SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The leaders of North and South Korea announced a wide range of agreements Wednesday which they said were a major step toward peace on the Korean Peninsula. But the premier pledge on denuclearization contained a big condition, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stating he'd permanently dismantle his main nuclear complex only...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In this Aug. 29, 2018, photo, a man works in an auto parts factory in Liaocheng in eastern China's Shandong province. The Trump administration announced Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, that it will impose tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies and potentially...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 285 for 7 (Dhawan 127, Rayudu 60, Kinchit 3-39, Ehsan Khan 2-65) beat Hong Kong (Nizakat 92, Rath 73, Chahal 3-46, Khaleel 3-48, Kuldeep 2-42) by 26 runs
Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is congratulated by Hong Kong cricket captain Anshuman Rath during the 4th cricket match of Asia Cup 2018 between India and Hong...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
By Geeta Goindi
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (right) was conferred with the inaugural Meryl Streep Award of Excellence at an awards gala in the Washington area co-hosted by Women in Film & Television (WIFT) and the DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF). The award was presented by Oscar-nominated actress Candy Clark.
Zoya Akhtar, Janhvi Kapoor, Catherine Hand also...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds an Oval Office meeting on preparations for hurricane Florence at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened further retaliation against China if Beijing targets U.S. agricultural or industrial workers amid a trade dispute, and accused China of...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Employees at a manufacturing plant in McKeesport, Pa., earlier this year. China said it will hit back by imposing its own tariffs on United States goods. - Credit: Ross Mantle/NY Times
China said it will institute new tariffs on U.S. goods worth $60 billion on Sept. 24, according to a Reuters report.
The media outlet said the...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Personality tests are hugely popular, though if you ask working psychologists, they’ll tell you the results are little better than astrological signs. But a new study, based on huge sets of personality data representing 1.5 million people, has persuaded one of the staunchest critics of personality tests to conclude that maybe distinct personality types exist, after all.
In...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Petrol and diesel prices have gone up every day since August 16. The prices of petrol and diesel are at an all-time high across the country. In Delhi, petrol sells today, September 17 at Rs 82.06 per litre 15 paise up from yesterday. Prices are highest in Maharashtra, where petrol prices have breached Rs 90 mark in...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
NEW DELHI - "We're really, you know, stuck and there's no fuel," a terse message from Captain Rustom Palia, commanding an Air India Boeing 777-300 to Air Traffic Control in New York.
There were 370 passengers on board AI-101, Air India's flagship flight, which tried, and failed to land at New York's John F Kennedy International airport on...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Prime Minister Theresa May cautioned rebels in her party that unless they support her potential Brexit deal with the EU then they will face a potentially disorderly "no-deal" exit that the IMF said would make the United Kingdom significantly poorer.
The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29 and yet...
