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Top JK brass apprise EU MPs delegation of situation in state

11:51 pm October 29, 2019

Srinagar: The top police and civil officials of the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday told a delegation of 23 EU MPs that people have been yearning for peace but the terrorists have been continuously threatening them by firing bullets. During an interaction with the law makers from different European countries, DGP Dilbag Singh said […]

Trump says China trade deal still on after adviser's remarks

Phase one of trade deal with China to be signed ahead of schedule: Trump

11:16 pm October 28, 2019

Washington : US President Donald Trump on Monday said the phase one of the trade deal with China was going to be signed ahead of schedule. “We are looking, probably, to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the China deal. We’ll call it ‘phase one’, but it is a very […]

Firefighters battle fierce wildfires across California

12:52 pm October 26, 2019

Los Angeles: Wildfires raged across California on Friday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as over 1,000 firefighters tackled flames in the southern part of the state alone. Tens of thousands of residents near Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, fled their homes as the so-called Tick Fire scorched over 4,000 acres (1,618 hectares) and was […]

Moscow, Damascus deploy forces to Syria-Turkey border

8:05 pm October 25, 2019

Qamishli (Syria): Damascus and Moscow deployed extra forces Friday to Syria’s border with Turkey, even as Washington partially reversed a drawback to boost its own military presence near key Syrian oil fields. The United States earlier this month announced a pullout from Kurdish-held areas in northeast Syria, allowing Damascus, Ankara and Moscow to carve up […]

Trump again attacks Fed, says central bank ‘derelict in its duties’

8:53 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump once again attacked the US Federal Reserve on Thursday, calling for more interest rate cuts to stimulate the American economy. “The Federal Reserve is derelict in its duties if it doesn’t lower the Rate and even, ideally, stimulate,” he said on Twitter, a relatively mild epithet after calling policymakers “boneheads” and […]