KANDAHAR (TIP): At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province, the defence ministry said on July 26, the latest blow to struggling security forces. The militants “attacked […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amazon’s founder CEO Jeff Bezos may have ended Microsoft badshah Bill Gates’ long reign since 1995 as the world’s richest individual – a position interrupted only briefly by the likes of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Mexican […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump announced June 6 that he is tapping lawyer and former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to serve as his new FBI director, on the eve of critical testimony+ by the intelligence agency chief he […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Twitter “bots” may help drive social movements the world over, say scientists who suggest that automated tweets can be used to make an issue trend, grab public attention and trigger policy change. Bots–short for robots–are simple […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): European Council President Donald Tusk made a personal appeal June 1 to US President Donald Trump not to pull Washington out of the Paris climate agreement. Tusk warned Trump on Twitter against such a move as he […]
Priyanka Chopra is being trolled relentlessly since pictures of her meeting with PM Narendra Modi in Berlin hit the internet. Reason? She wore a knee-length white dress and sat cross-legged in front of the Prime Minister! The sight of her bare legs seems […]
Tributes are pouring in from celebrities across the globe for former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore, who died after a short but brave battle with cancer, his family said. Moore died on Tuesday in Switzerland, his family announced on […]
Trump decries special counsel’s appointment as ‘single greatest witch-hunt’ in US history WASHINGTON (TIP): Former FBI director Robert Mueller has been appointed as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election and possible collusion between President Donald […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Justice Department on May 17 independently named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, sending the four month old Presidency into a deeper crisis. The appointment, apparently made […]
“The Mueller appointment and the surrounding controversy around Trump and Russia remains as much a political issue as a legal one”, says the author. The appointment of ex-FBI director Robert Mueller as special […]
Kicker:Removing stigma and identifying depression help women get the support they need NEW YORK CITY (TIP): First Lady Chirlane McCray announced, May 18, that all NYC Health + Hospitals locations citywide will now provide maternal depression screenings for pregnant […]
The nation was left shocked today morning when the news broke that 59-year old actress, Reema Lagoo passed away. The Maine Pyar Kiya star suffered a heart attack last night and was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani […]
Tensions rise between Saudi rulers and clerics over cultural reforms JEDDAH (TIP): When senior Saudi cleric Abdulaziz al-Tarifi told his almost one million Twitter followers that musical instruments were ungodly, it helped spark a hashtag among likeminded Saudis that “the people […]
‘Obama warned Trump against Flynn as national security adviser’ WASHINGTON (TIP): Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then- President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn who was eventually fired […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Police in Chicago arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl that was broadcast on Facebook Live, police and local news reported. “CPD arrested 1st of […]
Twitter is adding more tools to curb abuse on its service as part of its ongoing effort to protect users from hate and harassment. Among other things, the service will attempt to identify offenders on […]
Buckingham Palace is offering a 30,000 pounds annual package for a job to run Queen Elizabeth’s personal Twitter account, having 2.77 million followers. A job advertisement has been placed on the Queen’s official website seeking […]
You do not have to wander around on Twitter to find its multiple features, as the micro-blogging site has rolled out a new tab called Explore that consolidates Moments, search, trending hashtags and live video […]
If you spend hours navigating various social media platforms —and that’s all of us, really — you may have noticed something oddly familiar. All of them — Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram — have been […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (TIP): A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late on Nov 10, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 in a major militant assault […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Southeast Asia and MENA (Middle East and North Africa)’s top Indian-Origin boss Parminder Singh has called it quits as the managing director for the region barely days after @twitter’s India head Rishi Jaitly […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has no shortage of critics. But the most outspoken – and funniest – is arguably none other than President Barack Obama, who has mastered the art of taking jabs at […]
Washington (TIP): The US Army issued an apology Wednesday after its official Twitter account posted a tweet saying Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “lies once every 3 minutes, 15 seconds.” The post, which included a […]
NEW YORK: Over 100 people on board US’ Southwest Airlines flight had a lucky escape when a part of the plane’s engine was ripped off thousands of feet above the Gulf of Mexico with the […]
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