April 10, 2016
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck South Asia on Sunday, shaking buildings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, witnesses and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, and injuring several people in at least one Pakistani city.
April 10, 2016
NEW YORK – Bernie Sanders — who is winning delegate contests against Hillary Clinton but not catching up much in terms of actual delegates — insists he has a path to the Democratic presidential nomination, starting with primaries in New York and Pennsylvania.
April 10, 2016
NASA engineers have declared a mission emergency for the agency's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler, which has somehow switched into emergency mode.
NASA just found out about the anomaly a day and a half ago, right before the agency tried to maneuver the spacecraft to point at the center of the Milky Way for a new observation campaign.
April 9, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiants 126 for 1 (Rahane 66*, du Plessis 34) beat Mumbai Indians 121 for 8 (Harbhajan 45*, Marsh 2-21) by nine wickets
Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 66 gave Rising Pune Supergiants a nine-wicket win, chasing 122 against Mumbai Indians in the IPL opener in Mumbai
April 9, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – President Obama spent Friday fundraising on behalf of Democrats in Los Angeles and San Francisco, working to bolster his party’s chances in the November elections even as he expressed concerned that some Democrats have become “complacent” after his two terms in office.
April 8, 2016
The supermassive black hole was yesterday's news. On Friday, NASA released an image of a star surrounded by a curious, rare red rectangle.
The star HD 44179 is surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the red rectangle. It acquired its name because of its shape and its apparent color when seen in early images from Earth. – ESA/Hubble and NASA
April 8, 2016
Saudi Arabia's king has announced that a bridge linking the country to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea.
Map of Red Sea © BBC
King Salman said in a statement that the bridge would boost commerce between the two allies.
He made the announcement during the second day of his visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
April 8, 2016
New Delhi: The VHP on Friday said the Narendra Modi government's flip-flop over its policy towards Pakistan had confused the masses and demanded a white paper on its policies on terrorism and the neighboring country.
April 8, 2016
U.S. passport for traveling If you haven't renewed your U.S. passport since 2006 or 2007, now's the time to ensure you're up-to-date. In January, U.S. State Department officials announced they're expecting a spike in passport applications and renewals in 2016, with 10-year passports set to expire soon.
April 7, 2016
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted to having a stake in his father’s offshore trust fund after previously denying his involvement.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses students at Exeter University April 7.
