Day: November 26, 2019

Hong Kong leader admits vote revealed ‘unhappiness’ with govt

8:23 am November 26, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader Carrie Lam acknowledged Tuesday that a crushing defeat for the city’s pro-Beijing establishment in weekend polls revealed public discontent over her government’s handling of months of political unrest. The elections showed concern over “deficiencies in the government, including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current […]

Indian-American student sexually assaulted, strangulated to death in Chicago

8:20 am November 26, 2019

Washington: A 19-year-old Indian-American student was sexually assaulted and then strangulated to death in Chicago, police said about a brutal murder that has shocked the community in the United States. Ruth George, originally hailing from Hyderabad and an honours student at the University of Illinois, was found dead in the back seat of a family-owned […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Chinese woman sentenced to 8 months for Mar-a-Lago trespass

8:14 am November 26, 2019

Fort Lauderdale (US): A federal judge has sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. Judge Roy Altman also ordered Monday that 33-year-old Yujing Zhang be deported after completing her sentence. She received nearly eight months credit because she has […]

Trump presents Conan the dog, ‘incredible’ hero of Baghdadi raid

7:50 am November 26, 2019

Washington: “So this is Conan — right now, probably the world’s most famous dog.” In a stream of superlatives, Donald Trump introduced to the world the military dog involved in the raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Conan did a fantastic job,” the US president told the […]

Stray dog saves abandoned kittens from cold Canada winter

7:47 am November 26, 2019

Ottawa: Good with cats: a stray dog found on the side of a road on a cold Canadian night keeping a litter of kittens warm needs a home. The two-year-old female mongrel, named Serenity by animal rescue officials, was discovered in a ditch on the side of a rural road near Chatham, Ontario a week […]