SEOUL: Thousands of supporters of South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates rallied on Saturday in Seoul, days before a vote triggered by the ex-leader’s disastrous declaration of martial law.Tuesday’s election caps months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief suspension of civilian rule in December, for which he was impeached and removed from […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday indicated there was progress with Iran on Tehran’s nuclear programme, and hinted an announcement could come in the “next two days.” “We’ve had some very, very good talks with Iran. And I don’t know if I’ll be telling you anything good or bad over the next two days, but […]
An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Sunday, marking the fifth tremor to jolt the country in just over a week. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the latest earthquake occurred at 6.33am IST at a depth of 135 kms.So far, there have been no confirmed reports of […]
A 28-year-old woman from Georgia who went missing in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains has stunned authorities and her family with a survival story described as “movie-worthy,” reports the New York Times. Tiffany Slaton, a travelling dialysis technician and outdoors lover from Jeffersonville, Georgia, has been found safe after surviving 24 days alone in the snowy […]
NEW DELHI: The US-China trade deal has increased the headache for Indian negotiators, who are once again headed to Washington DC to discuss the proposed bilateral trade deal.While signalling movement towards a deal between the world’s two largest trading nations, the 90-day truce, which will see them slash tariffs by 115 percentage points, opens the […]
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at slashing prescription drug prices in the United States, giving pharmaceutical companies a 30-day deadline to cut costs or face action.“Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidise the healthcare of foreign countries… and we’ll no longer tolerate profiteering and price gouging from […]
Government handout photo shows five shipwrecked fishermen wearing lifejackets, who were rescued by an Ecuadorian tuna fishing boat after being adrift for more than 50 days, at the San Cristobal Naval Base, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (AP photo) QUITO: Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos […]
US announces trade deal with China The US on Sunday announced that it had struck a trade deal with China after two days of negotiation facilitated by the Swiss government in Geneva. The details of the deals have not been announced yet.The weekend talks marked a significant step toward thawing US-China trade relations as ahead […]
Mahendra Patel’s bond hearing is scheduled tomorrow – after he spent over 40 days in Georgia jail. Mahendra Patel, the 56-year-old Indian-American engineer, who was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping, has spent 43 days behind bar. As his bail hearing is set for Tuesday, May 6, his lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant claimed that he was […]
