MAY 23, 2019
Imran Khan, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were among the first world leaders to congratulate PM Modi.
Congratulatory messages from Bangladesh, Russian, Chinese and French leaders among others poured in for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he led BJP to a resounding win in the Lok Sabha elections, becoming the first non-Congress PM to return to...
MAY 23, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - Riding high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s popularity and on the nationalism wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday swept the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a bigger mandate than 2014. While the BJP is on course to win 303 seats, the NDA alliance looks certain to cross 350 in the 542...
MAY 22, 2019
Suleman Khan holds the photograph he has of his son, Rakbar Khan.
"It's not even been one year. I really miss him," says Sahila Khan, her head bowed and sitting in a small room that belonged to her father, Rakbar, a Muslim farmer who was lynched by a group of Hindu men in India's Rajasthan state.
Khan,...
MAY 22, 2019
Donald Trump’s golf habit has already cost taxpayers at least $102 million in extra travel and security expenses, and next month will achieve a new milestone: a seven-figure presidential visit to another country so he can play at his own course.
U.S. taxpayers have spent $81 million for the president’s two dozen trips to Florida, according to a...
MAY 22, 2019
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump fired back on Wednesday at U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that he is engaged in a cover-up over the Mueller Russia investigation, saying at a hastily arranged White House appearance, “I don’t do cover-ups.”
Visibly angered by Pelosi’s remarks, Trump also said he would not work with...
MAY 21, 2019
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India during a roadshow in Varanasi, India, last month. - Adnan Abidi/Reuters
NEW DELHI — In Hungary, Viktor Orban demonized immigrants and secured an expansion of his power. In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan purged his enemies and won a new term. In Australia, Scott Morrison shrugged off calls for tougher carbon-emissions...
MAY 21, 2019
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has remained defiant towards US moves against his company, saying the US "underestimates" its abilities.
Speaking to Chinese state media, Mr. Ren downplayed the impact of recent US curbs and said no-one could catch up to its 5G technology in the near future.
Last week the US added Huawei to a list of companies that...
MAY 21, 2019
Tens of millions of Instagram influencers have reportedly had their private data exposed in an online database. The records were hosted by Amazon Web Services and apparently had no password protection.
The database contained information such as phone numbers and email addresses for around 49 million Instagram influencers, celebrities, and brand accounts, according to a TechCrunch report on...
MAY 21, 2019
The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks.
Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages moving between Phoenix and Dallas will travel on customized Peterbilt trucks run by TuSimple, an autonomous startup based in San Diego. There will be five round trips between the two cites, with the first haul leaving from Phoenix this morning. It’s the first...
MAY 20, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump emerges from Air Force One as he returns to Washington at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., May 17, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Washington ruled Monday against President Donald Trump in a financial records dispute with Congress.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who was appointed by President Barack...
