DECEMBER 25, 2018
The decline in domestic fuel prices comes amid the recent fall in global crude oil prices. (Representational Image) - IANS
Petrol price in Delhi fell below the Rs 70-per-litre mark on Monday for the first time after January and recorded the lowest level in 2018 at Rs 69.86 per litre.
On Sunday, petrol was sold at Rs...
DECEMBER 24, 2018
U.S. stocks plunged on Monday in their worst Christmas Eve trading ever, as the S&P 500 entered a bear market.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 653 points Monday in volatile trading, falling below 22,000. The Dow sank more than 2 percent, then recovered nearly all of the day’s losses, before again falling more than 2 percent....
DECEMBER 23, 2018
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) blasted President Trump on Sunday after Trump claimed that the Republican was forced to retire after not getting the president's support.
"Yes, just like Mexico is paying for the wall," Corker tweeted, before using the hashtag "#AlertTheDaycareStaff."
Yes, just like Mexico is paying for the wall... #AlertTheDaycareStaff https://t.co/4LwrkrSFFr
- Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) December 23, 2018
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DECEMBER 23, 2018
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia - A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials and media said on Sunday.
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were "heavily damaged" when the tsunami struck, almost without warning, along the rim...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
A traveler walks outside a Greyhound bus station in Chicago in 2007. The bus company is expanding alerts to passengers about their rights when federal immigration agents board buses demanding identification and proof of citizenship. - Nam Y. Huh/AP
Greyhound Lines is expanding alerts to passengers about their rights should immigration agents board buses to demand identification and...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, testifying early this year on Capitol Hill. — Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The company agreed to overhaul its privacy practices about seven years ago. After a yearlong string of news reports that have called Facebook’s data-sharing practices into question, federal regulators are taking a hard look at how the social...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
In recent years, Lakers forward LeBron James has become increasingly vocal on political matters and race relations. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
For LeBron James, the fundamental difference between the NBA and the NFL is the level of respect shown to players by the respective leagues and their team owners. The Lakers forward, who in recent years has become an...
DECEMBER 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Large parts of the federal government shut down overnight after President Trump torpedoed a bipartisan spending deal because it lacked the money he demanded for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Funding for numerous agencies, including those that operate parks, homeland security, law enforcement, tax collection and transportation, expired at midnight. Close to 400,000 federal...
DECEMBER 21, 2018
LONDON, ENGLAND - Flights from Gatwick were briefly suspended again on Friday after another sighting of a drone that's caused chaos at one of the UK's biggest airports.
An airport spokeswoman told CNN officials were made aware of the unconfirmed sightings at about 5:20 p.m. (12:20 p.m. ET) and closed the runway as a precaution. Flights in and...
DECEMBER 21, 2018
People arrived at the Capitol Visitors Center as work in Congress continued before a Friday night funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. - AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 380,000 federal employees could be furloughed in the potential partial government shutdown, while 420,000 work without pay, according to estimates from a top Democratic lawmaker on the...
