North Korea on Tuesday test-fired three short-range ballistic missiles in a show of force against the decision between South Korea and the US to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in Seoul. Yonhap news agency quoted South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying that North Korea fired off three ballistic missiles, […]
Republicans on Monday prepared to kick off their convention at Cleveland to crown Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee as the nation reeled from another outburst of violence. True to form, Trump himself provided the first surprise of the week, announcing on Monday morning that he was headed for Cleveland to watch his wife […]
A former African-American US Marine killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on his birthday, in an incident similar the July 5 Dallas attacks, where another former black soldier killed five policemen. On Sunday, a man identified as Gavin Long of Kansas city went on a shooting rampage on his 29th birthday that left […]
A Hawaiian Airlines plane was forced to return to Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Monday and make an emergency landing after the pilot noticed a hydraulic fluid indicator was reading unusually low. The plane returned to Tokyo’s intentional hub shortly after taking off just late Sunday night, Xinhua news agency reported. None of the 293 passengers […]
As we wait for Juno’s first close-up images of Jupiter on August 27, NASA continues to explore our solar system to help answer fundamental questions about how we came to be, where we are going and whether we are alone in the universe. “Juno is the latest example of the extraordinary science we have to […]
Some 6,000 teen abortion cases were reported in Vietnam annually, according to the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) on Monday. In 2015, Vietnam had a total of around 280,000 abortion cases, 2 per cent of which were by teenage moms, state-run Tien Phong daily online newspaper quoted the office as saying. However, […]
Countries in the Middle East on Friday condemned the terror attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people, and expressed solidarity with France. A truck rammed into a crowd celebrating the French national day in Nice on Thursday night, Xinhua news agency quoted French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as saying on Friday. The truck […]
A terrorist sped a rented truck through a crowd of thousands enjoying Bastille Day celebrations in this French city, crushing 84 people and injuring some 150, a third of who were battling for life. As global condemnation poured in, French President Francois Hollande flew to Nice, met the wounded and said the trucker struck men, […]
Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican US Presidential nominee, announced on Friday he had chosen Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. “I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate,” wrote Trump on his Twitter account. The pick of Pence as running mate came […]
Presumptive Democratic candidate for the US presidency Hillary Clinton on Friday said that the choice of Indiana Governor Mike Pence to be Donald Trump’s running mate is further evidence of the Republican presidential candidate’s “dangerous plan for America”. “If you had any doubts about Trump sticking with his dangerous plan for America, say hello to […]