DECEMBER 6, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 9 for 250 (Pujara 123) v Australia
December 6, 2018: Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, 1st day Cheteshwar Pujara dug in to inch closer to his maiden Test century in Australia - Getty Images
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA - Much of the talk before this series was about how much aggression would be shown. India's top order...
DECEMBER 6, 2018
George H.W. Bush in the cab of Union Pacific Locomotive No. 4141 at its 2005 unveiling. - Union Pacific
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Former President George H.W. Bush will travel to his final resting place in a one-of-a-kind train.
The Union Pacific Locomotive No. 4141 was made to honor the 41st president, who died Nov. 30, the transport company...
DECEMBER 6, 2018
The 90-year-old Good Shepherd Convent in Chennai could lose a major part of its sprawling campus if the Metro authorities have their way.
The Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has issued a notice alerting the Good Shepherd Convent of its plans to acquire 3,590 square metres of land to build the Sterling Road Station as part of its...
DECEMBER 5, 2018
An anti-Brexit demonstrator wears a combination of EU and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London
Following the 2016 referendum on Britain's EU membership, during which 52 percent of voters opted in favour of leaving the 28-member bloc, Brexit has dominated public life and political discourse.
Here, Al Jazeera looks at the key dates and...
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia will develop new missiles banned by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty if the US exits the pact and pursues an arms buildup of its own.
The Russian president’s remarks came one day after US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said Moscow was in “material breach” of the cold war-era treaty and issued...
DECEMBER 5, 2018
NEW DELHI - Gautam Gambhir, one of the most celebrated Indian batsmen, Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Gautam Gambhir took to social media and announced the news through a video posted on his official Facebook account. Gautam Gambhir had played a pivotal role in India's 2011 ICC World Cup triumph and his innings...
DECEMBER 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ordinary Americans, generals and former Cabinet members paid respects at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to the late U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who died last week at the age of 94 after a life of service as a World War Two hero, head of the CIA and wartime president.
Under the soaring Capitol...
DECEMBER 3, 2018
NEW DELHI - The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 25 crore on the government of Delhi for failing to curb pollution in the national capital.
The Capital has been reeling under air pollution crisis. Delhi’s air quality has been in the “very poor” category for the past one week. Pollution levels in...
DECEMBER 3, 2018
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, pose for a photograph at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. - Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be coming to Washington for a second summit with President Donald Trump anytime soon,...
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Former first lady Michelle Obama at Barclays Center on Saturday. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
In front of a sold-out crowd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night, Michelle Obama looked like a woman who had it all. The Ivy League-educated former first lady, mother of two and now best-selling author was met with thunderous applause as she...
