Archive Detail
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| Modi takes oath as PM of India for next | NEW DELHI, May 30 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his oath of office today, along with his ministers, for the second consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhawan after his party BJP witnessed a massive victory in the recently-concluded national elections. PM Modi and his council of ministers are being administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind. The dazzling oath-taking event is being held at the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan and is being attended by world leaders, celebrities and politicians. | 30-May-2019 |
| Strong earthquake off coast of El Salvad | SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP), May 30 (TIWN)— A strong earthquake hit off the coast of El Salvador early Thursday, sending frightened residents running out of their homes in the predawn hours. Authorities said a small tsunami was possible. | 30-May-2019 |
| U.S. looks to improve ties with Indonesi | JAKARTA (Reuters), May 30 (TIWN) - Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met his Indonesian counterpart on Thursday as the United States looks to improve ties with an Indonesian special forces unit that have been limited due to human rights abuses in the 1990s. | 30-May-2019 |
| Thousands rally in Mongolia to call for | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Protesters take part in a demonstration demanding the Mongolian leadership to step down, in Ulaanbaatar. | 30-May-2019 |
| 7 dead, 21 missing after SKorean tour bo | BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP), May 30 (TIWN) — Rescue workers scoured the Danube River in downtown Budapest Thursday for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists sank after colliding with a larger cruise ship during an evening downpour. Seven people are confirmed dead and seven were rescued, Hungarian officials said. | 30-May-2019 |
| AP sources: White House wanted USS McCai | Mumbai, May 30 (TIWN): The White House wanted the U.S. Navy to keep a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain out of President Donald Trump's view during his trip to Japan, three U.S. officials said Wednesday. | 30-May-2019 |
| Indian doctor’s suicide: College | On May 22, hours before Dr Payal Tadvi committed suicide by hanging in her hostel room, she was scolded in the operation theatre in front of other staff and patients, and was seen crying as she left. | 29-May-2019 |
| Modi 2.0: Will BJP’s young gun Te | AGARTALA, Modi Cabinet 2.0: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah held a seven hour long marathon meeting to brainstorm the names for council of ministers. There is intense speculation whether Amit Shah will be inducted into cabinet or not and what portfolio will be allocated to him. Prime Minister Modi will have to find replacement for Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. | 29-May-2019 |
| Mexico freezes ex-oil official's bank ac | MEXICO CITY (AP), May 29 (TIWN)— Mexican authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico's state-owned oil company. | 29-May-2019 |
| US balks as Venezuela heads up UN-backed | GENEVA (AP), May 29 (TIWN) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' main disarmament body walked out of its session on Tuesday to protest that Venezuela had taken the chair. | 29-May-2019 |
| Asian shares up in muted trading after T | TOKYO (AP), May 29 (TIWN) -- Asian stocks mostly rose in muted trading Tuesday in the absence of major market-driving news on trade negotiations during the visit of President Donald Trump to Japan. | 29-May-2019 |
| Satellite images show crops on fire in S | BEIRUT (AP), May 28 (TIWN) — New satellite photos obtained on Tuesday show significant damage to Syrian villages and surrounding farmland as a result of a government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the country. | 28-May-2019 |
| The Latest: Merkel wants quick deal on h | BRUSSELS (AP), May 28 (TIWN) — The latest on European elections (all times local): 8:10 p.m. | 28-May-2019 |
| From Japan, Trump doubles down on Biden | TOKYO (Reuters), May 27- President Donald Trump doubled down on his support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's scathing view of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday, dismissing criticism that he was siding with a dictator over a fellow American. | 27-May-2019 |
| EU Parliament elections: Far-right Marin | Brussels [Belgium], May 27 (ANI): French far-right leader Marine Le Pen declared victory over President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, as euroskeptic parties made strong gains in the European Union (EU) parliamentary election. | 27-May-2019 |
| BSP candidate who quit party to support | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): After its candidate from Guna switched sides days before polling, the BSP continued its campaign in a bid to ensure that he gets more votes and spoils the prospects the party he jumped to. | 27-May-2019 |
| How BJP’s ruthless election strat | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): BJP’s war machine had identified its electoral targets and went for the kill with pinpoint precision even before the Lok Sabha elections were announced. | 27-May-2019 |
| EU election turnout in France nearly 20% | PARIS (Reuters), May 26 (TIWN) - Turnout figures for European elections in France showed a 19.26% participation rate by noon local time (1000 GMT), the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, a rate significantly higher than during the 2014 vote. | 26-May-2019 |
| Israeli president shocked by German skul | BERLIN (AP), May 26 (TIWN) — Israel's president said Sunday he is shocked by a German official's comment that he wouldn't advise Jews to wear skullcaps in parts of the country, which is drawing mixed reactions at home. | 26-May-2019 |
| Former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulan | BANGKOK (AP), May 26 (TIWN)— Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand's most influential political figures over four decades, died Sunday at age 98. | 26-May-2019 |
| For Italians, migration and economy top | BRUSSELS (AP), May 26 (TIWN) — The Latest on elections for the European Parliament (all times local): 12:30 p.m. | 26-May-2019 |
| Pope Says Abortion Is Never Ok, Equates | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Pope Francis said on Saturday that abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or likely to die, and urged doctors and priests to support families to carry such pregnancies to term. | 26-May-2019 |
| Bolton says N. Korea missile tests viola | TOKYO (AP), May 25 (TIWN)-- U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Saturday called a series of short-range missile tests by North Korea earlier this month a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and said sanctions must be kept in place. | 25-May-2019 |
| Theresa May: A prime minister defined an | LONDON (AP), May 25 (TIWN): -- Theresa May became prime minister in 2016 with one overriding goal: to lead Britain out of the European Union. | 25-May-2019 |
| Cannes to present Palme d'Or, with histo | CANNES, France (AP), May 25 (TIWN): — History could be made when the top award of the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or, is handed out Saturday. | 25-May-2019 |
| Japan trade a problem for Trump, but not | TOKYO (AP), May 25 (TIWN): -- When President Donald Trump visits Japan, he'll be able to point to Tokyo's streets to drive home a sore point in trade relations between the allies: the absence of made-in-USA vehicles. | 25-May-2019 |
| FAA chief upbeat about prospects for Boe | FORT WORTH, Texas (AP), May 25 (TIWN)— After an all-day meeting with global aviation regulators, the chief of the Federal Aviation Administration sounded more upbeat than ever about prospects for clearing the troubled Boeing 737 Max to fly again. | 25-May-2019 |
| China has more weapons in US tariff war | BEIJING (AP), May 23 (TIWN) -- Looking for ways to hit back at Washington as a tariff fight escalates, President Xi Jinping and his economy czar visited a Chinese factory that processes rare earths — exotic minerals used in electric cars, mobile phones and other technology. | 23-May-2019 |
| British PM Theresa May expected to annou | LONDON (Reuters), May 23 (TIWN) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce her departure from office, The Times reported, without citing a source. | 23-May-2019 |
| Texas environmentalists plan lawsuit aga | HOUSTON (Reuters), May 23 (TIWN) - Three Texas environmental groups notified Valero Energy Corp on Wednesday of plans to file a lawsuit under the U.S. Clean Air Act for pollution at the company's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, the organizations said. | 22-May-2019 |
| Jakarta protesters disperse after second | JAKARTA (Reuters), May 23 (TIWN) - Calm returned to the streets of central Jakarta on Thursday after a second night of clashes between security forces and protesters angry over the outcome of last month's election, which handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo a second term. | 22-May-2019 |
| SEAL's trial delayed as defense seeks in | SAN DIEGO (AP), May 23 (TIWN)— A judge delayed the murder case Wednesday of a decorated Navy SEAL to first make sure the government's monitoring of defense team emails did not compromise his right to a fair trial. | 22-May-2019 |
| Macron pitches for broad centrist allian | PARIS (Reuters), May 22 (TIWN) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday laid out his clearest plans yet for alliance-building after the European Parliament elections, favouring a centrist coalition broad enough to work with the Greens and attract some conservative parties. | 22-May-2019 |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she'd be ' | New York, May 22 (TIWN): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive US congresswoman and social media sensation, has said she would be “hard pressed†to endorse the frontrunner, Joe Biden, in the Democratic presidential primary. | 22-May-2019 |
| Germany grants asylum to 2 Hong Kong pro | BERLIN (AP), May 22 (TIWN) — Germany has granted asylum to two Hong Kong activists in a sign of growing concern over how dissent is dealt with in the territory. In interviews with The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times published on Wednesday, Ray Wong Toi Yeung said he and fellow pro-democracy protester Alan Li Tung Sing were granted asylum last year. Germany's Interior Ministry would not give names due to privacy regulations, but confirmed it had granted two people from Hong Kong asylum last year. Wong and Li are the only dissidents known to have been in Germany seeking protection. Wong told the Journal he chose to reveal his asylum status now in response to a proposed Hong Kong law that would allow criminal suspects to be handed over to mainland China. | 22-May-2019 |
| Air China asks Boeing compensation for M | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): Technology companies helped power stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, snapping the market's two-day losing streak. | 22-May-2019 |
| Air China asks Boeing compensation for M | BEIJING (AP), May 22 (TIWN) -- Air China Ltd., one of China's three major state-owned airlines, is joining carriers that are asking Boeing Co. for compensation for the grounding of their 737 Max jetliners following two fatal crashes. | 22-May-2019 |
| Sudan protest group makes strike call wi | KHARTOUM (Reuters), May 21 (TIWN) - Sudan's main protest group called on Tuesday for a general strike, saying two late-night negotiation sessions with the military had failed to reach a deal on how to lead the country after the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir. | 21-May-2019 |
| French minister warns of 'toxic' Nigel F | PARIS (Reuters), May 21 (TIWN) - Victory for veteran British anti-EU campaigner Nigel Farage in this week's European Parliament election will create a big headache for the European Union and the UK should exit the bloc as soon as possible, France's finance minister said on Tuesday. | 21-May-2019 |
| Austrian far right crashes out of govern | VIENNA (Reuters), May 21 (TIWN):- The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) quit Austria's coalition government on Tuesday after the president sided with conservative chancellor Sebastian Kurz and sacked the hardline FPO interior minister. | 21-May-2019 |
| Bomb-carrying drone from Yemen rebels ta | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP), May 21 (TIWN) — Yemen's Iranian-allied Houthi rebels said Tuesday they attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone, an assault acknowledged by the kingdom as Mideast tensions remain high between Tehran and the United States. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. | 21-May-2019 |
| Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: PM Modi, | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): Rajiv Gandhi death anniversary: PM Modi, Gandhi family pay tributes to late Prime Minister. | 21-May-2019 |
| Britain prepares for new spying law afte | LONDON (Reuters), May 20 (TIWN)- Britain is preparing to bring in a new spying law and is considering updating treason legislation to counter the threat from hostile states in the wake of the nerve agent poisoning in Salisbury last year, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday. | 20-May-2019 |
| US briefing: Trump goads Iran, Huawei bl | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): With tensions already running high in the Middle East, Donald Trump tweeted a warning to Tehran on Sunday that “if Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iranâ€. Trump has previously said he does not want a war, but the US has done little to cool regional tempers, pulling out of the nuclear agreement last year and recently dispatching an aircraft carrier group to the Gulf. | 20-May-2019 |
| Indian Election : Chandrababu Naidu cite | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): With just three days left for results of Lok Sabha polls to be declared, Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu asked the Election Commission to sort out a number of problems related to the counting process. Voicing concerns, the CM referred to a number of rumours doing the rounds as far as polling machines are concerned. | 20-May-2019 |
| BJP demands repolling in West Bengal con | NEW DELHI, May 20 (TIWN): A BJP delegation led by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway minister Piyush Goyal approached the Election Commission (EC) and urged it to conduct repoll in the constituencies where violence had taken place during all the phases of the Lok Sabha polls in some states. | 20-May-2019 |
| Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh is divid | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh is divided, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan. | 20-May-2019 |
| Swiss voters set to approve tighter gun | ZURICH (Reuters), May 19 (TIWN) - Swiss voters agreed on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed. | 19-May-2019 |
| Jobs, corruption top issues as Malawi vo | LILONGWE, Malawi (AP), May 19 (TIWN) — Corruption and the need for economic growth are the main campaign issues as Malawi goes to the polls Tuesday for a presidential election that pits the incumbent against his own vice president as well as the country's main opposition party. | 19-May-2019 |
| Saudis say they don't want war, but will | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP), May 19 (TIWN): — Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf after attacks on the kingdom's energy sector. | 19-May-2019 |