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BBC fires presenter over racist royal baby chimp tweet

10:13 pm May 9, 2019

London: Veteran British broadcaster Danny Baker was fired on Thursday by the BBC after using a racist picture of a chimpanzee holding hands of a couple in a tweet, tagged with the caption “royal baby leaves hospital”. Meghan Markle, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth on Monday to a baby boy, Archie, the first mixed […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo skips visit to Greenland amid new tensions with Iran

3:37 pm May 9, 2019

London: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled a visit to Greenland to return to Washington amid an escalation of tensions with Iran. Pompeo had been due to wrap up a trip to Europe on Thursday with a stop in Greenland aimed at promoting the Trump administration’s Arctic policies. Those policies were criticized earlier […]

Pompeo in London to discuss the UK-US ‘special relationship’

8:28 pm May 8, 2019

London: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London for talks with British officials on the status of the special relationship between the nations amid heightened tensions with Iran and uncertainty over Britain’s exit from the European Union. Pompeo will meet Wednesday with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and […]

Indo-French navies begin sea phase of ‘Varuna’ exercise

5:39 pm May 8, 2019

Panaji: The sea phase of the Indo-French naval exercise ‘Varuna’ began on Wednesday with ships from the European country sailing out of the Goa harbour to participate in it, the Indian Navy said. This year’s edition of the Indo-French naval exercise currently underway off the Goa coast is the largest ever undertaken by the two […]

Main UK parties suffer Brexit battering in local elections

2:44 pm May 4, 2019

London: Britain’s two main parties suffered a drubbing Friday in English local elections, with Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing Conservatives bearing the brunt of voter frustration over the prolonged Brexit deadlock. May’s Conservatives lost control of several local authorities and well over a thousand seats, performing far worse than even the gloomiest predictions. But the main opposition Labour Party also lost ground, with voters instead […]

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