Day: July 27, 2019

Rains lash several parts of Rajasthan

8:33 pm July 27, 2019

Jaipur: Rains on Saturday lashed several parts of Rajasthan but Sikar district, where five persons were killed in recent days due to weather-related incidents, recorded no rainfall, officials said. From Friday to Saturday morning, Vanasthali in Tonk received 99.8 mm rain followed by Jaipur (84 mm), Ajmer (64.2 mm), Bhilwara and Kota (63 mm each), […]

Thousands protest in Colombia against killings of activists

8:24 pm July 27, 2019

Bogota: Thousands rallied across Colombia Friday to protest the killing of hundreds of human rights activists since the signing of a historic peace deal with FARC guerrillas. Demonstrators gathered in major cities under the slogan “defending the peace” to denounce the deaths. 462 campaigners have been killed since 2016, according to the country’s ombudsman. “They […]

Blossom everywhere: This new campaign by protesters has crippled Hong Kong

Hong Kongers defy police ban with mass ‘anti-triad’ rally

8:20 pm July 27, 2019

Hong Kong: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters defied a police ban on Saturday and marched through a town near the Chinese border to rally against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators there last weekend. Public anger has been raging since last Sunday when a gang of men in white t-shirts, armed with poles […]

Iran’s Zarif hosts Omani counterpart amid Gulf tensions

8:17 pm July 27, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi in Tehran on Saturday, his office said, amid mounting tensions in the region between Tehran and Washington. The talks between Zarif and Bin Alawi centred on the “latest regional and international issues”, the foreign ministry said in a brief statement posted […]

Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’: PM Johnson

8:12 pm July 27, 2019

Manchester: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said Brexit was a “massive economic opportunity” but had been treated under his predecessor Theresa May as “an impending adverse weather event”. In a speech in Manchester where he pledged new investment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up negotiations on post-Brexit trade deals and set […]