MARCH 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump reportedly directed his former economic adviser, Gary Cohn, to pressure the Justice Department to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, according to a report in The New Yorker.
In an explosive new investigation into the relationship between the Trump White House and Fox News, the magazine reported new details that contradict the administration's assurances...
MARCH 3, 2019
NEW DELHI - The Reserve Bank has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2 crore on Dena Bank and Rs 1 crore on IDBI Bank for non-compliance with various directions, regulatory filings said Saturday. In a filing to the BSE, Dena Bank said the Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on it for...
MARCH 3, 2019
Russia's foreign minister told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo late Saturday that Moscow is prepared to hold bilateral talks with the U.S. about the ongoing standoff in Venezuela.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with Pompeo about Venezuela, where Moscow and Washington have supported opposite sides.
“In connection with Washington’s proposal to hold bilateral consultations on the Venezuelan topic, it was...
MARCH 2, 2019
NEW DELHI - UNION MINISTER for Information Technology and Electronics Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday “appealed” to social media firms, asking them not to allow their platforms to be abused for “weakening the morale of the country”.
“I would like to make an appeal to all the social media platforms, India being a democracy fully respects freedom of...
MARCH 2, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 240 for 4 (Jadhav 81*, Dhoni 59*, Kohli 44) beat Australia 236 for 7 (Khawaja 50, Maxwell 40, Carey 36, Kuldeep 2-46, Shami 2-44) by six wickets
HYDERABAD - Kedar Jadhav prides himself on being a finisher who can contribute a sizable chunk of overs. On Saturday, he played his part in both disciplines, first...
MARCH 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Assailed by his ex-lawyer at every turn, President Donald Trump nevertheless claimed a measure of vindication from Michael Cohen's statement that he possessed no direct evidence of collusion with Russia from his time serving the boss. But contrary to Trump's words, Cohen did not exonerate him on the matter in his testimony to lawmakers.
Trump...
MARCH 2, 2019
Tensions on the border between India and Pakistan last week pushed the two nuclear-powered South Asian adversaries closer to conflict than at any point in the past two decades.
While the situation has calmed -- Pakistan on Friday released an Indian air force pilot it captured after shooting his pane down -- drastic swings in relations are the...
MARCH 1, 2019
The Queen sparked health concerns today after she was photographed with her hand noticeably purple at Buckingham Palace.
The 92-year-old monarch was pictured smiling as she joined with Princess Anne to host King Abdullah, Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan yesterday.
But eagle-eyed Twitter users noticed that Her Majesty's left hand appeared to be bruised as she...
MARCH 1, 2019
This is the extraordinary tale of how a massive, strange-looking fish wound up on a beach on the other side of the world from where it lives.
The seven-foot fish washed up at UC Santa Barbara's Coal Oil Point Reserve in Southern California last week. Researchers first thought it was a similar and more common species of sunfish...
MARCH 1, 2019
Ashim Mitra, a former pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, was sued this week by the university. The lawsuit claims that he stole a graduate student’s research and used it to sell a new drug. - Keith Myers/The Kansas City Star, via AP
KANSAS CITY - The University of Missouri sued a former pharmacy...
