Trump invited two of his administration officials onto the stage during his speech: Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price . How did the BSA react? Although many called on the Boy Scouts of America to condemn the president's speech and to apologise for exposing their sons to it, the organisation stopped well short of that, describing itself in a st... [Full Article...]
According to the figures of the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 72 people have drowned in Gujarat this monsoon, including 42 in Banaskantha . Heavy showers pounded parts of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, and affected normal life in the metro cities of Kolkata and Mumbai. [Full Article...]
The University had won this particular case in October 2015, when a jury had slapped the company with a fine of $ 234 million . Apple kept saying that they have the patent for the particular processor they used and they did not at all infringe. [Full Article...]
Unless one is given to the EU's satisfaction within a month, the commission warned it may trigger Article 7 of the European Union charter, the never-before-used provision that allows individual members to be stripped of their voting rights. [Full Article...]
National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven Hurriyat leaders, six persons from Srinagar and one from New Delhi , in money laundering case. A special court on Tuesday granted the NIA 10-day custody of seven Kashmiri separatists, saying that it will enable the agency to interrogate them to unearth the complete conspiracy. [Full Article...]
Both the Obama administration and the Trump administration have argued that this restricts the Presidents ability to negotiate a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict , as lifting codified sanctions has proven very hard in the past. The note further states that the EU's primary focus should be on seeking "a public or written reassurance" from the Trump administration that it will "not apply ... [Full Article...]
Mr. Trump was reported to have made the decision almost a month ago, after an Oval office meeting with Central Intelligence Agency director mike Pompeo and national security adviser H R McMaster. I certainly think that what he's done to that country ( Syria ) and to humanity is frightful. In April, the USA military abruptly fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian air base in retaliation for a... [Full Article...]
The government will also make more than 200 million pounds, or $260 million, available for local governments to take short-term action, such as retrofitting buses, to reduce air pollution . From 2040, drivers will be able to buy electric vehicles only - ending the near 150-year reign of the internal combustion engine. Mr Gove told the BBC that diesel scrappage schemes are not the Government... [Full Article...]
The Baltimore Ravens will reportedly sign Rainey after sophomore running back Kenneth Dixon , who is suspended the first four games of the regular season for violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy, suffered a torn meniscus in his knee. [Full Article...]
Hezbollah was a "menace" from within to the Lebanese people and the region, Mr Trump added. "Our approach supporting the humanitarian needs of displaced Syrian citizens as close to their home country as possible is the best way to help most people", Trump said in the Rose Garden on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency , according to The Washington Post , assesses that the North will be able to field a reliable , nuclear-armed long-range ballistic missile as early as next year, much sooner than analysts initially expected. [Full Article...]
Mitchell was treated for injuries he sustained in the collision at the North Bay Medical Center . However, investigators say the testing revealed a condition that resulted in the infant being life-flighted to another hospital for treatment. [Full Article...]
The attack happened inside an office building on a shopping street in the centre of Schaffhausen, a medieval town of 36,000 inhabitants on the German border, police said. Insurer CSS spokeswoman Christina Wettstein told Blick the two were undergoing medical operations after the Monday morning attack and she doesn't know how they are doing. [Full Article...]
What did the study find? Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a neurodegenerative brain disease - was found in almost all of the donated brains of National Football League (NFL) players examined in a new study by the Journal of the American Medical Association . [Full Article...]
Rep. Blake Farenthold , R-Texas, she would, "beat the (expletive) out of him". WASHINGTON - Blake Farenthold would seem to have little to fear - except from a certain "female senator from the northeast" who was inadvertently recorded commenting on his looks, which she found wanting. [Full Article...]
When the rescue operations were going on fire brigade officer said 30-40 persons were still feared trapped. "The civic body's control room received a call at around 10:43 am about the accident", Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) fire brigade department chief P.S. [Full Article...]
He tossed 7 scoreless innings of four-hit ball, notching ten strikeouts. Ben Gamel tripled to right field and came in when Guillermo Heredia reached on a fielder's choice. Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox are calling up third base prospect Rafael Devers . To make room on the roster for Devers, the Red Sox optioned RHP Kyle Martin to Triple-A Pawtucket and transferred LHP... [Full Article...]
Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended the six Congress MPs, G Gogoi, KSuresh, Adhiranjan Chowdhary, Ranjeet Ranjan, Sushmita Dev and MK Raghavan. With six Congress MPs being suspended from the Lok Sabha for unruly behavior, Janata Dal (United) leader Harivansh on Tuesday asserted that suspension was not enough and that more stringent punishment is necessary. [Full Article...]
After months of planning, debating and legislating, much of it behind closed doors, the Senate this week has reached the moment when votes will have to be cast. Kentucky conservative Sen. Rand Paul wrote in an op-ed in The Hill on Monday. Trump earlier insisted he would not want the Senators to leave Washington , D.C. [Full Article...]
The designations come despite increased pressure from the USA secretary of state to begin lifting the boycott of Qatar and engage in talks to resolve the crisis. The Kuwaiti citizen named in the new list, Hamid Hamad Al Ali, is also on USA and United Nations terror sanctions lists, although it did not state whether he was based in Qatar. [Full Article...]