Day: September 16, 2019

Erdogan hosts Putin, Rouhani for Syria summit

2:37 pm September 16, 2019

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host his Russian and Iranian counterparts on Monday for their latest summit on Syria, with attention focused on Damascus’s push on the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani will join Erdogan in the Turkish capital Ankara for their fifth summit on the conflict […]

Biden on racism: Whites ‘can never fully understand’

2:22 pm September 16, 2019

Birmingham: Visiting a black church bombed by the Ku Klux Klan during the civil rights era, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has framed current racial tensions as part of an enduring struggle that is older than the nation. “In a centuries long campaign of violence, fear, trauma, brought upon black people in this country, the […]

Irrespective of the winner of presidential polls, India-US relationship to remain strong

Trump to join Modi in Houston to address 50K Indian-Americans, says White House

2:14 pm September 16, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Houston’s mega “Howdy, Modi!” event on September 22, the White House said on Sunday. Reflecting on the new bonhomie in the India-US ties under the Trump administration, this is for the first time in recent history that the leaders of the two largest […]

Gun control must include background checks- Democratic leaders warned Trump

Gun control must include background checks, Dems warn Trump

3:06 am September 16, 2019

WASHINGTON: Congressional Democratic leaders warned President Donald Trump on Sunday that any proposal on gun control must include a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases — or else risk no legislation at all. In a joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said they spoke Sunday morning […]

Vaping-related illness sickens over 500 in US

New York moves to enact statewide flavored e-cigarettes ban

2:47 am September 16, 2019

NEW YORK: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that the state health commissioner would be making a recommendation this week to the state Public Health and Health Planning […]