London: As many as 21,000 US women ordered abortion pills online in the past six months (between October 2018 and March 2019), according to figures revealed by Aid Access, a charity. The charity, a European organisation, provides online prescriptions for abortion pills that are dispatched to the US by mail, reports the Guardian. Aid Access […]
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Sushma Swaraj refers to Pulwama at SCO meet
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan): India on Wednesday spoke about the Pulwama terror attack at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here and said the subsequent terror strikes in neighbouring Sri Lanka had made it more determined to fight the scourge firmly. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, while attending the SCO Foreign Ministers’s conference, said that […]
Send your name to fly aboard next Mars rover
Washington: Although it will be years before the first humans set foot on Mars, the US space agency has invited public to submit their names to fly abroad the next rover to Red Planet in 2020. Souvenir boarding passes will display names submitted by the people which will also be on microchips aboard the Mars […]
Jeff Bezos finally gets ‘.amazon’ domain: Report
San Francisco: After seven years of trying, Jeff Bezos led e-commerce giant Amazon has finally bagged the ‘.amazon’ domain name from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The e-commerce giant first applied for this domain in 2012 but its approval took seven years because a group of South American countries through which […]
Facebook sharing users’ data with telecom firms, phone makers: Report
San Francisco: A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept has revealed that the social networking giant is offering private data of its users without their knowledge or consent to 100 different telecom companies and phone makers in 50 countries. Confidential documents seen by the website showed late Monday that Facebook is helping operators and phone […]
Donald Trump says he uses Twitter as ‘typewriter’
San Francisco: US President Donald Trump has said that Twitter, where his posts often circulate as memes, is nothing more than just a “typewriter” to him. Trump spoke about his “Twitter Theory” during an interview with Fox News Channel, CNN reported on Monday. “Twitter is really a typewriter for me. It’s really not Twitter — […]
Amid uneasy calm, Sri Lanka extends nationwide curfew
Colombo: Amid an uneasy calm, Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a nationwide curfew for a second night after two days of anti-Muslim violence in the wake of the Easter bombings and warned that rioters will be dealt with maximum force. Although no fresh incidents of violence were reported on Tuesday, the curfew will remain in […]
Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew as riots spread
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Monday declared a nationwide curfew as anti-Muslim riots spread to parts of the island nation, just three weeks after multiple suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State killed over 250 people and injured hundreds. The curfew will remain in force till 4 a.m. Tuesday, said police spokesman S.P. Ruwan Gunasekara. Prime Minister […]
Militants attack hotel in Balochistan province
Quetta: Heavily-armed militants attacked the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the port city of Gwadar in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Saturday. Foreign and local guests were safely evacuated from the hotel, officials said. According to Geo News, several gunshots were heard after at least three heavily-armed militants were believed to have entered the hotel. […]
UK court again rejects Nirav Modi’s bail plea
London: A British court on Wednesday extended, till May 30, the judicial custody of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, while rejecting his fourth bail plea as it suspected that he could flee the country and “interfere” with witnesses. The Westminster Magistrates’ Court ordered the Metropolitan Police to put him under its custody till the next hearing […]