WORLD
Get Out! Government orders Spanish students to vacate dorms for migrants
Get Out! Government orders Spanish students to vacate dorms...
EUROPE, June 20: Valencia’s regional government has ordered students to vacate their dorms at a student accommodation facility in the port city of Alicante to provide space for some of the migrants from the Aquarius to be temporarily housed, local media reported on June 18.
Jun 20, 2018
SPORTS
Ronaldo header knocks Morocco out of World Cup
Ronaldo header knocks Morocco out of World Cup
MOSCOW, June 20: Cristiano Ronaldo headed Portugal's winner as Morocco became the first team to be knocked out of the World Cup.
Jun 20, 2018
SPORTS
FIFA World Cup 2018: Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Preview)
FIFA World Cup 2018: Uruguay v Saudi Arabia (Preview)
Having experienced starkly contrasting fortunes in their respective 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia openers, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia return to Group A action with a potentially make-or-break meeting in Rostov.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
EU to launch counter-tariffs against US on Friday
EU to launch counter-tariffs against US on Friday
BRUSSELS, June 20: The European Union will launch a raft of retaliatory tariffs against US exports on Friday, a top official has said.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Infrastructure accounts for only 50% of country’s prosperity: Mahabir Pun
Infrastructure accounts for only 50% of country’s prosperity...
DHARAN, June 20: Founder member of National Invention Center and Magsaysay award winner Mahabir Pun has said that infrastructures (road and railway connectivity, schools, bridge, Internet and extension of telephone lines) alone cannot help develop our country.
Jun 20, 2018
SPORTS
Banned ex-FIFA president Blatter in Russia for World Cup
Banned ex-FIFA president Blatter in Russia for World Cup
MOSCOW, June 20: Banned by FIFA, Sepp Blatter was back at the World Cup on Tuesday expecting to see two games and hopefully Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
June 20: Six things to know by 6 PM today
June 20: Six things to know by 6 PM today
Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.
Jun 20, 2018
WORLD
Implications of Assange’s persecution for journalism and democracy
Implications of Assange’s persecution for journalism and dem...
LONDON, June 20: If the U.S.-led campaign to extradite and silence Assange is successful, it will invariably become the blueprint used by powerful governments like the U.S. to silence independent journalists the world over, and bludgeon them into submission.
Jun 20, 2018
WORLD
No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children
No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children
MCALLEN, June 20: Trump administration officials say they have no clear plan yet on how to reunite the thousands of children separated from their families at the border since the implementation of a zero-tolerance policy in which anyone caught entering the U.S. illegally is criminally prosecuted.
Jun 20, 2018
WORLD
China cuts US investments by 92% amid escalating trade war
China cuts US investments by 92% amid escalating trade war
Russia, June 20: The US market saw a significant plunge in investment from China in the first five months of the year amid a growing trade row between the world's two largest economies. Chinese investments totaled $1.8 billion from January through May, representing a 92-percent drop against the same...
Jun 20, 2018