Tag: Us

New York: Two sisters in the US city of Atlanta have been charged over the killing of a three-year-old boy whose only crime, police said, was taking a cupcake. Kejuan Mason had sneaked the cupcake from the kitchen while at home with Glenndria and Lashirley Morris, the BBC quoted the police as saying. According to the […]

Washington: The US State Department on Wednesday added Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh into its terrorist list. Haniyeh, leader and chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas, was designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) together with three other groups, Xinhua reported. All of their property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction will be […]

Washington: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the Gulf of Alaska in the US on Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning along the coastline that urged people in the affected areas to head to higher ground. The earthquake had previously been measured at magnitude 8.2. It hit 300 km southeast of Kodiak at […]

New York: US stocks closed higher with the Dow closing above 26,000 for the first time, following the release of stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday added 322.79 points, or 1.25 per cent, to 26,115.65, Xinhua news agency reported. The S&P 500 increased 26.14 points, or 0.94 per cent, to […]

Washington: The US has announced that it will withhold more than half of the funding it provides for a UN agency that supports Palestinians, about two weeks after President Donald Trump threatened to pull funding for the group. Washington will withhold $65 million out of its scheduled $125 million payment to the UN Relief Works […]

Islamabad: The US has conveyed to Pakistan that the military training component of the aid would continue despite suspension of the security assistance package, media reports said on Thursday. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua informed the Senate’s foreign affairs committee on Wednesday that the US would continue funding the aid components that support their national interest, […]

Washington: An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii in the US into panic before it was declared a false alarm. Mobile phone users on Saturday received a message saying: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” State Governor David Ige apologised and said it was caused by an […]

Washington:The East Coast in the US is shivering in a record-breaking freeze in the wake of a deadly “bomb cyclone” that dumped snow as far south as Florida. In parts of the US and Canada, temperatures were forecast to fall below -29 degrees Celsius, with wind chill making it feel more like -67 degrees Celsius […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of cutting off aid to the Palestinian territories unless its leaders agree to resume negotiations to broker a peace deal with Israel, the media reported. “We pay the Palestinians hundred of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don’t even want […]

Los Angeles: A man from California was arrested in connection with a prank call to police that led to another man’s death in Kansas state, the media reported. The incident is the latest example of swatting, in which a person makes a false report to draw large numbers of law enforcement or SWAT teams to […]

Washington: A woman in the US state of Pennsylvania got the shock of a lifetime after she received a multibillion dollar electricity bill for the month of December. Mary Horomanski from Erie went online to check her electricity bill earlier this month, only to find that she owes the power company a staggering $284 billion. […]

Seoul: As a warning to North Korea over its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, the US and South Korea began their largest-ever Air Force exercise involving some 230 warplanes including F-22 Raptors as well as F-35 Lightning II fighters, cloaked with the world’s most advanced stealth coating here on Monday. The five-day Vigilant Air Combat […]

New Delhi: Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War”, that features an ensemble of superheroes, will release in India a week before it is released in the US. The much-awaited movie will release in India on April 27, 2018. It will open in the US on May 4. “With every title, the popularity and fan following of Marvel’s […]

New York: Think how it would be if we can enjoy a chilled beer on Mars? A US brewing company Anheuser-Busch plans make “Budweiser” the first brand of beer on the Red Planet. Budweiser is upholding its commitment, announced earlier this year at an event “South by Southwest” that “it would create a beer suitable […]

Tokyo: Eight persons have been rescued after a US Navy aircraft carrying 11 people aboard crashed off the coast of Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese Defence Ministry said. Rescue operations were being conducted jointly by the US military and the Japanese Self-Defence Forces. Preliminary US military reports indicated that engine failure may have caused the […]