Actress Chloë Grace Moretz says she finds dating “horrible and weird” because so many people have seen her pretend to be in a relationship. Moretz has been romantically linked to Brooklyn Beckham — the eldest child of Victoria and David Beckham. “You already know what I look like in a bathing suit. You know what […]
Sri Lanka aims to strengthen its economy and move the country forward by entering into bilateral agreements with several countries including India and China, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on Saturday. Wickremesinghe said the hour arrived for Sri Lanka to be once again the economic hub it was in the ancient world on the […]
A satellite to monitor execution of development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is set to launch in June 2018. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) signed an agreement for the development and launch of the “Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) System”, Dawn […]
At least 28 people were killed and more than 300 injured when a suicide bomber exploded near the Afghan presidential palace here on Tuesday, officials said. Many of the dead were civilians, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahini said, confirming the 28 deaths. The deafening explosion was followed by heavy gunfire as Taliban militants launched […]
In a bid to revive its online presence on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, supporters of the Islamic State (IS) terror group have created a new channel on the messaging app Telegram. According to Vocativ website, “Online Dawah Operation” channel has gained popularity among the IS supporters via trolling since its launch some […]
Democrat candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders drew a record-breaking crowd to a park in Brooklyn as he looks to build momentum ahead of the New York primaries on Tuesday. Sanders attracted over 28,300 people on Sunday afternoon, according to the campaign and a production company helping to plan the event. This total was higher […]
The lower house of Brazil’s parliament have voted in favour of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, a move that could see the country’s first female leader removed from power. After over five hours of voting late Sunday night, more than 342 lawmakers, the two-thirds majority required by law, have voted in favour of impeachment, CNN reported. […]
KOCHI: Mark Zuckerberg may have started the online social networking revolution and made billions of dollars from his game-changing Facebook (FB). But this maverick internet entrepreneur surely didn’t reckon with city boy Amal Augustine. Amal has ‘beaten’ the master at his own game and closed a deal with FB, trading the registration rights of maxchanzuckerberg.org […]
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, killing 77 people and injuring nearly 600, the authorities said on Sunday. Vice President Jorge Glas said the quake hit at 6.58 p.m. on Saturday (11.58 GMT) near the northern coastal town of Muisne. When he earlier put the death toll at 41, Glas warned that the toll […]
Nearly half the Britons think British Prime Minister David Cameron’s management of his financial affairs has been “morally repugnant” — and that all tax returns should be made public. In a ComRes poll for The Independent, 49 percent of people said the tax returns of all citizens should be published, with just 31 percent saying […]