Day: June 29, 2019

Seoul food for Trump as Moon serves up US steak

10:34 pm June 29, 2019

Seoul: South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in sought to appeal to Donald Trump’s personal preferences on Saturday with a US steak dinner and a guest list including a star woman golfer. The US president is known for his love of the sport and his simple culinary tastes — he likes his meat well-done. In the past […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin fires new broadside against Western liberalism

10:29 pm June 29, 2019

Osaka: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a new broadside against Western liberalism on Saturday, saying that policies such as welcoming migrants have hurt people’s interests. Speaking after the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Putin charged that Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and a drop of popularity of traditional parties […]

UN report: 7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013

10:26 pm June 29, 2019

United Nations: Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a U.N. report released Friday. The report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the killings and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Two die in lightning strike

8:28 pm June 29, 2019

Buldhana: Two persons died Saturday after they were struck by lightning in separate incidents in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, police said. While Shrikrishna Dhabal (69) was struck by a bolt from the sky while working in his field in Sangrampur taluka, farm labourer Yuvraj Gavande (35) died in a similar manner in Jastgaon villege, according […]

No relief from heat in Punjab, Haryana

8:24 pm June 29, 2019

Chandigarh: Heatwave maintained its grip on Punjab and Haryana Saturday with maximum temperatures touching up to five notches above the normal, the meteorological department said. The maximum temperatures hovered between two to five notches above normal limits in most parts of the two states, the weather department said. Amritsar in Punjab sizzled at a maximum […]