SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Crowds of children jammed the streets of major cities Friday in a global show of force to demand action on climate change, with many young people skipping school in protest and sharing a unified message aimed at world leaders.
"No matter how many times they try to ignore the issue, you can see every teenager in the area...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Huawei's "Mate 30 Pro", the latest smartphone by the Chinese tech giant Huawei, is the first void of Google apps because of US sanctions Photo: AFP / Christof STACHE
BEIJING, CHINA - FedEx, an American multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, has announced that one of its pilots, a former US Air Force Pilot named...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
The dealer association is also suing state regulators and claims they failed to enforce fair rules.
Tesla's direct sales approach has long stirred up controversy among dealer organizations that claim the automaker doesn't follow the rules, and for New Jersey dealers, it's reached a tipping point.
The New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers filed a lawsuit against Tesla on...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
President Trump speaks at a White House event Monday. - Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
President Trump declined to say Friday whether he had discussed Joe Biden or his family during a July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that has drawn intense scrutiny, but he told reporters that “someone ought to look into” the former vice president.
Trump’s...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — President Donald Trump's efforts to keep his tax returns private played out on both coasts Thursday, with a California judge handing him an initial victory and his lawyers...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Jeff Bezos unveils Amazon's Climate Pledge in Washington, DC, on Thursday. - Ben Fox Rubin/CNET
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The company seeks to become carbon neutral by 2040, helped by a $100 million reforestation program and the purchase of 100,000 electric delivery vans.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday announced The Climate Pledge, a plan to make the sprawling e-commerce...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that Israeli officials "played" President Donald Trump in their conversations with him, warning that a "healthy amount of skepticism" is needed in dealings with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The comments came during a panel discussion at Harvard University in which...
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das advised the government on Thursday to front-load the budgeted spending accounting for the little fiscal space for countercyclical measures to boost growth. The governor was speaking at the Bloomberg India Economic Forum in
The governor, however, called for more structural reforms to cushion the economy from rising global headwinds.
Das maintained that despite rising external...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Cars drive along the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2019. - Robyn Beck
Washington D.C., - President Donald Trump on Wednesday barred California from setting its own vehicle emissions standards, kicking off a battle that is likely to last well beyond the 2020 presidential election.
"The Trump Administration is revoking California’s Federal Waiver on emissions...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 151 for 3 (Kohli 72*, Dhawan 40) beat South Africa 149 for 5 (de Kock 52, Bavuma 49, Chahar 2-22) by seven wickets
Virat Kohli takes a spectacular diving catch. - BCCI
MOHALI - After a washout in Dharamsala, India got their home season underway with a comfortable win in Mohali, against a new-look South Africa...
