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17 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

Paypal founder Peter Thiel considering running for California governor

Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is reportedly considering to run for California governor in 2018, according to three major Republicans.

16 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

Greater gap between the world's rich and poor: Oxfam

Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, anti-poverty organization Oxfam said only eight men own the same wealth as half the world's population.

16 Jan 2017

Hong Kong

Turkish cargo jet crashes into Kyrgyz homes

A Turkish cargo jet has crashed into homes near Manas airport in the village of Dacha-Suu in Kyrgyzstan, killing several people.

15 Jan 2017

El Salvador

El Salvador goes 24 hours without a single murder

An average Wednesday in El Salvador turned out to be a remarkable one, not because of what happened, but because of what didn't.

15 Jan 2017

Russia News

Unemployment expected to rise globally in 2017

International Labour Organization launched 'World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2017' providing forecasts for global unemployment in 2017 and 2018.

US to issue $100 coin featuring African-American Lady Liberty

The United States would issue a commemorative $100 gold coin depicting Lady Liberty as an African-American for the first time.

13 Jan 2017

Barack Obama

President Obama awards freedom medal to tearful VP Joe Biden

US President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to an emotional and surprised Vice President Joe Biden.

12 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

Highlights of President-elect Donald Trump's press conference

US President-elect Donald Trump faced a wide array of questions during his first press conference since July 2016.

12 Jan 2017

Venezuela

Venezuela's president threatens opposition over attempted ouster

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country's opposition would face "dire consequences" for their latest "coup."

11 Jan 2017

Narendra Modi

UAE Crown Prince to be India's Republic Day chief guest

UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the Chief Guest at this year's Republic Day parade; for the first time, a marching band from the UAE's defence forces will join the parade on Republic Day.

11 Jan 2017

Pakistan News

Pakistan planning to revive controversial military courts

The Pakistani government is planning to revive controversial military courts aimed at providing fast-tracked trials to hardcore terrorists.

11 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

Trump snubs announcer, ends 60-year-old presidential inauguration tradition

89-year-old Charlie Brotman has been the lead announcer at all presidential inauguration parades in the US since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957.

09 Jan 2017

Haiti

UN investigates Indian peacekeepers for entering Haiti without cholera vaccine

The United Nations (UN) is investigating Indian peacekeepers in Haiti for entering the Caribbean country without getting mandatory cholera vaccinations.

US Consular official attacked in Mexico by an American

A US Consular official was attacked in Mexico's second biggest city Guadalajara by a man wearing blue nurse uniform near a shopping center.

09 Jan 2017

Washington DC

Pot smokers to distribute joints at inauguration

Marijuana legalization advocates intend to distribute joints at Donald Trump's inauguration.

08 Jan 2017

World

Thousands of databases hacked by cyberthieves

A group of hackers hacked into thousands of web-based databases and deleted several data archives.

China's forex reserves drop, hit a 6-year low

China's foreign exchange reserves dropped by $41 billion to $3.011 trillion, the lowest since March 2011.

07 Jan 2017

ISIS

Extremism on the rise in Maldives

Experts have warned that Maldives may well have become the latest hub of Islamist extremism in South Asia.

07 Jan 2017

Israel

World's tallest solar tower coming up in Israel

World's tallest solar tower is under construction in Israel, as part of an ambitious renewable energy project, the Ashalim solar thermal project.

06 Jan 2017

Facebook

Is Mark Zuckerberg diving into politics? Speculations mount

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his personal goal for 2017 is to tour and meet people in every US state.

06 Jan 2017

SpaceX

China to launch 30 space missions in 2017

China has begun expanding its space faring capabilities.

05 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

US House Republicans drop proposal to weaken ethics office

Republican Party members in the US House of Representatives have dropped a controversial proposal to curb the powers of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).

04 Jan 2017

World

New evidence suggests that the Titanic sank due to fire

In a recent Channel 4 documentary, titled "Titanic: The New Evidence", journalist Senan Molony presented evidence to support a theory which suggests that the Titanic sank, not because it hit an iceberg, but because of a massive fire onboard.

04 Jan 2017

Donald Trump

Trump will not stop his social media onslaught

US President-elect Donald Trump is no stranger to social media.

03 Jan 2017

Elon Musk

Finland launches basic income experiment for the unemployed

Finland rolled out a unique social trial to pay its unemployed citizens a "universal basic income", becoming the first European country to do so.

03 Jan 2017

Israel

Israeli PM questioned by police over corruption allegations

Police questioned Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for about three hours over allegations of bribery and corruption; the Israeli Justice Ministry said it was about "receiving benefits from business people" and refused to divulge more details.

03 Jan 2017

Germany

Islamist terror is Germany's greatest threat: Merkel

In her new year's message, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed upon the fact that Islamist terror remained the greatest threat to Germany; calling the Berlin truck attack "sickening", she said 2016 had been a year of "severe tests".

03 Jan 2017

Kolkata

Knighthood for Indian-origin professor Shankar Balasubramanian

The New Years Honours List 2017 announced that a Chennai-born Medicinal Chemistry Professor at the University of Cambridge, Shankar Balasubramanian would be conferred a knighthood.

02 Jan 2017

Russia News

Donald Trump mistrusts online communications

In the background of hacking allegations against Russia, President-elect Donald Trump expressed his mistrust in online communications and believes "no computer is safe".

02 Jan 2017

Nepal

Rare power-cut free NYE in Kathmandu

Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, for the the first time in nearly a decade celebrated New year's eve without any power cuts - and India had a role to play here!

01 Jan 2017

China

China's plans to overhaul its tourism industry

Announcing a new plan for its tourism industry, China said that it plans to invest $290 billion in the industry by 2020.

31 Dec 2016

World

60 injured in crowd crush at an Australian music festival

An Australian music festival witnessed 60 injuries in the crush of a crowd leaving the performance.

30 Dec 2016

Bahrain

28-year-old Shiite journalist's killing stuns Bahrain

A 28-year-old Shiite journalist, Eman Salehi, was shot dead as her six-year-old son watched from inside her car in Bahrain's Riffa on 23 Dec'16.

30 Dec 2016

World

World's highest bridge opens to traffic in China

Beipanjiang Bridge, the world's highest bridge, is opened to traffic in a remote mountainous part of China.

30 Dec 2016

Barack Obama

Myanmar drafts legislation to protect women

Myanmar government is reportedly drafting a law that could imprison men for failing to marry pregnant women.

US labels LeT's student wing as terrorist outfit

The United States has added Lakshar-e-Taiba's student wing, Al-Muhammadia Students, to its list of terrorist organizations.

29 Dec 2016

Pakistan News

Former Pakistan President to contest elections

Former Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari returned from self-imposed exile to Pakistan a few days ago.

28 Dec 2016

Donald Trump

Must never repeat horrors of war, vows Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims of Pearl Harbor attack, during his visit to the US naval base here.

28 Dec 2016

Afghanistan

First woman pilot in Afghan air force seeks US asylum

Niloofar Rahmani- the first woman to fly with Afghanistan's air force has sought asylum in the US.

28 Dec 2016

Bhutan

Bhutan's orange exporters are worst hit

Demonetization has badly hit Bhutan's orange exports to India.