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President Kovind remembers victims of 9/11 terror attack in Iceland

8:05 pm September 11, 2019

Reykjavik (Iceland): President Ram Nath Kovind remembered the victims of the 9/11 terror attack on Wednesday and urged the international community to take a firm stand to stop the “inhuman forces” from destroying peace and harmony. President Kovind is on a three-day visit to Iceland as part of his three-nation tour of Iceland, Switzerland and […]

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

UK opposition rages at Johnson after he suspends Parliament

8:40 pm September 10, 2019

London: Opposition politicians raged Tuesday at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament before the deadline for Brexit, which drew angry and unprecedented protests in the House of Commons. Parliament has been prorogued — or suspended — at the government’s request until Oct. 14, a drastic move that gives Johnson a respite from rebellious […]

Hong Kong's Joshua Wong meets Germany 's foreign minister

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong meets German foreign minister

7:29 pm September 10, 2019

Berlin: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has met Germany’s foreign minister during a visit to Berlin as he carries abroad his call to support the growing pro-democracy movement in the former British colony. Posting a photo of himself and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on his Twitter account, the 22-year-old said they spoke on the “protest […]

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

US ‘not surprised’ Iran starting new nuclear centrifuges: Esper

8:06 pm September 7, 2019

Paris: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he was “not surprised” Iran had turned on advanced centrifuges to increase uranium stockpiles, a further breach of the 2015 nuclear deal which Washington pulled out of last year. “I’m not surprised that Iran has announced that it’s going to violate the JCPOA,” Esper said in Paris, […]

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40 pc lunar missions in last six decades failed: NASA fact sheet

7:57 pm September 7, 2019

New Delhi: The success rate of lunar missions undertaken in the last six decades is 60 per cent, according to US space agency NASA’s ‘Moon Fact Sheet’. Of the 109 lunar missions during the period, 61 were successful and 48 had failed, it stated. In the early hours of Saturday, Indian space agency ISRO’s plan […]