Five killed in Russian hotel after boiling water floods basement

Published On: January 20, 2020 01:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, Jan 20: Five people died in the Russian city of Perm on Monday after a hot water pipe exploded in the night and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water, the regional investigative committee said.

Samsung Display says it is considering building a factory in India

Published On: January 20, 2020 01:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

SEOUL, Jan 20: Samsung Display, a flat-screen supplier to Samsung Electronics Co, will invest nearly $500 million to build a new factory in India, media reports said, citing a regulatory filing.

Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments

Published On: January 20, 2020 12:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Jan 20: President Donald Trump’s defense team and the prosecutors of his impeachment are laying out their arguments over whether his conduct toward Ukraine warrants his removal from office.

NAIROBI, Jan 20: The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said on Monday.

'Sad' Prince Harry says no other option but to end royal role

Published On: January 20, 2020 08:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Jan 20: Britain’s Prince Harry spoke on Sunday of his sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties in a deal with Queen Elizabeth and senior Windsors that will see him and his wife Meghan exit official roles to seek an independent future.

Israel to build anti-tunnel sensor network along Lebanon border

Published On: January 19, 2020 08:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

JERUSALEM, Jan 19: Israel’s military announced on Sunday the start of construction of an underground network of sensors along the Lebanese frontier to detect any cross-border tunnel building.

New avalanches in Nepal interrupt search for 7 trekkers

Published On: January 19, 2020 08:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 19: New avalanches falling on a popular trekking route in Nepal forced rescuers to halt their search for four South Korean trekkers and three Nepali guides who were believed to have been swept by a snowslide, an official said Sunday.

Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients

Published On: January 19, 2020 07:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PRAGUE, Jan 19: A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said.

Meghan's father accuses daughter of 'cheapening' UK's royal family

Published On: January 19, 2020 07:31 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Jan 19: Meghan Markle’s estranged father, Thomas Markle, accused his daughter of “cheapening” the British royal family in part of an interview released a day after Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and his wife would no longer be working members of the monarchy.

More than 300 people wounded in Beirut protest clashes - rescuers

Published On: January 19, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIRUT, Jan 19: Lebanese rescuers treated more than 300 people for injuries during hours of clashes between security forces and protesters that rocked central Beirut on Saturday night.