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France, Italy mark 500th anniversary of Leonardo's death
Published On: May 2, 2019 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
PARIS, May 2: The Loire Valley town of Amboise will kick off festivities marking the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death in style on Thursday, with the French and Italian presidents topping the bill.
French police clash with May Day protesters on Paris streets
Published On: May 1, 2019 09:00 PM NPT By: Republica
PARIS, May 1: French police clashed with stone-throwing protesters as tens of thousands of people started marching in Paris Wednesday for May Day rallies under tight security. More than 200 arrests were made.
China, U.S. hold 'productive' trade talks in Beijing
Published On: May 1, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, May 1: China and the United States held “productive” trade talks in Beijing on Wednesday and will continue discussions in Washington next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, as the two try to end their trade war.
Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State
Published On: May 1, 2019 06:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
COLOMBO, May 1: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the militant group to “leave my country alone”.
Venezuela's Guaido calls for 'largest march in history' in uprising effort
Published On: May 1, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
CARACAS, May 1: Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the “largest march” in the country’s history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Thousands march on May Day, demand better working conditions
Published On: May 1, 2019 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, May 1: Thousands of trade union members and activists were marking May Day on Wednesday by marching through Asia’s capitals and demanding better working conditions and expanding labor rights.
New Zealand media to avoid ideology at mosque shooting trial
Published On: May 1, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WELLINGTON, May 1: New Zealand’s major media organizations pledged Wednesday not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques.
Amnesty urges Yemen's Houthis to free 10 journalists held for spying
Published On: May 1, 2019 01:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, May 1: Amnesty International called on Yemen’s Houthi movement, which controls the capital Sanaa, to free 10 journalists held for nearly four years on what the rights group described as trumped-up spying charges.
US military cuts back on Afghan war data
Published On: May 1, 2019 11:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 1: Amid a battlefield stalemate in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has stopped releasing information often cited to measure progress in America’s longest war, calling it of little value in fighting the Taliban insurgency.
Democrats using veterans bill to try to block border wall
Published On: May 1, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 1: Democrats controlling the House are trying to use a popular veterans measure to block President Donald Trump from transferring $3.6 billion from military base construction to build his long-sought wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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