German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won the single pre-election televised debate against her opponent Martin Schulz ahead of the national elections on September 24, a poll said. According to the surveys conducted on Sunday by two of Germany’s public TV channels, 55 per cent of the respondents found Merkel more convincing while 35 per cent […]
Nirmala Sitharaman is now a member of a powerful sisterhood of 16 female defence ministers, in a sign of rising women empowerment in an overwhelmingly male-dominated arena. Sitharaman, who got the portfolio on Sunday, heads the world’s third largest defence force of 1.4 million personnel. It is also the strongest of those headed by female […]
By Porisma P. Gogoi Bath (UK) “I like our situation very much,” wrote English novelist Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra describing the profound impact that Bath had upon her first visit. Better known as the city of spas, Bath, embellished with Roman and Georgian-styled buildings and the river Avon flowing across, […]
By Kishori Sud New Delhi Indians may be getting increasingly experimental with their food palate, but they mostly picture only a sushi roll or tempura in their head when asked about Japanese cuisine, says Japanese chef Masaharu Morimoto, who has had a culinary relationship with India for almost 15 years. But he doesn’t mind. Known […]
Russia has been given two days to close its consulate in San Francisco as well as diplomatic annexes in Washington and New York, the US State Department has said. The move comes in response to the Kremlin’s decision last July to order the US to reduce by 755 the number of diplomats and diplomatic personnel […]
Venezuelan authorities have assigned two prosecutors to probe alleged acts of treason by citizens who supported the US’ latest round of economic sanctions against the South American nation. “We’ve assigned two prosecutors who are going to investigate these actions,” Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Thursday. Speaking two days after the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) […]
US President Donald Trump has said that “talking is not the answer” in dealing with North Korea’s military operations. “The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years,” he wrote on Twitter, BBC reported on Wednesday. But US Defence Secretary James Mattis, insisted on Wednesday that there was […]
The catastrophic hurricane Harvey has weakened to a tropical depression with its centre now located in southwest Louisiana, but continues to cause heavy rains, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) announced. In the public advisory released late Wednesday night, the NHC indicated that Harvey has maximum winds of 55 km/h and is located 15 km […]
US President Donald Trump has urged Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz in a call to find a diplomatic resolution to end the Qatar crisis, the media reported. The US President spoke to the Saudi King on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt had cut off diplomatic […]
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) dismissed a motion to remove General Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot from heading investigations into President Michel Temer’s alleged corruption. STF Judge Edson Fachin said on Wednesday there was no evidence that Janot was politically motivated or biased, as Temer’s defense team claimed, Xinhua news agency reported. Janot’s initial investigation into charges […]