Hyderabad braces up for hot days – The Hindu – The Hindu
Hyderabad braces up for hot days – The HinduThe HinduDue to the prevailing Southeasterly to Southerly winds over Telangana, the maximum temperature is likely to rise by three degree Celsius in the next seven days … and more »
London attacker Khalid Masood was a criminal with militant links
Author: ReutersFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490339216289635300BIRMINGHAM, England: Before he killed at least four people in Britain’s deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Masood was considered by intelligence officers to be a criminal who posed little serious threat.A British-born Muslim convert, Masood had shown up on the periphery of previous terrorism investigations that brought him to the attention […]
Fillon accuses French president of involvement in plot against him
Author: ReutersFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490338811569617800PARIS: French presidential candidate Francois Fillon accused President Francois Hollande on Thursday of being involved in what he alleges is a government plot to spread damaging media leaks about his affairs to destroy his chances of being elected.The conservative Fillon, the campaign’s one-time front-runner whose poll ratings have plunged amid a financial scandal, stepped […]
South China Sea installations ‘primarily’ civilian: Li
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490338652559609000SYDNEY: China is not militarising the disputed South China Sea, the country’s premier said Friday in Australia, claiming defense equipment Beijing has installed on artificial islands is “primarily” for civilian use.The sea is a source of growing regional tension, with Beijing insisting it has sovereignty over virtually all the resource-rich waters, which […]
In Trump land, painful choices await if Obamacare goes
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490338547659601500ROGERSVILLE, UNITED STATES: Maribeth Coote says she hates Obamacare, but it’s the only health coverage option she can afford in this remote, hardscrabble corner of southwestern Pennsylvania.The government should “just back off and let me figure it out, and get out of the whole industry” of health care, the 52-year-old Chicago transplant […]
Pope Francis to offer birthday counsel to troubled EU
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490334444939505500 VATICAN CITY: European Union leaders will receive guidance from Pope Francis Friday, on the eve of the troubled bloc’s 60th anniversary celebrations in Rome. On past form, the Argentine pontiff is unlikely to pull his punches in a Friday evening audience with 27 heads of state or government tasked with charting […]
ICC set for first monetary awards to war crimes victims
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490333948399472800THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Criminal Court are expected on Friday to unveil the first compensation awards to victims of war crimes, with lawyers estimating a 2003 attack on a Congolese village caused $16.4 million in damage.Friday’s order for reparations for 304 victims of former Congolese warlord Germain Katanga is set […]
Trump ultimatum: Pass health bill Friday or he’ll move on
Author: Agence France PresseFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490333434609455700 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump warned Republicans that he is done negotiating and wants a vote Friday on dismantling Obamacare, setting up a high-stakes showdown with members of the president’s own party over his embattled health care plan. House leaders were forced to postpone a Thursday vote on the measure amid a revolt […]
‘Low-tech’ terror threat in spotlight as Daesh claims London attack
Author: BEN FLANAGANFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490303611854472500 LONDON: Experts have warned of the threat posed by “low-tech” terror attacks, following Wednesday’s deadly rampage outside the UK Parliament and questions over another incident in Antwerp. The London attacker — who mowed down two civilians with his car and stabbed a policeman before being shot dead — was on Thursday named […]
Indian politician hits air steward 25 times with slipper over seat
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490303611914473000MUMBAI: An Indian politician brazenly admitted on Thursday that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his slipper during a row over a seat.Ravindra Gaikwad, an MP in India’s lower house for the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, claimed that the attendant had insulted him first on the Pune […]
