaves game after players protest during anthem

Pence leaves game after players protest during anthem

US Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a football game after a large number of players knelt while the national anthem was being played, the media reported. The incident ook place at the Indianapolis Colts’ game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon, reports The Washington Post. Pence announced his departure via his […]

Trump sends immigration enforcement plan to Congress

Trump sends immigration enforcement plan to Congress

US President Donald Trump has sent a 70-point enforcement plan to Congress proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration, including calls for a border wall with Mexico and a merit-based system of granting visas, the media reported. The plans sent on Sunday also include call for more deportation agents, a crackdown on sanctuary […]

Harvey Weinstein fired over sexual harassment claims

Harvey Weinstein fired over sexual harassment claims

 Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was fired from the film company he co-founded after a New York Times investigation detailed numerous incidents of alleged sexual harassment by the media mogul, the media reported. The remaining board of directors at The Weinstein Company said on Sunday night that the decision was made “in light of new information […]

Danfoss talks to Indian firms on hybrid car power

Danfoss talks to Indian firms on hybrid car power

Danish company Danfoss A/S is looking at the Indian automobile sector in a major way and is in talks with some automobile makers for providing its solutions for hybrid cars, said a top official. The 5.3 billion euros turnover privately held company is a world leader in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) sector. The […]

Trump sends immigration plan to Congress, mum on H1-B visas

Trump sends immigration plan to Congress, mum on H1-B visas

US President Donald Trump has sent a new 70-point enforcement plan to Congress proposing the stiffest reforms ever offered by an administration, but kept mum on the H1-B visas. Trump’s request for sweeping immigration reforms unveiled by the White house Sunday night would continue to allow the spouses and children of immigrants to get green […]

Dove apologises for racially insensitive ad on Facebook

Dove apologises for racially insensitive ad on Facebook

Unilever-owned personal care brand Dove has deleted a “three-second video clip” from its Facebook page, apologising for the racially insensitive ad by saying that the company “missed the mark in representing women of colour thoughtfully”. The advertisement showed a black woman wearing a brown shirt removing her top to reveal a white woman in a […]