US 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has garnered 64,223,958 tallied votes by Wednesday morning, over two million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, according to data released by the non-partisan Cook Political Report. With new votes tallied from New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland and California, Clinton’s popular vote lead reached 2,017,563 overnight. Trump so far […]
The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, whose Paris offices were targeted by the jihadists in January 2015, will launch a German edition in December. The French magazine will print 200,000 copies in German next week to recognise the support it received after the 2015 attacks that killed its Paris editorial staff, a spokeswoman said on […]
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on Wednesday ratified the life sentence on the last alive Khmer Rouge leaders for their crimes against humanity. It rejected the appeal against the sentence issued in 2014, Efe news reported. The defendants are the former number two and ideologue of the communist party, Nuon Chea, 89, […]
Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Russian pharma company JSC Biosintez for $24 million. The Indian company will also assume Russian company’s debt of $36 million, Sun Pharma said in a statement. The total deal size works out to $60 million ($26 million for […]
The US Ministry of Defense on Tuesday confirmed that a senior Al Qaeda leader was killed in a US air strike near Sarmada, Syria, last week. Abu Afghan Al-Masri, an Egyptian who joined Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and later moved to Syria, died on November 18, Xinhua quoted Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook as saying. “He […]
The White House said on Tuesday US President Barack Obama would not sign any bill in his final months in office that would undermine the Iran nuclear deal. “We certainly are not going to, however, sign a piece of legislation that would undermine the ability of the international community to continue to successfully implement the […]
US President Barack Obama awarded 21 recipients, including basketball greats Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Presidential Medal Of Freedom here at the White House on Tuesday. “From scientists, philanthropists and public servants to activists, athletes and artists, these 21 individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the […]
The US has warned its citizens that Europe is at a “heightened risk of terror attacks” at its Christmas markets and other seasonal holiday events. The US State Department said it had “credible information” that the Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda were planning attacks and focusing on the “upcoming holiday season”, reported the Telegraph. […]
The South Korean cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan amid public and parliamentary opposition. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Yoo Il-ho, chaired the meeting that approved the pact to directly exchange military intelligence on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear and missile programs. The signing ceremony of […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck northeastern Japan’s Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said, while tsunami waves were observed in the area and two persons were injured. The quake registered lower five on the Japanese seismic scale of seven in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, Xinhua quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying. […]