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Syrian-allied airstrikes kill at least 27 in rebel-held Douma

Trump agreed at a White House meeting Tuesday to modify his timetable slightly while still nixing any grandiose plans for an extended U.S. role in Syria. The Am...

Day 5: Senate passes 2 education funding bills, repeals hotel/motel tax

Randi Weingartgen, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said teachers everywhere fight for their children, and nowhere has it been made clearer tha...

China to fight U.S. tariffs at any cost

As part of retaliatory measures against China, the United States trade representative's office filed a complaint on March 23, saying China uses discriminatory...

Raped for months, survivor reaches police station with her aborted foetus

Three weeks after he was committed to stand trial for the rape of two women, a Tucville resident was yesterday slapped with another rape charge. "I wasn't sure ...

China hits back after Trump threatens $100 bn in tariffs

Asked in an interview with NY radio station WABC about the effect on U.S. stock markets, Trump said the market has gone up (since he took office) "so we might l...

"I Am A Hindu Vaishnav, Not Jain": Amit Shah

Congress' Scheduled Castes Department head Nitin Raut alleged that the attack was planned in connivance with the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) government and...

MI says Flint water quality is restored, closes free bottled water sites

And while media attention for the Flint water crisis has dwindled in recent years, Reese and Chen have found a creative way to get it back into the national c...

RIP jazz innovator Cecil Taylor

Upon moving back to New York City in 1955, he formed a quartet with soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy , bassist Buell Neidlinger and drummer Dennis Charles, relea...

Tamil Nadu parties oppose IPL matches in Chennai over Cauvery issue

Mr Ayyakannu in a freakish protest in New Delhi past year had led Tamil Nadu farmers in symbolically biting rats and going naked to press their demand for a Rs ...

Salman Khan's conviction in blackbuck poaching case: Twitterati reacts and how!

Currently, there are around half a dozen big-budget films lined up on the floor or at advanced planning stages, including " Race 3 ", which is nearly complete, ...

Mark Zuckerberg Announces New Facebook Ad Regulations

Facebook said it will require advertisers who want to run either political ads or so-called issue ads - which may not endorse a specific candidate or party but...

Amit Shah likens opposition to 'snakes, mongooses, dogs, cats'

Later, addressing a press conference, Shah said, "What I meant was political parties having no ideological similarities are coming together out of fear of Modi"...

Facebook is on a list of 30 groups in data privacy probe

Facebook will also need to approve all apps that request access to information such as check-ins, likes, photos, posts, videos, events and groups . The Calif...

Nepal PM accorded ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan

An official said that the two countries are also engaged in discussions on the joint statement where India would "welcome" the new constitution of Nepal. Any tr...

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Boris Johnson of exaggerating Salisbury poison attack evidence

The head of Porton Down laboratories has since said that they could only determine the substance used was Novichok, and not where it came from. However, Aitke...

Sessions orders "zero tolerance" policy on illegal border crossings

In a Friday tweet, the president said while Pruitt was doing a "great job" he was not in line to replace Sessions, the former Alabama Senator turned AG who ha...

5.3 quake shakes LA area

The Los Angeles Fire Department went into "earthquake mode", during which it pulls its trucks out of stations and crews begin sweeping neighborhoods to check fo...

Ex-spy Skripal 'improving rapidly' after poisoning, hospital says

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal , who was attacked with a nerve agent in Britain last month, is now "improving rapidly", officials said Friday. The late...

China ready to pay any cost in trade war with US

The ministry also vowed to take "comprehensive countermeasures", according to Xinhua, although it did not add further details. The escalating tit-for-tat trad...

Kenny Rogers cancels his tour due to ill health

He added that he had "never properly thank them for the encouragement and support they've given me throughout my career". Refunds to Rogers' canceled performa...

Humboldt Broncos bus, semi involved in serious collision, multiple deaths

Emergency measures personnel and victim services workers will be made available for families. "The accident being talked about involved Humboldt team bus". St...

Donald Trump proposes $100 billion more in new tariffs on China

President Donald Trump says Beijing is violating its free-trade commitments by pressuring foreign companies to hand over technology to potential Chinese compe...

Facebook scandal affected more users, up to 87M

In its response to the Indian government's notice over data breach, Facebook said that the UK-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica used its data without...

Stocks dive as United States proposes more China tariffs; Dow falls 700

President Donald Trump has called for an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, ratcheting up a trade dispute with Beijing. At 8:33 a.m. Whi...

China Poses Questions About The US Tariffs Legality At WTO

Trump last month authorised the suspension of those fresh tariffs, but only gave the European Union until May 1 to come up with a solution to unfair trade pract...

TDP MPs protest even after Rajya Sabha adjournment

This morning in Amaravati, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister led a cycle rally of his ministers and TDP legislators protesting the Centre's attitude towards the...

Russia Is Extremely Interested in Poisoned Spy's Dead Pets

Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia , 33, have been in hospital since March 4 after being found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury. "I woke up over ...

NBC Grills Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Over Slow Response to Privacy Breach

Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify before Congress on April 10 and 11. Sandberg outlined some of the steps the company is taking to fix the damage: On Monda...

Showers today, rain tomorrow, then a break Friday

Temperatures are expected to be near 70° at midnight, drop into the mid 60s by mid-morning, and fall into the low 60s for Saturday afternoon. More rain is e...

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to achieve common aim of regional security

In February, the Afghan President had made a peace offer to the Taliban in the Kabul Process Conference, which also included the recognition of the militant gro...