MARCH 18, 2019
Darrell Blatchley, above, found around 40 kilograms of rice sacks, grocery bags, banana plantation bags and general plastic bags in the stomach of the whale. - Darrell Blatchley/D' Bone Collector Museum Inc.
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES - A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of...
MARCH 17, 2019
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday (March 17) evening after a prolonged illness. Parrikar was 63.
Manohar Parrikar had tweeted for the last time on March 11, 2019. He had paid tribute to Goa's first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar on his birth anniversary.
Tributes to Goa's first Chief Minister Dayanand (Bhausaheb) Bandodkar on his birth anniversary. We...
MARCH 17, 2019
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. - Justin Sullivan
Google denied "working with the Chinese military" on Saturday after President Donald Trump publicly criticised the company in an evening message posted on Twitter.
"Google is helping China and their military, but not the U.S.," Trump said. "Terrible!"
The tech giant responded swiftly.
"We are not working with the Chinese military. We...
MARCH 16, 2019
The move marks the latest deterioration in relations between Washington and Havana- AFP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States announced on Friday it would replace a five-year, multiple-entry tourist visa offered to Cubans with a single-entry visa valid for just three months, to match the island nation's own visa rules for US visitors.
The move marks the latest deterioration...
MARCH 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel who try to investigate or prosecute alleged abuses committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere, and may do the same with those who seeking action against Israel, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday.
The Hague-based court, the first global tribunal...
MARCH 15, 2019
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed "deep shock and sadness" over the death of scores of people in the heinous terrorist attack in New Zealand while stressing India's strong condemnation of terrorism and of all those who support such acts of violence.
In a letter to Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern,...
MARCH 15, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks about border security in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington. Trump issued the first veto of his presidency, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump on Friday issued the first veto of his...
MARCH 15, 2019
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country's worst ever mass shooting which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism.
A gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch, mirroring...
MARCH 14, 2019
An endless job search compounded by fears of being blacklisted by certain businesses. Anxious gossip about who is and isn't mentioned in the latest news reports. And probing questions from outsiders on how they could ever have worked at the disgraced company.
Welcome to life after Theranos.
At its peak in 2014, the blood-testing startup was a darling of...
MARCH 13, 2019
In a statement, Nancy Pelosi said the House will not give President Trump a "pass." - Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected a plan brewing in the Senate to put new controls on President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the southern border while allowing...
