India: Narendra Modi lauds ‘path-breaking’ Kashmir move
World
August 15, 2019
India: Narendra Modi lauds ‘path-breaking’ Kashmir move
Invoking India’s own independence in his annual speech on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised his decision to revoke Kashmir’s semiautonomy. In a…
Brazil: Thousands of women rally against Bolsonaro’s ‘genocidal policies’
World
August 15, 2019
Brazil: Thousands of women rally against Bolsonaro’s ‘genocidal policies’
Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Brazil’s capital of Brasilia on Wednesday to denounce the policies…
Jeffrey Epstein’s New York jail was short-staffed: reports
World
August 12, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein’s New York jail was short-staffed: reports
As authorities were conducting Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy in New York City, The Associated Press reported that just two guards — one…
China: Landslide kills dozens as Typhoon Lekima rages
World
August 11, 2019
China: Landslide kills dozens as Typhoon Lekima rages
The death toll from a typhoon in eastern China that has been classed as the third-largest on record rose to…
Kyrgyzstan crisis escalates after raid on ex-president’s home
World
August 8, 2019
Kyrgyzstan crisis escalates after raid on ex-president’s home
Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov on Thursday ordered “urgent measures” to maintain law and order after a failed attempt to arrest…
Amnesty International issues travel warning for US
World
August 8, 2019
Amnesty International issues travel warning for US
Human rights organization Amnesty International issued a travel warning for the US on Thursday, citing “rampant gun violence” in the country.…
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
Business
August 3, 2019
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
“Germany must not be a safe haven for war criminals.” It is a sentence police inspector Klaus Zorn repeats several…
July ‘equaled if not surpassed’ hottest month ever: UN
World
August 2, 2019
July ‘equaled if not surpassed’ hottest month ever: UN
Scorching temperatures in July “at least equaled if not surpassed the hottest month in recorded history,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.…
Germany’s largest ever cocaine shipment seized by customs
World
August 2, 2019
Germany’s largest ever cocaine shipment seized by customs
Customs confiscated a record 4.5 metric tons (5 short tons) of cocaine in a shipping container in Hamburg, northern Germany, with a…
Huawei boasts growth despite US blacklist
World
July 30, 2019
Huawei boasts growth despite US blacklist
Chinese technology giant Huawei on Tuesday said revenue grew by 23.2 percent during the first half of the year despite broad…