British PM May says Moscow behind murderous bid LONDON (TIP): British Prime Minister Theresa May, on March 14, held Russia responsible for the nerve agent attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter as […]
Socially Relevant Film Festival 2018, NY By Mabel Pais “(This year) we have been able to incorporate films from more (countries) and have been able to hone in on specific social issues in more depth.” […]
BELIN (TIP): Germany on August 9 urged North Korea and the United States to show “restraint” after apocalyptic threats from President Donald Trump and Pyongyang in their mounting war of words. “We are watching the increasing rhetorical escalation regarding […]
Lodged in 86 jails abroad, at least 50 are women NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. Of them, at least […]
LONDON (TIP): The Indian government has submitted the requisite “opening note” and paperwork related to Vijay Mallya’s extradition case to the liquor baron’s legal team within the UK court deadline on August 4. Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot, presiding at Westminster Magistrates’ […]
OSLO (TIP): The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday that China bears a “heavy responsibility” for the “premature” death+ of 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. The prominent democracy advocate, 61, died while still in custody following a […]
HAMBURG (TIP): At least 76 police officers were hurt on Thursday in clashes with anti-G20 protesters in Hamburg, German authorities said, as a demonstration dubbed “Welcome to Hell” erupted in violence shortly after it began. “Police are still being […]
DHAKA (TIP): A boiler has exploded at a Bangladeshi garment factory killing 10 people and injuring dozens, fire officials said on July 2, the latest mishap to hit one of the world’s biggest garment producers. The accident happened […]
BERLIN (TIP): Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, died on Friday, the mass-selling newspaper Bild reported. He was 87. Bild reported in its online edition that Kohl died in the morning at his home in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): While four Indian- Americans received top awards in various categories, an Indian boy has won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from Jamshedpur, alongwith over 20 high […]
● Speaks of negotiations to re-enter green pact on terms fair to US ● Many States and Cities pledge to abide by Paris climate accord Donald Trump on Thursday, June 1, withdrew the US from the […]
LONDON (TIP): British police are rushing to uncover a possible terror network thought to have helped Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi in the attack on the Ariana Grande concert on Monday. Greater Manchester Police say two men were arrested overnight […]
“Mr. Rouhani’s decisive victory is a shot in the arm for the moderates coming after the elections in February last year for the Parliament and the Assembly of Experts where the moderates and the reformists had registered […]
Have you ever been told that consuming more salt will make you thirstier? Well, it could be just an old wives’ tale, say new studies by Russian cosmonauts. So far we have known that if your salt, or […]
BY BHARAT H DESAI & BALRAJ K SIDHU India’s moving the International Court of Justice to seek justice for Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former naval officer who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court vindicates the majesty of international law. […]
China’s Silk Road forum latest effort to boost Xi Jinping’s stature BEIJING (TIP): China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping’s stature as a world-class statesman at an international gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort envisioning a future world […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany’s cabinet on April 5 moved to ban child marriages after the recent mass refugee influx brought in many couples where one or both partners were aged under 18. The new law, set […]
“Europe is sitting on a time bomb and any small spark could ignite it. Remember that all conflicts in the last 2000 years have started in Europe and became ‘world’ conflicts. India has already given […]
BERLIN (TIP): The world is a lot different than when then-presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke to a euphoric Berlin crowd in 2008. After a visit to Greece, he was back in Germany – first for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The reaction of world leaders has been a mixed one. They were pleased and shocked at Donald Trump’s stunning victory over Hillary Clinton, to become the 45th President of America. Major world […]
BERLIN (TIP): German authorities arrested five men Nov 9 on allegations they aided the Islamic State group in Germany by recruiting members and providing financial and logistical help. The federal prosecutor’s office said in a […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): France warned Britain at the start of a European Union summit on Oct 20 that it would face a tough, unyielding opponent if it sought too many concessions during its negotiations to leave […]
LONDON (TIP): Former Formula One driver Mark Webber will retire from professional racing at the end of the world endurance season in Bahrain in November, Porsche said on Oct 13 “The six-hour race…on November 19 […]
LONDON (TIP): Adolf Hitler was a gibbering “super- junkie” whose veins were all but destroyed by thousands of opiate injections and the Nazi dictator’s heavy reliance on drugs was behind his “increasingly erratic” decision-making in […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany’s second largest lender Commerzbank said on Thursday it plans to cut 9,600 jobs, nearly a fifth of its workforce, by 2020 and withhold dividends to pay for a 1.1-billion-euro restructuring. The Frankfurt-based […]
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