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NZ PM welcomes Facebook bans on white nationalism, separatism
Published On: March 28, 2019 03:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
WELLINGTON, March 28: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that she welcomed Facebook Inc’s decision to ban praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on its social media platforms.
May's offer to quit fails to break Britain's Brexit stalemate
Published On: March 28, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 28: British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to sway hardline opponents of her European Union divorce deal on Wednesday with an offer to quit, but parliament’s bid to agree an alternative fell short, leaving the Brexit process as deadlocked as ever.
At least 32 killed in Guatemala as truck plows into crowd
Published On: March 28, 2019 11:20 AM NPT By: Reuters
GUATEMALA CITY, March 28: A truck crashed into a crowd of people in western Guatemala on Wednesday evening, killing at least 32 people, authorities said.
U.S. approved secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia
Published On: March 28, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 28: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Klopp fired up as Liverpool and Man City head into run-in
Published On: March 28, 2019 10:15 AM NPT By: Reuters
MANCHESTER, March 28: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is relishing the prospect of a hectic finale to the Premier League title race as his side kick off a breathless charge to the finish line with a home clash against third-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Mozambique confirms first cholera cases in wake of cyclone
Published On: March 27, 2019 06:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIRA, March 27: Mozambique said on Wednesday five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of Beira after a powerful cyclone killed more than 700 people across a swathe of southern Africa.
Trump’s 2020 machine a far cry from fly-by-night 2016 effort
Published On: March 27, 2019 03:12 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 27: In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton’s campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he’s building one of his own.
Southwest 737 MAX makes emergency landing, says computer system not to blame
Published On: March 27, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
A Southwest Airlines Co Boeing 737 MAX 8 heading to the California desert for parking during a global ban of the aircraft made an emergency landing on Tuesday due to an engine-related problem shortly after take-off, the carrier said.
Modi says India tests anti-satellite weapon in major breakthrough
Published On: March 27, 2019 01:18 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India had shot down a live satellite in space on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space program.
Electrical fire darkens much of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Published On: March 27, 2019 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
A transformer fire ignited by a lightning strike plunged much of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into darkness on Tuesday night, police and utility officials said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
China Development Bank provides over $190 billion for Belt and Road projects
Published On: March 27, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
CHINA, March 27: China Development Bank (CDB) has provided financing of over $190 billion for more than 600 projects of the “Belt and Road” infrastructure plan since 2013, CDB President Zheng Zhijie told the Boao Forum on Wednesday.
Death toll from attack on Mali herders rises to 157
Published On: March 27, 2019 09:41 AM NPT By: Reuters
DAKAR, March 27: The death toll from Saturday’s attack by unknown gunmen on villagers in central Mali has risen to 157, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, confirming it as one of the worst recent atrocities in a country beset by ethnic violence.
Prince Charles meets Cuban president on historic trip to Havana
Published On: March 26, 2019 06:22 PM NPT By: Reuters
HAVANA, March 26: Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday during the first official British royal visit to the Caribbean island, even as Britain’s top ally, the United States, seeks to isolate Cuba’s Communist government.
More than half of Indians satisfied with governance, Pew survey shows
Published On: March 26, 2019 04:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 26: Most Indians are happy with the direction of the country and economic prospects for the next generation, a Pew survey published weeks ahead of general elections showed, although the level of satisfaction has fallen over time.
China will open further to foreign investment: premier assures global executives
Published On: March 26, 2019 10:57 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, March 26: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed Beijing’s pledge to further open up to foreign investment as he met with global business executives, and sought to assure them that the rights of foreign firms would be protected.
Russia, China tells U.N. they sent home over half North Korean workers in 2018
Published On: March 26, 2019 10:44 AM NPT By: Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, March 26: Russia sent home nearly two-thirds of some 30,000 North Koreans working there during 2018 and China repatriated more than half, but did not specify a figure, according to unpublished reports by Moscow and Beijing to the United Nations Security Council.
Ovations, hugs and soaring speeches as Apple embraces Hollywood
Published On: March 26, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
Apple Inc brought in Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Momoa to talk up its new television streaming service at a Hollywood-style event on Monday marked by standing ovations, hugs and soaring rhetoric.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'Bed-In' remembered at 50
Published On: March 25, 2019 05:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
In March 1969, newlyweds John Lennon and Yoko Ono skipped a honeymoon and instead staged a “bed-in” in Amsterdam to promote world peace during the Vietnam War.
Congress party unveils dole for poorest families in election gambit
Published On: March 25, 2019 04:11 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 25: The main opposition Congress party will give $1,045 to each of India’s poorest families every year if voted back to power, its chief said on Monday, in what he called a “final assault on poverty”.
Oil prices slip amid worries of severe economic slowdown
Published On: March 25, 2019 02:02 PM NPT By: Reuters
SINGAPORE, March 25: Oil prices slipped on Monday, with concerns of a sharp economic slowdown outweighing supply disruptions from OPEC’s production cutbacks and from U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.
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