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Trump has made it clear mediation offer on Kashmir not on table anymore: Shringla

4:47 pm August 13, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump has made it clear that his offer of mediation on Kashmir is not on the table anymore, a top Indian diplomat said on Monday. India’s Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, said that America’s decades-old policy on Kashmir has been no mediation but to encourage India and Pakistan to […]

Argentine peso, stock exchange plummet after crushing Macri vote defeat

11:14 pm August 12, 2019

Buenos Aires: Argentina’s peso and the Buenos Aires stock exchange plunged on Monday after populist center-left candidate Alberto Fernandez crushed pro-business President Mauricio Macri in a party primary election over the weekend. Nervousness reigned as the peso opened at 53 to the dollar, a drop of 14 per cent from its closing figure of 46.55 […]

Conservative Alejandro Giammattei elected Guatemala president

10:05 am August 12, 2019

Guatemala City: Conservative Alejandro Giammattei was elected as Guatemala’s president on Sunday, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off, the central American country’s electoral court said. With the results being updated in real time on the court’s website, the institution’s president Julio Solorzano declared the result “already irreversible.” Giammattei will succeed corruption-tainted outgoing […]

Amarinder dubs Kejriwal's announcement of observing fast as 'theatrics'

Happy to see Sonia Gandhi back in the saddle: Amarinder Singh

9:58 am August 11, 2019

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has welcomed Sonia Gandhi’s appointment as interim president of the Congress as the best decision in the current circumstances and said her experience and understanding will help guide the party. Other Congress leaders from Punjab and Haryana also hailed her appointment as interim president and said Sonia Gandhi has […]

NKorea's Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

N Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised weapons tests

9:08 am August 11, 2019

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul. The report by North Korean state […]