Day: January 21, 2020

Airbus to build second production line in France for A321 jets

7:54 pm January 21, 2020

Paris: European aircraft maker Airbus said Tuesday it will build a new production line for its hugely popular A321 single-aisle jet in France, adding to the output of the original plant in Germany. From 2022, the jets will be built at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, southern France, as well as in Hamburg, Germany. “We are […]

Dutch farm dad ‘beat bad spirits out of kids’

7:50 pm January 21, 2020

The Hague: A Dutchman isolated six of his children in a remote farmhouse from birth and beat them to drive out “bad spirits” from the outside world, prosecutors told a court on Tuesday. Gerrit Jan van D., 67, subjected the youngsters who were found on the farm in the village of Ruinerwold in October to […]

Iraq officials: 9 wounded, protesters take a Baghdad highway

7:40 pm January 21, 2020

Baghdad: Iraqi riot police opened fire on Tuesday amid clashes with anti-government protesters on a central Baghdad highway, wounding at least nine, officials said, the latest since violence erupted again last week between demonstrators and security forces. The clashes on the key Mohammed al-Qassim highway broke out when riot police moved in to disperse a […]

China coronavirus: Death toll rises to 6 as leaders warn officials against cover up

7:32 pm January 21, 2020

Beijing: At least six persons have died of the new SARS-like virus in China with top leaders warning officials against any cover up of the information on its outbreak even as the WHO is considering declaring an international public health emergency to combat the deadly illness. The number of infected people has also increased sharply […]

Kejriwal files nomination after waiting for over 6 hours: AAP

7:25 pm January 21, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal filed his nomination after waiting for over six hours on Tuesday, the Aam Aadmi Party said. Kejriwal was 45th in queue to file his nomination from the New Delhi constituency from where he had registered a landslide victory defeating Congress’ Sheila Dikshit in the 2015 assembly election. AAP […]