APRIL 9, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying "a mountain gave birth to...
APRIL 9, 2019
FILE PHOTO: Airbus CEO Tom Enders poses during the company's annual results news conference in Blagnac. - Reuters/Regis Duvignau
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus dismissed more than 100 people and issued more than 300 warnings for ethics or compliance reasons in 2018, two people familiar with the company data said, as it conducts a wide-ranging internal crackdown...
APRIL 9, 2019
Carbon dioxide – the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming – has reached levels in our atmosphere not seen in 3 million years, scientists announced this week in a new study.
At that time, sea levels were as much as 65 feet higher than they are now, Greenland was mostly green and Antarctica had trees.
“It...
APRIL 9, 2019
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives for his visit to the Tibet Institute Rikon in Rikon. - Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday with chest infection, an aide said, adding that the 83-year-old Buddhist monk was stable.
The Dalai Lama, who fled to...
APRIL 9, 2019
Chennai Super Kings 111 for 3 (du Plessis 43*, Narine 2-18) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 108 for 9 (Russell 50*, Chahar 3-20) by seven wickets
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU - Chennai Super Kings stomped all over Kolkata Knight Riders to register a seven-wicket victory at Chepauk and claim pole position halfway through the IPL season. Deepak Chahar's early wickets...
APRIL 9, 2019
Malaysia Airlines' MH370 flight vanished in March 2014 (file image) AFP/Getty Images
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have landed before taking off a short time after it mysteriously vanished, an 'expert' claims.
Author Jeff Wise believes that a gap of one hour and 13 minutes in the doomed flight's record touch have seen the plane touch down.
Mr Wise,...
APRIL 9, 2019
Phuket International Airport is one of the most visited airports in Thailand.- Getty
PHUKET, THAILAND - Thai islanders have warned aviation authorities they could ruin tourism in the region if they use the death penalty to punish people for taking selfies near a local airport.
Tourists have been warned they could be sentenced to death for taking selfies...
APRIL 9, 2019
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that the United States was the real "leader of world terrorism" after Washington blacklisted Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a "foreign terrorist organisation".
"Who are you to label revolutionary institutions as terrorists?" Rouhani asked in a speech broadcast live by state television.
Speaking at a ceremony to mark Iran's national nuclear technology day in...
APRIL 9, 2019
Bank of America is raising the minimum wage for employees this year and plans to hike it to $20 an hour in two years.
"If you get a job at Bank of America, you'll make $41,000," the Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan told MSNBC on Tuesday. "With the success our company has...we have to share that success with...
APRIL 8, 2019
In New York, there’s a plan to extend the Lower Manhattan coastline to guard against rising sea levels and other effects of climate change. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In February, the White House devised a plan to challenge the scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is a main driver of climate change...
