London, August 14 : Amid golf games and beach fun, President Barack Obama has brought a handful of books with him on the Martha’s Vineyard beach for his summer reading.The 44th U.S. President, who was on a 16-day vacation on the island, derived the time to read fictions such as Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller […]
London, Aug 14 : Swedish prosecutors will drop their investigation into the sexual assault charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange due to the statute of limitations. According to the BBC, since the prosecutors have not succeeded in questioning the Wikileaks founder, they have run out of time to investigate Assange for sexual assault.Assange denies all allegations […]
London, Aug 14 : Chinese authorities have sent military chemical experts to Tianjin following explosions that left at least 50 people dead.According to the BBC, the blasts destroyed buildings, shipping containers and thousands of new cars in an industrial port area.It is not yet confirmed as to what caused the blasts and whether chemicals have […]
Melbourne, Aug 14 : Wharf workers in Sydney and Brisbane, who were sacked by text message have won reprieve in court. The 11th-hour battle of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) in the Federal Court secured court orders barring Hutchison Ports from terminating the employment of nearly 100 workers, the News.com.au reported.The workers, who were […]
New Delhi, Aug 14 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday trained his guns on the BJP-led NDA Government over the forceful eviction of ex-servicemen protesting at the Jantar Mantar over the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) scheme and asked whether the ruling dispensation is attempting to state that those who helped us get […]