WASHINGTON - The United States is accusing Russia of hiding the true intent of its military buildup along the border with Ukraine following consultations with allies about heightening tensions in the region. U.S. officials declined Friday to share specifics on the number or types of Russian forces they have seen massing near Ukrainian territory ... U.S.
Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops “in self-defence”, officials said ... The latest incident in the northern district of Coochbehar 700 kilometres north of Kolkata saw a crowd of around 400 people surround troops guarding a polling station ... .
TEHRAN. Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after talks on rescuing it got underway ... Former PresidentDonald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 ... ....
Two dead whales have washed up on the same stretch of Bangladesh coastline in two days, officials said Saturday, raising suggestions that they were killed by sea pollution ... "The carcass of the whale found today is at least 50 feet (16 metres) long and 10 feet wide ... "Primarily we think the two have died from consuming plastic and polluted objects ... ....
San Francisco, April 10 . Tech giant Google said it has blocked several terms associated with hate speech from being used as ad keywords on YouTube videos ... At the same time, the report found, Google was blocking advertisers from using terms such as "Black Lives Matter" to find videos and channels to run ads against.
Chad is gearing up for a tense presidential election on Sunday, which has already seen plots to assassinate prominent political figures and bomb polling stations and opposition calls for a boycott ... The election is likely to hand the country's 30-year leader Idriss Deby a sixth term as 10 of his challengers were either barred or quit ... A new chapter? ... .
NASA helicopter, dubbed the Ingenuity, placed on Mars could take its first flight over the Red Planet within two days after a successful initial test of its rotors, the US space agency said Friday.... .
NEW DELHI — MultipleIndian states are warning the federal government of COVID-19 vaccine shortages as another spike in cases threatens to overrun the country and its already-feeble medical infrastructure ... .
Taking its war against Jack Ma-founded empire to a serious level, Chinese regulators have slapped a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) on e-commerce giant Alibaba GroupHolding. The fine has been imposed on Alibaba for violating anti-monopoly rules as the country seeks to rein in the power of internet conglomerates ... .
Seoul (CNN)South Korea unveiled its homegrown supersonic jet fighter on Friday, joining an exclusive club of military aviation giants and setting the stage for a $5.2 billion program it hopes will be a top export driver and jobs creator ... Read More ... The effect will be much greater if they're exported," Moon said ... Exclusive club ... Overseas sales ... .
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Djibouti’s government says longtime PresidentIsmail Omar Guelleh has overwhelmingly won a fifth term, citing provisional results ... Other opposition boycotted Friday’s vote. The final results are expected to be announced later Saturday by the electoral commission ... “Let’s continue together!” ... .
NEW DELHI. .com Inc’s fierce resistance to unionisation, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor drive at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, people close to the events said ... In each case, the unions were wrong ... .
Dubai. The UAE on Saturday announced two new Emirati astronauts, bringing the total number to four now. The announcement was tweeted by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Read more. Watch. Who will join UAE astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi? ... About Al Mulla ... .