JUNE 27, 2020
Sushant Singh Rajput's family paid tribute to the late actor with an emotional note. The late actor had committed suicide on June 14, 2020, leaving near and dear ones in utter shock and dismay.
Remembering Sushant as the boy from Patna who was free-spirited, curious and a man with dreams, the letter addressed Sushant as 'Gulshan'...
JUNE 27, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday address the nation at 11 AM through his monthly radio talk ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Notably, this will be Modi’s 66th episode of the monthly radio programme.
In this photo released by India Government Press Information Bureau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to Indian soldiers killed during...
JUNE 27, 2020
India-China border dispute: A fully loaded MiG 29 fighter during a combat air patrol of Ladakh skies. (AFP)
Border tensions in East Ladakh have come down a notch with India waiting for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to fulfil its June 6 commitment of de-escalating and disengaging its troops along the 1,597 km Line of Actual...
JUNE 27, 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai. - Reuters/FRANCIS MASCARENHAS
NEW DELHI - India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country's total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi.
India has the world's fourth-biggest outbreak of the virus that...
JUNE 27, 2020
Protesters marched through Columbus Circle in Manhattan on Juneteenth. - Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi/NY Times
A majority of American voters support the demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice that have roiled the country over the past month, embracing ideas about bias within the criminal justice system and the persistence of systemic racism that are central tenets of...
JUNE 26, 2020
Beijing has begun quietly delivering a message to Washington: U.S. pressure over matters China considers off limits could jeopardize Chinese purchases of farm goods and other U.S. exports under the “Phase One” trade deal.
Chinese leaders have accused Washington of meddling in areas such as Hong Kong, where China is imposing a sweeping national-security law, and Taiwan, which...
JUNE 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Vice President Mike Pence, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speak after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health...
JUNE 26, 2020
President-elect Donald Trump hugs his brother Robert Trump after a rally in New York in November 2016. - Jabin Botsford/TWP
Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style. In an obscure court filing, they belittled her, alleging she...
JUNE 26, 2020
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser wears a mask with the number 51. - Andrew Harnik/AP
House Democrats approved a bill to admit Washington, DC, as a state on Friday, marking the first time either chamber of Congress has advanced a DC statehood measure.
The bill, introduced by DC's nonvoting House member, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, would shrink the...
JUNE 26, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn on June 25, 2020. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The Trump administration's call for the Supreme Court to eradicate Obamacare flies against public opinion, with the majority of Americans still supporting it.
Trump has previously spoken negatively of Obamacare.
In a legal brief...
