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North Korea: US diplomacy is gaining results, says Mattis

North Korea: US diplomacy is gaining results, says Mattis

15 August 2017, 12:06

Mattis said that the US effort to counter the nuclear missile ambitions of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being "diplomatically led". U.S. Defense Secretary General James Mattis said on Thursday that the country's military is "ready" to cou...

25 dead in Nepal floods, landslips

25 dead in Nepal floods, landslips

15 August 2017, 12:08

Landslides and flooding are common in the Himalayan region during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September. NRCS has already deployed 448 Red Cross volunteers including District Disaster Response Team (DDRT) members, trained First A...

Virginia State Trooper who died in Charlottesville crash was Germantown High graduate

Virginia State Trooper who died in Charlottesville crash was Germantown High graduate

15 August 2017, 12:05

No one on the ground was reported to be injured. Earlier in the day, a auto rammed into a crowd of counter protesters. The helicopter, a Bell 407, was assisting with public safety resource efforts for the riot in Charlottesville, police said.

Trump to make day trip to Washington during his vacation: White House

Trump to make day trip to Washington during his vacation: White House

13 August 2017, 12:26

Donald Trump has been cleared out of the Oval Office - though not in the way MSNBC anchors might wish. New granite curb is installed on the ground of the White House in front of the West Wing. Walls that once held photos were bare as moving pods w...

Almost seven in 10 judge Congress a failure so far

Almost seven in 10 judge Congress a failure so far

12 August 2017, 12:09

This is also the lowest rating Congress has received since the 13% job approval recorded in July 2016. Republicans themselves are evenly split 44% to 44% on whether the GOP-led Congress has been a success or failure so far. Norris doesn't rule ...

Backed forces besiege IS militants in Raqqa

Backed forces besiege IS militants in Raqqa

12 August 2017, 12:10

Over 200 fighters of the Syriac Military Council (MFS) now fight alongside other SDF factions in Western Raqqa to liberate the city from ISIS . The U.S. Ryan Dillon, a spokesperson for the USA -led counter ISIS coalition. She said however that the 2...

Convoy of former Pakistan PM Sharif kills boy at rally

Convoy of former Pakistan PM Sharif kills boy at rally

12 August 2017, 12:09

Railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique called the teenager "the first martyr of this movement for democracy" in an address to the thousands-strong crowd in nearby Gujrat. Sharif, 67, said that it was pity that none of the prime ministers in the 70-ye...

Economic Survey-2 flags risks to growth, backs rate cuts

Economic Survey-2 flags risks to growth, backs rate cuts

12 August 2017, 12:11

Subramanian said India is undergoing a structural shift in the inflationary process toward low inflation. The Finance Ministry on Friday tabled the second volume of the Economic Survey for the financial year 2016-17, which stated that it will b...

Snap founders won't sell shares despite plummetting price

Snap founders won't sell shares despite plummetting price

12 August 2017, 12:09

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD purchased a new position in shares of Snap during the first quarter worth $2,119,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. ...

AIADMK factions seen near merger as star icons attend DMK event

AIADMK factions seen near merger as star icons attend DMK event

12 August 2017, 12:07

Meanwhile, the faction headed by former Chief Minister Panneerselvam moved the Election Commission seeking a declaration that Sasikala's appointment as General Secretary and her subsequent appointment of Dinakaran as Deputy General Secretary was ...

Possibly tainted eggs found in more countries

Possibly tainted eggs found in more countries

11 August 2017, 12:13

The tiny duchy is the eighth nation to be affected after eggs contaminated with the chemical fipronil were found in Belgium , the Netherlands , Germany , Sweden , Switzerland , Britain and France . The food authority did, however, ensure ...

EUROPE MARKETS: European Stocks Slide After US And North Korea Cross Swords

EUROPE MARKETS: European Stocks Slide After US And North Korea Cross Swords

11 August 2017, 12:10

Unsurprisingly, Acacia Mining led the movers on London's second-tier index, bucking the miner trend which saw most of its competitors fall, thanks to rising silver and gold prices on the back of the news out of Asia. But losses soon resumed, with T...

Shehbaz Sharif will be PML-N new President :Zafarul Haq

11 August 2017, 12:09

No democratically elected civilian prime minister in Pakistan has completed a full term in the office. Opposition parties were not convinced about the numbers. Mr. Sharif, however, has brushed aside all concerns and told his colleagues that it wa...

Colbert Interviews God, Mocks Trump's 'Divine Permission' To Fight North Korea

11 August 2017, 12:05

President Donald Trump's daily pronouncements typically are greeted by most Americans with a mixture of sarcasm and humor. However, according to an article in the Boston Globe, quoting an expert in the realm of presidential power, Trump has nea...

Syria: sources, 22 civilians killed in coalition raids Raqqa

10 August 2017, 03:38

Black smoke rises from Raqqa where US -forces are battling ISIS militants, in, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. United States and Russian-backed forces have killed at least 19,663 civilians in Syria and Iraq between August 2014 and July 2017...

Branden Albert changes mind about retiring, wants to return to Jaguars

Branden Albert changes mind about retiring, wants to return to Jaguars

10 August 2017, 03:34

Part of the issue was a contract dispute, and part of it was that Albert simply didn't seem to want to be a Jaguar . They need the offensive line depth even if Albert doesn't start, and it would be disastrous for the Jaguars to cut him only to see t...

Researcher Says Our Opioid Death Stats Are Way Off

Researcher Says Our Opioid Death Stats Are Way Off

10 August 2017, 03:25

His results claim the national rate of fatal opioid overdoses spiked in 2014 from 9 for every 100,000 people to 11.2, while the rate of fatal heroin overdoses jumped from 3.3 to 4 per every 100,000 people. "Increases in heroin death rates were unders...

TSA: Virginia airport checkpoint detects woman's baby blue handgun

TSA: Virginia airport checkpoint detects woman's baby blue handgun

10 August 2017, 02:53

A North Carolina woman who authorities say brought a loaded handgun to the airport has been cited. The arrest comes five days after a Bridgewater man was arraigned on firearms charges in connection to a handgun found in his carry-on. Safety is the ...

Seth Meyer's mocks Kayleigh McEnany's Trump News gig

Seth Meyer's mocks Kayleigh McEnany's Trump News gig

10 August 2017, 02:49

Kayleigh McEnany, a former conservative contributor for CNN, announced her departure from the network on Saturday only to reappear as the host of this Trump Tower-recorded series on Sunday. You can see the entire segment below. McEnany did face som...

Lancaster road-rage suspect caught on video, police say

Lancaster road-rage suspect caught on video, police say

10 August 2017, 02:51

Best says she supports stepped up enforcement of aggressive driving anywhere in North Texas. Best said she passed the man, but it wasn't until after she got to work and called the police that she realized he had a gun trained on her as she drove by...