The killing of an Indian-origin man shows the worst and the best of America — the undercurrent of bigotry and the heroism and the generosity, which are often the dominant traits. A 24-year-old man rushed to overpower the gunman, who shot dead Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injured Alok Madasani, and himself took several bullets in the […]
US Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to a historic Jewish cemetery in Missouri state to condemn a vandalism that took place there, a media report said. “From the heart, there is no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism,” he said on Wednesday. Pence called Missouri’s […]
Pyongyang on Thursday said the death of a North Korean citizen in Malaysia last week was a “conspiratorial racket” launched by South Korea. North Korea also blamed the Malaysian side for showing an unfriendly attitude in handling the case, Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA said in a report. A spokesman for the Korean Jurists Committee […]
US President Donald Trump reversed a regulation proclaimed by Barack Obama, obligating public schools around the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and dressing rooms they prefer according to the gender with which they identify. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday announced in a statement that the Trump administration had decided to […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Mexico ahead of talks with President Enrique Pena Nieto in a bid to “soothe tensions” between the two nations, a media report said. Tillerson, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrived on Wednesday and are slated to will hold meetings on security, immigration, trade and the […]
A group of over 60 prominent Australians have opposed the upcoming visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in protest of his policies towards Palestine, a media report said on Monday. Netanyahu will begin his five-day trip to Australia on Wednesday, marking the first visit to the country by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister. “It […]
At least 30 people were killed in a huge car bomb blast at a busy market in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia on Sunday, officials said. The Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) confirmed the incident at Kawo-Gudey area in Wadajir district, saying the casualties included both soldiers and civilians, Xinhua news agency […]
Malaysia on Monday summoned North Korea’s ambassador Kang Chol to seek an explanation over a statement he made on the police probe of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the Communist nation’s top leader Kim Jong Un. Kang in a statement on Friday accused the Malaysian government of having “something to conceal” in its probe, […]
South Korea’s largest shipping company, Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd, was officially declared bankrupt by a local court on Friday, a media report said. This ended its 40 years of operations after its financial woes shook the international freight markets in September 2016, Efe news reported. Hanjin, the world’s seventh largest shipping company, declared the suspension […]
The US could avert a significant amount of financial regulation to expand the real economic activity, said a former American Federal Reserve chairman. Economic vigour depends on free capital investment and willingness of corporations to leverage their balance sheets, which have been hurdled by regulation like the Dodd-Frank Act, Alan Greenspan said on Thursday in […]