Massive slide buries stretch of iconic California highway
May 23, 2017
BIG SUR, California — A massive landslide that went into the Pacific Ocean is the latest natural disaster to hit a California community that relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism to survive.
Trump sends Congress $4.1T spending plan
May 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump has sent Congress a $4.1 trillion spending plan that proposes to eliminate the deficit in a decade while protecting Social Security and Medicare.
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017.
Nineteen killed in suspected suicide attack at Ariana Grande concert in...
May 22, 2017
MANCHESTER, England – At least 19 people were killed and 59 wounded in an explosion at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday, in what two U.S. officials said was a suspected suicide bombing.
Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe...
May 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials.
Surf’s up: Monstrous 64-foot wave measured in Southern Ocean
May 22, 2017
A massive, 64-foot high wave was measured by an automated buoy about 400 miles south of New Zealand in the Southern Ocean on Saturday. That's taller than a six-story building.
An Australian frigate, the HMAS Warragunga, crashes through the waves in the remote Southern Ocean as it pursues a Uruguayan-flagged trawler suspected of illegal fishing in 2004.
BJP Twitter war: Shatrughan Sinha, Sushil Modi face-off over Kejriwal and...
May 22, 2017
A Twitter war broke out in the BJP on Monday as two senior leaders took potshots at each other over the party’s campaign against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad.
For Rising Pune Supergiant, sadly it wasn’t a fairytale finish: Steve...
May 22, 2017
Steve Smith’s Rising Pune Supergiant did almost everything right against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 final, except the last few overs.
Chasing 130 to win, Pune looked primed for their maiden IPL title with skipper Steve Smith leading the charge and the team needing 11 runs off the final over with seven wickets in hand. But RPS could score only nine.
Crunch time for India’s IT firms
May 22, 2017
Bengaluru: The fallout was inevitable. As growth slows, profits decline and existential questions over their relevance in the era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence become louder, India’s information technology (IT) firms have started going for layoffs.
Iran fires mortar shells into Pakistan, no casualties reported
May 21, 2017
QUETTA: Five mortar shells were fired from Iran into Balochistan's Chagai area today evening, reported Geo TV.
According to reports, no casualties have been reported so far. Pakistan shares a 900 kilometre long porous border with Iran and the two countries had in 2014 decided to boost intelligence coordination to wipe out terrorists from the border region.
Indian woman Anshu Jamsenpa creates history, twice climbs Everest in five...
May 21, 2017
Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa created mountaineering history on Sunday when she summitted Mount Everest twice in a span of five days.
