Day: September 18, 2019

President Trump names special envoy for hostage affairs as his new NSA

8:21 pm September 18, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named special envoy for hostage affairs Robert O’Brien as the new National Security Adviser to replace John Bolton, who was fired last week. O’Brien has been serving as the special envoy for hostage affairs at the Department of State has been chosen for the role, Trump tweeted. “I […]

PM-Mamata meeting : Banerjee’s good sense has prevailed

8:18 pm September 18, 2019

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Wednesday said he is happy that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “good sense” has prevailed and she has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi during the day. Banerjee, who is also the TMC supremo, called on Modi in New Delhi during the day. The prime minister’s office tweeted […]

Israeli police: Knife-wielding Palestinian woman shot dead

8:14 pm September 18, 2019

Ramallah: Israeli police say private security guards at a checkpoint near Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian woman after she pulled out a knife at the crossing. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the woman was taken to a hospital where she died of her wounds, adding that Wednesday’s incident at the Qalandia checkpoint “is being […]

NY Times ends separate Spanish-language operation

8:07 pm September 18, 2019

New York: The New York Times is shutting down its Spanish-language service called NYT en Espanol, saying it was not “financially successful.” The service launched in 2016 had included around 10 “high-quality original and translated” New York Times stories a day in Spanish. “We launched NYT en Espanol as part of an experiment to reach […]

Niger, China launch oil pipeline project crossing Benin

8:03 pm September 18, 2019

Niamey: Niger and China are to build a 2,000-kilometre (1,250-mile) pipeline to carry crude oil from southeast Niger to the port of Seme in Benin, the Niger president’s office announced Wednesday. President Mahamadou Issoufou launched the project on Tuesday at the Agadem oil field in the southeast of the country, where the China National Petroleum […]