Day: October 14, 2019

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Saudi fans delight in West Bank game, shrug off geopolitics

10:41 am October 14, 2019

Riyadh : Saudi football fans are delighted about their national team’s historic match Tuesday against their Palestinian “brothers” in the occupied West Bank, but dismiss suggestions it marks a gradual normalisation of ties between the kingdom and Israel. Arab clubs and national teams have historically refused to play in the Palestinian territories — occupied by […]

Ecuador govt, protesters agree deal to end deadly unrest

10:36 am October 14, 2019

Quito: Ecuador’s president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures put in place to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF. President Lenin Moreno met with Jaime Vargas, the head of the indigenous umbrella grouping CONAIE, for four hours of talks in the capital […]

Gundogan double rescues Germany in Estonia after Can sees red

10:30 am October 14, 2019

Tallinn: Ilkay Gundogan scored two second-half goals to help 10-man Germany claim a 3-0 win away to lowly Estonia in Sunday’s Euro 2020 qualifier despite the early dismissal of Emre Can. Germany won 8-0 when the sides met in Mainz last June, but the visitors got into trouble when Can was sent off after just […]

Hamilton in no hurry to win Formula One title in Mexico

10:22 am October 14, 2019

Suzuka (Japan): Lewis Hamilton said he was in no hurry to win a sixth world championship after the title battle was reduced to a two-horse Mercedes race at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Formula One circus moves on to Mexico in two weeks’ time where Hamilton, enjoying a 64-point lead over Valtteri Bottas, can wrap […]

TSRTC strike: Conductor hangs self to death

9:58 am October 14, 2019

Hyderabad: A TSRTC conductor allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house on Sunday night, hours after a driver who had set himself ablaze succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here, police said. Surender Goud, aged around 50, hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his house here even as family members broke […]

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