FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Pakistani reporters and troops visit the site of an Indian airstrike in Jaba, near Balakot, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Pakistan said India launched an airstrike on its territory early Tuesday that caused no casualties, while India said it targeted a terrorist training camp in a pre-emptive strike that killed a "very large number" of militants. (AP...
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a victory for a group of displaced Indian Ocean islanders, the United Nations' highest court said Monday that Britain must end its administration of the Chagos islands "as rapidly as possible."
The International Court of Justice ruled in an advisory opinion that is non-binding that Britain had unlawfully carved up Mauritius, which the...
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
NEW DELHI - Indian billionaire Anil Ambani has spent years fending off creditors and suing critics of his debt-saddled business empire. But his moment of reckoning may have arrived, as he races to pay debts or face a possible jail sentence.
On Feb. 20, India’s Supreme Court said that the Reliance Group’s phone unit had disobeyed a ruling...
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. Governors at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 25, 2019. - REUTERS/Jim Young
A staffer on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally, an interaction that she alleges in a new lawsuit...
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Visakhapatnam - Two-paced pitches can do strange things. Long tails can do strange things. Those two ingredients combined in Visakhapatnam to produce an intriguing low-scoring thriller, and in the end it was Australia who shaded a tight contest between two imperfect teams.
It came down to the last ball, with two runs needed, and Pat Cummins, who had...
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Period. End of Sentence., a documentary that tackles the stigma around menstruation in rural India, has won the Best Documentary Short Subject at the 91st Academy Awards. The film has been co-produced by Guneet Monga and directed by 25-year-old Rayka Zehtabchi.
Monga wrote after the Oscar winner on Twitter, “WE WON!!! To every girl on this earth......
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential candidate, speaks at a town hall Feb. 15 in North Charleston, S.C. Harris has invited discussion of policy proposals such as a Green New Deal and a 70 percent marginal tax rate on America’s highest earners. - Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
Tear down the border wall. Pay slavery reparations. Upgrade every...
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Several loose ends remain in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation amid signs that it's possible the long probe could be winding down.
Here are five questions about the investigation as Mueller's probe nears its two-year anniversary.
Is Mueller really close to the end?
Trump's allies and legal advisers have predicted for over a year that Mueller's investigation was nearing completion,...
FEBRUARY 23, 2019
Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps, including when they want to work on their belly fat or the price of the house they checked out last weekend. Other apps know users’ body weight, blood pressure, menstrual cycles or pregnancy status.
Unbeknown to most people, in many cases that data is being shared with...
FEBRUARY 23, 2019
FILE PHOTO: The logo of India's e-commerce firm Flipkart is seen in this illustration picture taken January 29, 2019. - REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI - India outlined a new draft policy for its burgeoning e-commerce sector on Saturday, focusing on data localization, improved privacy safeguards and measures to combat the sale of counterfeit products.
The proposed overhaul, which...
