GOP senator still doesn’t support Trump after meeting with Pence
August 7, 2016
A meeting with Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, didn't change Sen. Jeff Flake's (R-Ariz.) mind about supporting Donald Trump.
But, Flake said Sunday, he hopes Pence, a conservative governor from Indiana, can have an impact on Trump's tone and policy positions.
Test Cricket – 2nd Match: Perera spins Sri Lanka to series-clinching...
August 6, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 281 (Mendis 86, Mathews 54, Starc 5-44) and 237 (D Perera 64, Starc 6-50) beat Australia 106 (Warner 42, D Perera 4-29, Herath 4-35) and 183 (Warner 41, D Perera 6-70) by 229 runs
Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: China
August 5, 2016
Beijing: Chinese officials say trans-Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India and Nepal is economically and technically feasible as Beijing looks to make Tibet an economic and cultural hub connecting China with South Asia.
Each Olympic athlete is allotted 42 condoms for Rio. ‘Celebrate with...
August 5, 2016
Brazil – With almost a half-million condoms available to the Olympic athletes, the condoms allotted would stretch from Boston to Provincetown. Celebrate with a condom!
Icy Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have a Warm Hear
August 4, 2016
Under the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres are strange jumbled zones that are mixes of ice and rock, a new study finds.
This artist's concept shows how the dwarf planet Ceres' interior may be structured based on data collected by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn has been orbiting Ceres since March 2015.
Indian chef called ISIS, punched in face in hate crime attack
August 4, 2016
New York: A 30-year-old Indian chef was punched repeatedly in the face and called "ISIS" by an unidentified man in an alleged hate crime incident in the US city of Omaha.
Suthahar Subburaj, who works as a chef at an Indian restaurant in Omaha, was attacked last month while he was taking out trash for work.
Pentagon not to pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements
August 4, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – The Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided not to tell Congress that Pakistan was taking adequate action against the Haqqani network, a U.S. official said.
Carter holds a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
GST reforms give global funds another reason to love India
August 3, 2016
Mumbai: Money managers including Ashmore Group Plc and Prudential International Investments Advisers LLC have a new rationale for an old favourite trade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge of pushing through one of India’s biggest economic reforms.
Pakistan’s Former Olympian Now a Rickshaw Driver in Lahore
August 3, 2016
Lahore: Former Olympian Muhammad Ashiq looks daily at the trophies he won in a glittering cycling career for Pakistan decades ago. "Perhaps most people think that I have died," he laments.
"I just recall that I have shaken hands with former Pakistani Prime Ministers, Presidents, chief executives," the 81-year-old tells AFP tearfully.
