OCTOBER 24, 2018
Indian PM Modi is the fourteenth recipient of this award. (File photo)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for his contribution to high economic growth in India and world through ‘Modinomics’, the award citation stated. His contribution to world peace, improving human development and furthering democracy in India, too, were...
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Explosive devices were sent to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN’s offices in New York, sparking an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether a bomber is going after targets that have often been the subject of right-wing ire.
A law enforcement official said the three devices were similar...
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Silicon Valley is deeply implicated in the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, a new report says. It points at two companies in particular: Amazon, which provides cloud services to government agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Palantir Technologies, which makes case management software for the agency.
“Through intense lobbying of policymakers and law enforcement officials,...
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) was on Tuesday granted time till December 15 to repay a sum of Rs 550 crore to Swedish telecom equipment company Ericsson. The Supreme Court, however, said in its order that the debt-ridden telecom company will not be granted any further extension. RCom has been directed to pay a penal interest rate...
OCTOBER 23, 2018
U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building, also known as the Jamie L. Whitten Building, in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2017. - Preston Keres, USDA
You may want to think twice about those grab-and-go-food items.
Millions of pounds of ready-to-eat salads and premade food items including entrees, burritos, wraps and pizzas at several big name retailers such as Harris...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Obama on improving economy - Getty Images
Former US President Obama on Monday urged a crowd in Las Vegas to "remember who started" the current economic boom, reminding them that the country recovered from the Great Recession during his presidency.
Obama echoed language from President Trump, who in July claimed his administration unleashed an "economic miracle" with tax...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
President Donald Trump talks to members of the media before walking across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Houston. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Call it the mystery middle class tax cut.
In recent days...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014 file photo, a mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of official secrecy over assessments of how safely and securely its nuclear weapons are operated, maintained and guarded, closing...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
An Indonesian journalist holds a placard during a protest over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Jakarta. - REUTERS/Beawiharta
He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite. He detained a Lebanese prime minister. And, according to two intelligence...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend a ceremony in Zhuhai on Tuesday, along with top officials from Hong Kong...
