Day: October 21, 2020

European Council President Charles Michel

EU to UK on Brexit talks: ‘You can’t have cake, eat it too’

3:14 pm October 21, 2020

Brussels: The European Union took a defiant tone on Wednesday as the standoff over resuming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United Kingdom intensified, telling London that “you cannot have your cake and eat it too.” European Council President Charles Michel refused to bow to British insistence for the EU to fundamentally change its negotiating stance and cede more to U.K. demands. Michel said instead that […]

Afghan officials: 8 inmates dead after prison riot in Herat

Stampede kills 11 Afghans seeking visas to leave country

3:11 pm October 21, 2020

Kabul: At least 11 women were trampled to death when a stampede broke out Wednesday among thousands of Afghans waiting in a soccer stadium to get visas to leave the country, officials said. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of the eastern Nangarhar province, said another 13 people, mostly women, were injured at the stadium, where they […]

Skeet Ulrich boards Michelle Monaghan-starrer ‘Blood’

2:57 pm October 21, 2020

Los Angeles: Actor Skeet Ulrich will be starring opposite Michelle Monaghan in psychological thriller “Blood”. Filmmaker Brad Anderson will be directing the film from a script penned by Will Honley, according to Deadline. The story follows Jess (Monaghan), a separated mother and nurse who moves with her daughter and young son back into her old family farmhouse. “Shortly after settling in, her son is […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Hyderabad rains: Telangana CM directs officials to stay alert, examine tanks

2:49 pm October 21, 2020

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday instructed the official machinery to remain on high alert and ensure that tanks and lakes in the city are not breached due to heavy rains and flash floods. The direction was issued in the wake of a Met department forecast that thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is very likely to occur […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Polish academics protest ‘fundamentalist’ education minister

2:39 pm October 21, 2020

Warsaw: Activists dressed as security guards hung a banner over a Polish Education Ministry building early Wednesday to protest the appointment of a new minister whom they consider to be a religious fundamentalist and a danger to the nation’s youth and universities. University academics in Poland are protesting the conservative government’s appointment of a new education minister […]