Day: June 13, 2019

3 held for killing welder, firing at techie in Delhi

12:45 pm June 13, 2019

New Delhi: Three men were arrested for allegedly killing a 42-year-old welder last month in outer Delhi’s Bawana area, police said Wednesday. The police also recovered three pistols, six country-made pistols, 19 live cartridges and one motorcycle from their possession, they added. The accused have been identified as Lakshay Parashar (23) and Nitin Yadav (22), […]

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Trump says would take foreign info on 2020 presidential opponent

12:43 pm June 13, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would be willing to accept information from a foreign country on his opponent in the 2020 election race, after years of denying Moscow helped him win office. Trump team contacts with Russians during the 2016 presidential race led to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion […]

No debate set for Hong Kong bill after protests

12:40 pm June 13, 2019

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong Legislative Council official says no time has been set aside for debate on a highly controversial extradition law that has drawn large-scale protests. The announcement Thursday from council official Cicely Wong appeared to show the impact of Wednesday’s street demonstrations, along with statements of concern from foreign governments, business associations […]

Israel strikes Gaza after first rocket since early May

12:36 pm June 13, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said. Israeli aircraft targeted “underground infrastructure” at the base in the southern Gaza Strip, it said in a statement. The strike came after Israeli air defences intercepted a rocket […]

Let’s tree again: Macron offers Trump replacement ‘friendship’ oak

12:32 pm June 13, 2019

Paris: French president Emmanuel Macron will send a replacement oak tree to US President Donald Trump after the original was dug up from the White House garden and died. The French leader offered the young oak to Trump during a state visit to Washington in 2018, and the two shovelled dirt around it under the […]