Archive Detail
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Anthony Albanese kicks off Labor leaders | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN): Anthony Albanese is making a concerted play for the Labor leadership, declaring the party’s policy direction needs to change but signalling he would promote progressive values, as the count continues after Saturday night’s election. | 19-May-2019 |
France's Macron forced to curb his ambit | PARIS (AP), May 19 — French President Emmanuel Macron sees himself as Europe's savior and this week's European Parliament elections as a make-or-break moment for the beleaguered European Union. | 19-May-2019 |
India : Modi Meditates in Cave | KEDARNATH, May 18 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand, was photographed meditating in a holy cave near Kedarnath. Earlier today, the prime minister also offered his prayers at the Kedarnath temple. He is also set to visit the Badrinath shrine tomorrow before heading back to Delhi in the afternoon. | 18-May-2019 |
Unfreedom of the Press review: Mark Levi | New York, May 18 (TIWN): Americans’ distrust of the media is only exceeded by its disdain for Congress. Mark Levin’s latest book won’t do much to rehabilitate journalism but it should cement his standing among Trump’s go-to guys. | 18-May-2019 |
Austrian vice chancellor resigns amid vi | VIENNA (AP), May 18— Austrian vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned Saturday after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a potential Russian benefactor. | 18-May-2019 |
EU's Tusk leads pro-Europe march in Pola | WARSAW, Poland (AP), May 18 (TIWN): — Thousands are marching in the Polish capital to celebrate the nation's European Union membership ahead of key European Parliament elections. EU Council President Donald Tusk and Poland's opposition leaders are among those marching in Warsaw. The pro-EU rally aims to underline that Poles want to be an important member in the 28-nation bloc, even though the current rightwing government is highly critical of the EU and its institutions. Before the march, leaders from center-left parties called on the Poles to vote in May 23-26 elections, saying they are crucial for Poland's standing in the EU. The elections are also seen as a test of support between the ruling party and the opposition, ahead of national parliament elections in the autumn. | 18-May-2019 |
US warns airliners flying in Persian Gul | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP), May 18 (TIWN): U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. | 18-May-2019 |
Congressional leaders get classified bri | WASHINGTON (AP), May 17— Congressional leaders received a classified briefing on Iran from the White House Thursday following criticism that lawmakers have been kept out of the loop about recent military moves in the Middle East. | 17-May-2019 |
India's Election Commission curtails cam | KOLKATA, India (AP), May 16 (TIWN)— India's Election Commission cut off campaigning early in the eastern state of West Bengal on Thursday after days of clashes in the final stretch of the country's marathon elections, a drastic and unprecedented action in the world's largest democracy. | 16-May-2019 |
China formally arrests 2 Canadians in ca | BEIJING (AP) — China has formally arrested two Canadian citizens it is believed to be holding to pressure Canada into releasing a Chinese telecoms executive, bringing the two men closer to trial on vaguely defined state security charges. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Thursday that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been arrested for allegedly stealing state secrets. "We always act in accordance with the law, and we hope that Canada will not make irresponsible remarks on China's legal construction and judicial handling," Lu said at a regularly scheduled news conference. Lu gave no other details. Kovrig is a former Canadian diplomat and expert at the International Crisis Group, and Spavor is a businessman with lengthy experience in North Korea. China had earlier accused the two of conspiring together to steal Chinese state secrets. Canada strongly condemned their "arbitrary arrest." "We reiterate our demand that China immediately release Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor," Brittany Fletcher, a spokeswoman for Global Affairs Canada, said Thursday. Both were detained on Dec. 10 after Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive with telecoms giant Huawei, was arrested in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities who want her extradited to face fraud charges. Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, is accused of lying to banks about the company's dealings with Iran in violation of U.S. trade sanctions. Her attorney has argued that comments by U.S. President Donald Trump suggest the case against her is politically motivated. Meng is free on bail and a judge this month granted her request to move into a larger Vancouver multimillion-dollar home that recently underwent renovation. The judge also ruled that she will hear arguments on evidence disclosure in late September and October. A decision on whether Meng is extradited to the U.S. could take years. Kovrig and Spavor are being held in detention facilities and have yet to be granted access to lawyers. The U.S. has pressured other countries to limit their use of Huawei's technology, warning they could be opening themselves up to surveillance and theft of information. China and the U.S. are currently embroiled in a trade dispute that has beleaguered global financial markets. Many of the U.S. complaints revolve around China's drive to acquire advanced intellectual property and dominate fields such as latest-generation 5G cellphone technology that Huawei has pursued. Another Canadian held in China, Robert Schellenberg, was re-sentenced to death in a drug case following Meng's detention. His case is currently under appeal. | 16-May-2019 |
UK's Prince Harry wins damages over aeri | LONDON (Reuters), May 16 (TIWN) - Prince Harry, Britain's Duke of Sussex, has accepted substantial damages and an apology from a news agency which took photographs of his home from the air, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. | 16-May-2019 |
Man shot dead over allegation of smuggli | SRINAGAR, India (AP), May 16 (TIWN): A Muslim man was shot and killed and another injured by Hindu vigilantes on Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir over allegations of smuggling cows. | 16-May-2019 |
Border security, green card changes driv | WASHINGTON (AP), May 16 (TIWN):After years of setbacks and stalemates, President Donald Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan as he tries to convince the American public and lawmakers that the nation's legal immigration system should be overhauled. | 16-May-2019 |
US hasn't stepped up sea patrols to conf | SINGAPORE (AP) — A top U.S. admiral says the Navy has not stepped up maritime patrols to challenge China's sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea but is maintaining a "consistent" presence in the disputed waters. | 15-May-2019 |
5 cops injured as protestors seeking jus | Jaipur, May 15 (TIWN): At least five policemen sustained injuries on Tuesday when protesters demanding justice for the Alwar gang rape victims pelted stones in Rajasthan's Dausa district, police said. | 15-May-2019 |
Trump's election has boosted Israeli set | JERUSALEM (AP), May 15 (TIWN) — Israel's government went on a spending binge in its West Bank settlements following the election of President Donald Trump, according to official data obtained by The Associated Press. | 15-May-2019 |
Donald Trump Jr subpoenaed by Senate int | New York, May 15 (TIWN): Washington: The Senate intelligence committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr after he backed out of two scheduled interviews as part of the panel's Russia investigation, the chairman of the committee told his Republican colleagues last week as he tried to stem criticism from the move. | 15-May-2019 |
UN mission urges financial isolation of | BANGKOK (AP), May 15 (TIWN): — An international fact-finding mission is urging that countries cut off all business with Myanmar's military as part of efforts to hold the army accountable for human rights abuses. | 15-May-2019 |
Authorities puzzle over German crossbow | BERLIN (AP), May 13 (TIWN):— Police investigating the mysterious discovery of three bodies shot with crossbow bolts in a Bavarian hotel room said Monday they have found a third, unused crossbow inside a bag. | 13-May-2019 |
Croatian authorities urge caution during | ZAGREB, Croatia (AP), May 13 (TIWN) — Croatian authorities have advised people to stay indoors Monday after two pedestrians were injured in the capital Zagreb during storms that uprooted trees and brought down traffic lights. | 13-May-2019 |
Cracks appear in German government over | BERLIN (AP), May 13 (TIWN): -- Germany's environment minister on Monday backed a European proposal to virtually eliminate man-made greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, deepening divisions within the German government over how to tackle climate change. | 13-May-2019 |
Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiL | STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail. | 13-May-2019 |
Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets appr | GENEVA (AP), May 13 (TIWN): — Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say. | 13-May-2019 |
Pope: It's OK to organize pilgrimages to | VATICAN CITY (AP), May 12 — Pope Francis has given his OK to pilgrimages to a Bosnian shrine where young people said the Virgin Mary appeared to them, but the Vatican cautioned on Sunday that the Church still hasn't ruled on the authenticity of the phenomenon, which has drawn millions of Catholic believers and the curious to the site. | 12-May-2019 |
Myanmar passenger jet lands safely after | YANGON, Myanmar (AP), May 12 (TIWN) — A Myanmar National Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, using only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy. | 12-May-2019 |
UK: Indian assaulted sleeping woman on M | 11 May 2019 (TIWN): UK: Indian assaulted sleeping woman on Mumbai-Manchester flight; jailed | 11-May-2019 |
U.S. House panel chairman subpoenas Trum | WASHINGTON (Reuters), May 11- U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal on Friday subpoenaed President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service one week to turn over the tax records. | 11-May-2019 |
Venezuela reopens border where migrants | PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters), May 11 - Venezuela reopened its border crossing to Brazil on Friday, after its closure for nearly three months forced desperate Venezuelans to use indigenous trails to smuggle food and basic goods or to flee their crisis-stricken homeland. | 11-May-2019 |
Cuba to ration more products due to econ | HAVANA (Reuters), May 11 - Communist-run Cuba said on Friday it would control more the sales of certain foodstuff and hygiene products, including adding some back to the ration card, due to shortages that it blamed partly on the tightening of the U.S. trade embargo. | 11-May-2019 |
VP Naidu meets Chairwoman of Vietnam's N | New Delhi, May 11 : Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a four-day visit to Vietnam, on Friday, met the chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Kim Thi Ngan in capital Hanoi. | 11-May-2019 |
Tripoli urges Trump to stop Haftar's bac | TRIPOLI (Reuters), May 10 - Libya's internationally recognised government denounced its foe Khalifa Haftar as an "aspiring military dictator" on Friday and urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop foreign support for his month-long offensive on the capital Tripoli. | 10-May-2019 |
I was Captain of INS Viraat in 1987 when | New Delhi, May 10 : Vice Admiral (retired) Vinod Pasricha, who was the captain of INS Viraat in December 1987, categorically denied that former prime minister and late Rajiv Gandhi had used this warship as his 'personal taxi' to enjoy a vacation in the island of Lakshadweep as alleged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 10-May-2019 |
Stockpiling boosted UK economy ahead of | LONDON (AP), May 10 -- Official figures show that the British economy expanded by a solid quarterly rate of 0.5 percent in the first three months of the year as firms geared up for the long-anticipated Brexit date. | 10-May-2019 |
Anti-Kurdish protests in east Syria coul | BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces took credit for defeating the Islamic State group in its last stronghold in eastern Syria, celebrating the victory in front of throngs of journalists at a ceremony in March following a bloody four-year war. | 09-May-2019 |
US ends search for Japan's F-35 that cra | TOKYO (AP)May 9 — The U.S Navy said Thursday it has suspended its search for a Japanese air force F-35A stealth fighter that crashed off Japan's coast last month, after the allies scrambled to locate the aircraft filled with military secrets. | 09-May-2019 |
Taiwan breaks ground on submarine shipya | KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) May 8 — Taiwan broke ground Thursday on a shipyard to produce submarines to counter China's growing military threat. The self-governing island's President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a ceremony in the southern port city of Kaohsiung, saying submarines were an effective way to deter a foe from surrounding the island by sea. | 09-May-2019 |
U.S., Japan, India and Philippines chall | TOKYO (Reuters) - In fresh show of naval force in the contested South China Sea, a U.S. guided missile destroyer conducted drills with a Japanese aircraft carrier, two Indian naval ships and a Philippine patrol vessel in the waterway claimed by China, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday. While similar exercises have been held in the South China Sea in the past, the combined display by four countries represents a fresh challenge to Beijing as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. | 09-May-2019 |
China says it will retaliate if Trump ra | BEIJING (AP), May 9— China said Thursday it will retaliate if President Donald Trump goes ahead with more tariff hikes in a fight over technology and trade, ratcheting up tensions ahead of negotiations in Washington. | 08-May-2019 |
Seven Russian tourists feared killed by | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Seven Russian tourists on a hiking holiday in Siberia are feared dead after an avalanche on a ridge in the Altai region, the local emergencies ministry said on Wednesday, saying rescue workers were still looking for the missing walkers. | 08-May-2019 |
Armenia's jailed ex-president: I'll join | TBILISI (Reuters) - Armenia's imprisoned former president Robert Kocharyan told Reuters powerful opposition forces were coming together to challenge the ex-Soviet state's new leadership soon, and that he hoped to be among them. | 08-May-2019 |
Israel marks somber Memorial Day with wa | JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis came to a two-minute standstill on Wednesday to honor the memory of fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism on the country's Memorial Day. | 08-May-2019 |
In exile in Bangladesh, a bittersweet re | Dhaka, May 8 : KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Chain-smoking singer Gudar Mia, who recently turned 80 in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, lit another cigarette, closed his eyes, and crooned the opening words of a Rohingya folk song. | 08-May-2019 |
The Latest: Israel says it won't let Ira | TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Iran's decision to step away from embattled nuclear deal (all times local): | 08-May-2019 |
Unesco welcomes Myanmar's release of two | Rome, May 8(IANS/AKI) The United Nations's cultural organisation on Tuesday hailed the news that prize-winning Reuters investigative journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone were freed by Myanmar after over 500 days behind bars, calling their release "a positive step forward for press freedom". | 07-May-2019 |
Microsoft Imagine Cup: US team wins, Ind | Seattle, May 7 (IANS) At the end of an arduous journey Imagine Cup has a new champion for 2019 - Team EasyGlucose from the United States, while Team Caeli from India | 07-May-2019 |
Erdogan defends Istanbul election re-run | Istanbul, May 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday defended the controversial decision to re-run local and mayoral elections in Istanbul, claiming there were "irregularities" in the voting process against his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party. | 07-May-2019 |
Iran: US military deployment in Middle E | Tehran, May 7 (IANS) Iran's Supreme National Security Council has described the US military deployment in the Middle East as "psychological warfare" by Washington against Tehran. | 07-May-2019 |
Abe wants to meet Kim without conditions | Tokyo, May 7 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without conditions to resolve mutual mistrust and sort out ongoing bilateral issues, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday. | 07-May-2019 |
US to move forward with Trump's tariff t | Washington, May 7 (IANS) US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that the administration will be moving forward on President Donald Trump's latest threat to escalate tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods effective from Friday. | 07-May-2019 |
Allegations against CJI proven Fabricate | New Delhi, May 6 : The three-judge committee constituted to probe the allegations of sexual harassment made by a former Supreme Court staffer against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has cleared him of the charges. | 06-May-2019 |