SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched two British satellites tonight for which India will earn upwards of Rs. 200 crore. It is the 44th launch of the Indian rocket the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at Sriharikota, India's rocket port on the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh.
This is a fully commercial launch...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 120 for 2 (Imam 50*, Azam 33, Ehsan Khan 2-34) beat Hong Kong 116 (Aizaz 27, Usman 3-18, Hasan 2-19, Shadab 2-31) by eight wickets
DUBAI - Pakistan got off to the comfortable start everyone expected from them, as they overpowered Hong Kong in Dubai and cruised to an eight-wicket win. After Hong Kong, who...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Tropical Storm Florence dumped "epic" amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, knocking out power and causing at least eight deaths as flood waters that have devastated many communities kept rising.
Florence's intensity has diminished since it roared ashore along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast on Friday as a hurricane. But its...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing a new system next week that allows President Trump to send messages directly to U.S. cellphones.
All major wireless firms and more than 100 mobile carriers are participating in the new Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program that allows for presidential alerts, FEMA wrote in a Thursday statement.
"The EAS (Emergency Alert...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
NASA’s Opportunity rover
Even if you aren’t particularly interested in space or science news you’ve probably heard about the plight of NASA’s Opportunity rover. The plucky robot, which has far outlived its initial mission and has been conducting “bonus” science work for over a decade since, was swallowed up by a massive dust storm on Mars,...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump instructed aides on Thursday to proceed with tariffs on about $200 billion more in Chinese products despite his Treasury secretary’s attempt to restart talks with Beijing to resolve the trade war, according to four people familiar with the matter.
But an announcement of the new round of tariffs has been delayed as...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength, gained speed and shifted slightly toward more densely populated coastal provinces on Friday as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway.
More than 5 million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorizes as a super...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing in federal court on June 15 in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Paul Manafort, formerly President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Prosecutor Andrew Weissman called Manafort's plea deal a cooperation agreement during an 11 a.m. hearing at the federal...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
President Trump listens to a reporters question as FEMA Administrator Brock Long, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, right, listen during a briefing on Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office on Tuesday. - Susan Walsh/AP
As Hurricane Florence churned toward the Carolinas, President Trump on Thursday diverted attention from the government’s preparations for the monster storm...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
India on September 11 had a scathing reply to Pakistan's jibe on Kashmir and the alleged violations at the 39th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
India's First Secretary at the Permanent Mission in Geneva Mini Devi Kumam exercised the Right of Reply' to respond to a statement made by the Pakistani envoy...
