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In Congo, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has won the long-delayed presidential election. The electoral commission announced today that Tshisekedi has won with 38.57 percent of more than 18 million ballots cast. Martin Fayulu, another opposition candidate, has rejected the outcome of the December 30 poll, calling it an electoral coup. […]
Washington D.C., Jan 10 (ANI): United States Government shutdown reached an impasse after US President Donald Trump on Wednesday walked out of the negotiation meeting over wall funding with Congressional leaders — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer. The US President stated […]
The extended US-China talks to resolve the trade war between the two greatest economy concluded in Beijing on a positive note on Wednesday. A American official described the dialogue as good one for the US. After the talks concluded, Ted McKinney, US Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs […]
Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered another setback as British MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of a three-day period to present next steps on Brexit if her deal is rejected. The government was expecting to have at least 21 days to come up with a plan B for Brexit. […]
London’s Heathrow airport, the busiest aviation hub of Europe, on Tuesday suspended all departing flights for a brief period following reports of a drone sighting, just three weeks after a similar incident at Gatwick airport led to the grounding of about 1,000 flights. The flights were suspended at around […]
At least 13 people have been killed in weather-related accidents across Europe over the last week, most of them from avalanches. In Norway, attempts to find the bodies of four skiers were again put on hold yesterday due to poor visibility and heavy snowfall. A 29-year Swedish woman and three […]
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has filed a miscellaneous application in the Islamabad High Court seeking early hearing of his plea for suspension of sentence in Al Azizia Reference corruption case. In his appeal challenging the Accountability Court Islamabad’s verdict in the case, Sharif pleaded for annulment of punishment […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held an hour-long meeting in Beijing yesterday. Citing sources, South Korean news agency Yonhap said, both leaders discussed the possible US-North Korea summit. The North Korean leader reached Beijing earlier in the day for an unannounced visit, at the invitation […]
US President Donald Trump has demanded funding for the US-Mexico border wall to halt, what he said, a growing humanitarian and security crisis. In his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, Mr Trump demanded 5.7 billion US dollars for steel barrier on Mexico border. He said, […]
London’s Heathrow airport, the busiest aviation hub of Europe, yesterday suspended all departing flights for a brief period following reports of a drone sighting. In a similar incident three weeks back, about 1,000 flights were grounded at the Gatwick airport. Around 81 airlines serving 204 destinations operate out of Heathrow […]
