Singapore : Singapore Airlines announced on Wednesday the launch of a non-stop flight between Singapore and New York, the world’s longest commercial flight, in October. The flight would cover the 16,700 kilometres distance between the two cities in 18 hours and 45 minutes and would operate daily, Efe news reported citing the airline. “The flights […]
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Mexico will finance border wall: Trump
Washington : US President Donald Trump has insisted he will have Mexico pay for the construction of the border wall he has promised to build with the country. As Trump failed to get the US Congress to approve the wall being built with federal funds, he has returned to his initial proposal that it will […]
Angelina Jolie makes her Instagram debut
London : Actress Angelina Jolie made her Instagram debut when she photobombed actress Elle Fanning on the set of her new film “Maleficent 2”. On Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actress was seen smiling and flashing a peace sign behind Fanning on the set here, report dailymail.co.uk. This comes just six days before the mother-of-six is set to […]
Hurricane Maria kills 4,600 in Puerto Rico
San Juan : Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official death toll of 64, the media reported on Wednesday. A Harvard University study estimated that a third of deaths after September’s hurricane were due to interruptions in medical care caused by power cuts and broken road links, reports […]
India not prosecuting cow protection vigilantes: US
New York : The US has accused Indian authorities of not prosecuting cow protection vigilantes attacking Muslims suspected of slaughtering the animals or consuming beef amid “reports of hundreds of religiously motivated killings.” The State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report released on Tuesday said: “Authorities often did not prosecute violence by vigilantes against persons, mostly Muslims, […]
Israel strikes 35 targets, cross-border tunnel in Gaza
Jerusalem : Israel launched a massive airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hitting 35 targets and a cross-border tunnel, the latest in a back-and-forth exchange of fire after Palestinians launched mortars from Gaza into Israel. The Israeli military in a statement said the airstrike was in response to the barrage of 28 mortar shells […]
Malaysia ends four-year hunt for missing MH370
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia on Tuesday ended a four-year hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after searching more than 80,000 square kilometres without finding any traces of the aircraft. The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib […]
Three killed in Belgium shooting
Brussels : An attacker shot dead two police officers and a civilian in Belgium’s Liege city on Tuesday. The police told the BBC that the attacker was also killed and “neutralised” and the situation was now under control. Two other police officers were injured and the man also took a woman hostage, according to Belgian […]
Indian-origin girl killed in S. Africa botched car hijacking
Johannesburg : A nine-year-old Indian-origin girl has died after being shot during an apparent botched car hijacking in South Africa, sparking protests by the community members in Durban. Sadia Sukhraj, a grade four student from the Indian township of Chatsworth, was leaving her grandparents’ house in Shallcross along with her father Shailendra when three armed […]
Paris boy’s family thank Mali ‘Spiderman’
Paris : The family of a four-year-old boy who was dramatically rescued after dangling from a balcony in Paris have expressed their gratitude to the Malian man who saved him. “He’s truly a hero,” the boy’s grandmother said of migrant Mamoudou Gassama, who scaled four floors to rescue the child from danger. Gassama will be […]