Los Angeles Netflix sacked its chief spokesman Jonathan Friedland, he revealed on Friday, after he used the N-word twice in the space of a few days during meetings with staff. The head of communications announced his departure after being upbraided for a second time for using the racial slur, which is controversial for its ubiquity […]
President Donald Trump cited an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security as he acted Friday to maintain long-standing economic restrictions on North Korea, including the freezing of any assets in the United States. The official declaration, contained in a notice to Congress, came despite Trump’s assertion earlier this month that his historic summit […]
Mumbai If you are residing in Mumbai or planning to travel to the Maharashtra capital, avoid using banned plastic items. If you are found carrying banned plastic items, you will be slapped with a minimum fine of Rs 5000 to maximum of Rs 25,000 from June 24, according to senior civic official. This came after […]
Petaling Jaya World No. 6 Carolina Marin of Spain is ready to use next week’s Malaysian Open as part of her build-up towards the World Championships in Nanjing from July 30-Aug 5 as she aims to become the women’s singles world champion for a third time. The 24-year-old Marin has not taken part in any […]
Bhopal A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the Rs 3,800 crore Mohanpura dam project in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, some RTI activists together with the Congress have alleged corruption to the tune of several hundred crore rupees in the mega project. Activists led by the head of the Congress’s […]
Moscow Lionel Messi sloped off down the tunnel in Nizhny Novgorod with his head bowed, knowing Argentina face the humiliation of a group-stage exit at the World Cup in Russia. The Barcelona star was silenced by a far superior Croatia side in a brutal 3-0 defeat that left the South Americans needing an unlikely series […]
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy today slipped three and five places to be placed at the seventh and 13th spots respectively in the latest BWF world ranking. In women’s singles, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal continued to remain static at the third and 10th spot respectively. 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli […]
US President Donald Trump offered a misleading characterisation of his deal with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, insisting that Pyongyang had agreed to begin “total denuclearisation” right away, a media report said. In reality, the document he signed with Kim at their June 12 summit in Singapore only reiterated North Korea’s previous commitment to “work […]
After initiating a complaint against United States’ steel and aluminium duties at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month, India has struck back by notifying higher customs duties on imported items from the US, including pulses, apples, almonds, walnuts and steel. The US has earlier introduced higher tariffs against several countries, including China. India on […]