Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades today as the kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plan to modernise the conservative petrostate—but it […]
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Donald Trump Says North Korea Still A Threat, Despite Claim After Summit
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 […]
Trump misrepresents N Korea nuclear agreement
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 […]
International Yoga Day 2018: Benefits of Practicing Yoga everyday, first thing in the Morning
Chandigarh We are celebrating the International Yoga Day today. The country commemorates this day on 21 June every year to spread awareness about how yoga is an important physical, mental and spiritual practice that each and every one should practice. We talk so much about yoga and its physical and mental health benefits; however, we […]
Massive Ohio barn fire chars 5000 pigs
COLUMBUS — A massive fire in a barn in Ohio has killed nearly 5,000 pigs and destroyed the entire facility on Wednesday. Firefighters from five counties battled to control the blaze. The fire started at the Straathoff Swine Farm in Wayne Township, which is about 45 miles southwest of Columbus, around 1:08 p.m. The fire […]
US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
Washington, June 20 The US withdrew on Wednesday from the UN Human Rights Council and condemned its “shameless hypocrisy” in absolving wrongdoers through silence and falsely condemning those committing no offence, saying America will not take lectures from hypocritical institutions. The decision to pull the US out of the UN Human Rights Council was announced […]
Japan: A day after strong earthquake, landslide alerts issued in Osaka
Tokyo: Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued landslide alerts in Osaka, after a strong earthquake a day earlier measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale left four dead and 381 injured. Heavy rain is expected to continue until Wednesday in Osaka which may cause landslides as the quake had loosened the terrain, EFE news reported quoting the […]
Citibank fined $100 million for interest rate manipulation
Citibank will pay a huge fine for manipulating an important interest rate. The bank settled with attorneys general in 42 states for $100 million. Following an investigation, the states said Citibank manipulated Libor, a benchmark interest rate that helps set lending rates across the world. Citibank made millions of dollars of gains from its “fraudulent […]
After “Historic Summit”, Documentary Shows Trump Saluting North Korean General
North Korean state television aired a 42-minute long documentary on Thursday that offered a different view of Kim Jong Un’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Singapore.The televised account of this week’s summit had an epic air, using triumphant music to underscore its gravitas – perhaps a fitting stylistic touch for the first-ever meeting of […]
Indian oil imports from Iran surge to highest since 2016
New Delhi India’s oil imports from Iran surged to about 705,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, their highest level since October 2016, according to data from shipping and industry sources, despite the threats of fresh US sanctions. From June India’s oil imports from Iran could drop because at least two refiners — accounting for […]