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Roger Waters rocks Venice Film Festival with 'US + THEM'

Published On: September 7, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters brought his “US + THEM” concert movie to the Venice Film Festival on Friday, transporting audiences to one of his live performances.

Hong Kong police in position at airport ahead of planned protest

Published On: September 7, 2019 11:18 AM NPT By: Reuters

HONG KONG, Sept 7: Hong Kong police searched public transport heading for the airport on Saturday ahead of another “stress test” of road and rail links by anti-government protesters, the latest in 14 weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city.

Johnny Depp, Mark Rylance clash in 'Waiting for the Barbarians'

Published On: September 7, 2019 10:42 AM NPT By: Reuters

Hollywood star Johnny Depp turns into a cold and cruel officer in “Waiting for the Barbarians”, a drama its cast and director say may be set in a faraway desert outpost but is relevant to today’s world.

Brazil deforestation rises in August, adding to Amazon fire worries

Published On: September 7, 2019 09:45 AM NPT By: Reuters

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Sept 7: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released on Friday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region.

Hong Kong police break up new protest with rubber bullets, tear gas

Published On: September 6, 2019 09:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

HONG KONG, Sept 6: Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on Friday to clear protesters outside a subway station on the densely populated Kowloon peninsula, the latest clash in 14 weeks of sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations.

Opposition to block PM Johnson's snap election gamble

Published On: September 6, 2019 08:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Sept 6: British opposition parties said on Friday that they would block Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s second bid to call a snap general election in mid-October, setting up showdown with the government over delaying Brexit.

Libyan state oil firm cuts back fuel supplies to east amid battle over capital

Published On: September 6, 2019 05:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

CAIRO, Sept 6: Libya’s state oil firm has restricted kerosene supplies to areas controlled by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar in what diplomats and oil officials said was an attempt to prevent his troops using them in their five-month-old battle to take the capital.

'Bang Bang': Nicki Minaj stuns fans with retirement announcement

Published On: September 6, 2019 04:28 PM NPT By: Reuters

Rapper Nicki Minaj took fans by surprise on Thursday with an announcement that she was retiring from the music business to “have my family.”

Facebook launches dating service in United States

Published On: September 6, 2019 03:37 PM NPT By: Reuters

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is launching its dating services in the United States, the social network said on Thursday, sending its shares up 2%.

Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore

Published On: September 6, 2019 11:24 AM NPT By: Reuters

SINGAPORE, Sept 6: Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account.

'Everything is gone:' Bahamians struggle in Dorian's devastating wake

Published On: September 5, 2019 08:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

NASSAU, BAHAMAS, Sept 5: Stunned residents of the Bahamas surveyed the wreckage of their homes and officials struggled to assess the number killed by Hurricane Dorian, as the storm bore down on the South Carolina coast, threatening record flooding on Thursday.

New video animation aims to raise AIDS awareness on Freddie Mercury's birthday

Published On: September 5, 2019 07:35 PM NPT By: Reuters

A new video animation featuring two white blood cells in love was released on Thursday to mark what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 73rd birthday and help raise awareness of the continued global fight against AIDS.

Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 10 civilians, two foreign force members in Kabul

Published On: September 5, 2019 06:56 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, Sept 5: A Taliban suicide blast in the centre of Kabul killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 40 on Thursday, destroying cars and shops in an area near the headquarters of Afghanistan’s NATO force and the U.S. embassy, officials said.

In Kashmir, shopkeepers refuse to open despite India easing some curbs

Published On: September 5, 2019 06:17 PM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR, Sept 5: A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests, residents are resisting attempts by authorities to show some signs of normalcy returning in the Muslim-majority valley.

Johnson's own brother resigns on eve of Brexit election campaign

Published On: September 5, 2019 05:23 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Sept 5: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed on Thursday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest.

Putin says Russia will produce new missiles after demise of nuclear pact

Published On: September 5, 2019 03:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 5: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would produce missiles that were banned under a landmark Cold-War era nuclear pact that ended last month, but that Moscow would not deploy them unless the United States did so first.

UK government gives up trying to stop Brexit delay bill in parliament

Published On: September 5, 2019 02:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Sept 5: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government abandoned attempts in the upper house of parliament to block a law aimed at stopping the country from leaving the European Union without a deal.

North Korea tells United Nations to cut international aid staff: letter

Published On: September 5, 2019 02:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 5: North Korea has told the United Nations to cut the number of international staff it deploys in the country because the world body’s programs have failed “due to the politicization of U.N. assistance by hostile forces,” according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Facebook, tech firms meet with U.S. intelligence on 2020 election security

Published On: September 5, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

Sept 5: U.S. technology companies including Facebook Inc, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc met with U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to discuss security strategies ahead of the November 2020 election.

Indian rupee unlikely to gain traction as investors stay shy

Published On: September 5, 2019 09:59 AM NPT By: Reuters

BENGALURU, Sept 5: The Indian rupee will not regain ground lost against the dollar in the coming year, according to strategists polled by Reuters, who believe a recent rollback of a surcharge on foreign investments will have no impact on the currency.