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Investigators search sex offender Epstein’s Paris flat

7:56 pm September 24, 2019

Paris: Investigators searched disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein’s luxury Paris apartment on Tuesday, advancing a French probe into allegations that the sex offender procured young women to abuse in France. Epstein was arrested in New York in July on multiple charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. He was found hanged in his New York […]

Trump 'would have loved' to have met Greta Thunberg at Davos

Trump slammed for trolling Greta Thunberg climate speech

1:54 pm September 24, 2019

New York: US President Donald Trump stirred up fresh outrage on social media Monday with a tweet mocking an impassioned speech made by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg at the UN climate summit in New York. Her voice shaking with emotion in an address that was the defining moment of the summit, Thunberg accused world leaders […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds series of bilateral meetings on sidelines of UNGA

PM Modi holds series of bilateral meetings on sidelines of UNGA

9:25 am September 24, 2019

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session here on Monday, including with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian President Giuseppe Conte and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad. The prime minister arrived here on Sunday night to participate in the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Russia joins Paris climate accord

5:22 am September 24, 2019

Moscow: Russia’s prime minister on Monday gave formal support to the Paris climate agreement, just hours ahead of a key summit trying to tackle ever increasing gas emissions. The document signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says that Russia is formally accepting the 2015 Paris agreement and will now “allocate financial resources… to developing countries […]

No breakthrough as EU’s Tusk, Britain’s Johnson meet in New York

5:03 am September 24, 2019

United Nations (US): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated a call for “flexibility” from the EU in Brexit talks during a meeting with Council President Donald Tusk in New York on Monday that failed to yield a breakthrough. Johnson and Tusk met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as Britain races towards its […]