Day: September 14, 2019

Trump to have dinner with Otto Warmbier’s parents

11:02 pm September 14, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump planned to have dinner Saturday with the parents of an American college student who died in 2017 shortly after being freed from captivity in North Korea. An administration official said Trump was to host the parents of Otto Warmbier, who was convicted of trying to steal a propaganda poster while in […]

Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong

10:55 pm September 14, 2019

Sandusky (US): Ohio’s US senators want Congress to rename a NASA research facility in Ohio after astronaut Neil Armstrong. Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Sherrod Brown introduced legislation Thursday to honour the Ohio native by renaming the NASA Plum Brook Station in Sandusky. Portman says he raised the idea with Armstrong in 2012, a year before […]

Trump backs a Netanyahu priority ahead of Israeli election

10:45 pm September 14, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump is lending support to embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of a critical election Tuesday by appearing to publicly back one of his key priorities. Trump tweeted Saturday that he spoke with Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a formal mutual defense treaty between the two nations. […]

Siemens, Orascom to rebuild vast Iraq power plant

10:39 pm September 14, 2019

Baghdad : Iraq on Saturday signed a USD 1.3 billion deal with German industrial conglomerate Siemens and Egypt’s Orascom Construction to rebuild a major power plant complex in the ravaged city of Baiji, north of Baghdad. The new deal is part of a broader energy road map that Iraq signed with Siemens earlier this year […]

Mumbai police gear up for forthcoming Maha polls

10:28 pm September 14, 2019

Mumbai: Mumbai police has begun preparing for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state, an official said on Saturday, adding that lists of anti-social elements were being made and deployment of personnel was being finalised. Elections are expected to be held by October for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly. “We are gearing up to ensure polls […]

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