JUNE 30, 2019
PANMUNJOM, South Korea — President Trump met Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday, and briefly crossed into North Korea, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has ever done so.
The two men then held 53 minutes of private talks, and agreed to set up teams to “work out some...
JUNE 29, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - The Centre has given a one-year deadline till June 30, 2020 to all states and Union Territories to roll out the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme under which beneficiaries can obtain food grains at subsidized rates from any ration shop in any part of the country.
Speaking about the same, Food Minister Ram...
JUNE 29, 2019
NEW DELHI - India has proposed to Pakistan to hold the second round of meeting on the modalities to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor between July 11-14, 2019, at Attari-Wagah (Pakistan side).
According to the sources, the meeting would discuss the draft agreement on the modalities for movement of pilgrims along the Kartarpur corridor and resolve outstanding technical issues...
JUNE 29, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 230 for 7 (Imad 49*, Babar 45, Nabi 2-23, Mujeeb 2-34) beat Afghanistan 227 for 9 (Asghar 42, Najibullah 42, Afridi 4-47, Wahab 2-29) by three wickets
LEEDS - Pakistan secured a nervy three-wicket win over Afghanistan to leapfrog England into fourth - and the final semi-final spot - ahead of the World Cup hosts'...
JUNE 29, 2019
Montgomery County has activated its Extreme Heat Plan for a Hyperthermia Alert for Saturday, until 6 p.m.
The expected heat index is around 100 degrees.
County officials ask residents to protect themselves, their kids and their pets from heat-related illnesses, including heat stroke and exhaustion.
Officials are also asking residents to check on elderly friends, neighbors and relatives who could...
JUNE 29, 2019
OSAKA, Japan —President Trump on Saturday agreed to scale back restrictions on Chinese technology giant Huawei and delay new tariffs from going into effect against Chinese goods as part of an effort to restart trade talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The major concessions, which came on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, came after more...
JUNE 28, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 206 for 1 (du Plessis 96*, Amla 80*) beat Sri Lanka 203 (Avishka 30, Pretorius 3 for 25, Morris 3 for 46) by nine wickets
Chester-le-Street, UNITED KINGDOM - How England must wish this was the match report for their meeting with Sri Lanka in Leeds. South Africa, already out of semi-final calculations, restricted...
JUNE 28, 2019
Former President Jimmy Carter made the comment about President Trump in Virginia on Friday. - Getty Images
Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday that he believes President Trump only won the 2016 election because Russia interfered to help him defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
"There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the elections and I think...
JUNE 27, 2019
Image: Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. - Andrew Harnik
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner held frequent talks with Saudi Arabia's crown prince and other foreign government officials without briefing or informing senior U.S. diplomats about his discussions, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told lawmakers in testimony released Wednesday.
Tillerson recounted his experience...
JUNE 27, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 268 for 7 (Kohli 72, Dhoni 56*, Rahul 48, Hardik 46, Roach 3-36, Holder 2-33, Cottrell 2-50) beat West Indies 143 all out (Shami 4-16, Bumrah 2-9, Chahal 2-39) by 125 runs
Mohammed Shami starred with four wickets in India's dominant win - Getty Images
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - India's bowlers nullified yet another middling batting...
