Spacex on Friday said it needs help from the public in its investigation of last week’s launch pad rocket explosion that it labelled “the most difficult and complex failure” in the company’s 14-year history. “If you have audio, photos or videos of our anomaly last week, please send to report@spacex.com. Material may be useful for […]
A co-founder of social media giant Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz said he was donating $20 million to help ensure the defeat of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential elections. “If Donald Trump wins, the country will fall backward, and become more isolated from the global community,” the American internet entrepreneur said in a blog […]
Four terrorists and a civilian were killed here on Tuesday after an 11-hour gun battle that began overnight following three huge blasts that left 35 to 43 people dead, officials said. The two back-to-back explosions and then a third blast on Monday near the Defence Ministry also wounded over 90 people in the upscale Shahr-i-Naw […]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed regret over his obscene remarks for US President Barack Obama in which he called the latter “son of a whore”. Duterte in a statement said his comments “came across as a personal attack on the US President”, Xinhua news agency reported. He made the remarks on Monday before […]
By Arul Louis New York Mother Teresa, who has been declared a saint by Pope Francis, has been hailed as the “Saint of the Gutters of Kolkata”. But her sisters find they are needed as much in New York, the richest city of the US. Suffering and want know no national boundaries. And neither do […]
Hong Kong on Sunday began voting for the first Legislative Council election since the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy movement. Chief Executive CY Leung and other government officials in his administration urged the public to come out to vote as polling stations opened at 7.30 a.m., and are due to close 15 hours later, the South China […]
US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged China to abide by its obligations under an international treaty in its activities in the South China Sea. He made the comments during a “candid exchange” with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, here in China before the G20 summit, the BBC quoted the White House as saying. In […]
The UN Security Council is slated to hold a high-level meeting on Syria on September 21 aimed at achieving a political resolution of the ongoing conflict. Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key will chair the high-level discussion which is considered necessary to ensure the peace process in Syria gets back on track, according to […]
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna began their US Open campaign on a sound note, winning their respective opening round matches at Flushing Meadows here. Bopanna kicked off India’s day with a sweat-inducing 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win with his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen over 16th seeds Radek Stepanek and Nenad […]
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s image is at its record low with Americans in her 25-year national public life, according to a new poll. According to the Washington Post/ABC News poll on Wednesday, 56 per cent of Americans now hold unfavorable views of Clinton with 41 percent regarding the former secretary of state with […]