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President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has been fired -
President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has been fired. Bannon's ouster had been in the works for two weeks and a source said that while Bannon was given the option to resign, he was ultimately forced out. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed Bannon's departure, but claimed the decision for him to leave was mutual. A Breitbart White House reporter tweeted that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has returned to his role as Executive...
Boston 'Free Speech' rally ends earlier than expected -
Tens of thousands of anti-racism protesters marched Saturday in downtown Boston in response to a self-described “Free Speech” rally that had sparked concerns of possible violence. Organizers of the rally had publicly distanced themselves from the neo-Nazis, white supremacists and others whose “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville turned deadly Aug. The largely peaceful rally on Boston Common, which attracted only a small crowd, disbanded early and police escorted out the...
Barcelona attack: 13 killed as van hits crowd in Las Ramblas -
At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a van ploughed into crowds in Barcelona's Las Ramblas area on Thursday afternoon. Spanish Prime Minister calls deadly Barcelona attack 'jihadi terrorism' Witnesses described seeing a white van zig-zagging at speed along the pedestrianized area, deliberately targeting people, knocking many to the floor and sending others fleeing for cover in shops and cafes. The attack happened at the height of the season in one of Europe's top...
Business councils disband over President Trump’s remarks on Charlottesville -
President Trump's two business advisory groups have fallen apart in the wake of his remarks on Charlottesville. Trump said on Wednesday that he was disbanding the manufacturing and strategy forums. The decision comes as the heads of post-it maker 3M, Campbell Soup, Johnson & Johnson, and United Technologies announced their resignations on Wednesday. Mr. Trump said on Twitter: "Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am...
Obama's Charlottesville Tweet is one of most popular tweets ever -
Obama tweeted Saturday night: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion...” The quote is from former South African president Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. Obama posted the tweet alongside a picture of himself smiling at a group of children of different races. By Tuesday morning, the tweet had more than 2.5 million likes, making it the second most-liked tweet of all time. In the subsequent tweets,...
North Korea Walked Back its Threat on Guam -
State media reported Tuesday that Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, made the decision to walk back its threat on Guam, following a meeting with military commanders, but he reserved the right to fire the Hawsong-12 near Guam if the U.S. grows “more reckless.” North Korea’s apparent walk back of its threat to fire missiles near the U.S. territory of Guam could mean military tensions with the United States have been diminished or at least postponed. Much of the seeming escalation in...
Trump yields to pressure, condemns 'evil racism' in Charlottesville -
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia. "Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans," the president said in a statement...
Google engineer's anti-diversity manifesto goes ‘Internally Viral’ -
Google executives have responded to an engineer’s ant-diversity manifesto written by one of its male engineers thatargues women aren't suited for tech jobs for "biological" reasons. The unidentified author who is reportedly a rank-and-file software engineer at Google (GOOG). He contended that Google doesn't have more female engineers because men have a "higher drive for status." He argued that the company's diversity programs including seminars that...
US sanctions are 'trade war' on Russia, says Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev -
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said new sanctions imposed by the US are tantamount to declaring a "full-scale trade war" against Moscow. Medvedev said the measures, signed by Mr. Trump, demonstrated the complete impotence of the US president, whom he said had been humiliated by Congress. Writing on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Mr Medvedev said the sanctions package "ends hopes for improving our relations with the new US administration. "The sanctions regime has been codified...
Trump very ‘disappointed’ with China after North Korea missile test -
US President Donald Trump says he is "very disappointed" with China for not doing enough to stop North Korea's weapons programme. Writing on Twitter, US President Donald Trump says China is doing "nothing" to stop the North Korea’s missile program. "I am very disappointed in China," Trump wrote in a pair of Twitter posts. "...they do nothing for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!" His comments came a day after...
Mika Singh rocks Jersey -
Bollywood singer Mika Singh performs at the Ritz Theater in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The show was presented by Kanu Chauhan of Rajun Megastar Entertainment. A packed audience grooved to popular Bollywood numbers. Mika moved from his foot tapping songs to some golden melodies of yesteryears and bought the tempo up again post the break with some peppey Punjabi and Hindi numbers.
Bharatiya Senior Citizens honors Hari Patel -
Senior Citizens felicitated Hari Patel for receiving the iCAN Life time Achievement Award Winner for Out Standing Senior Services. The March 25 event held at the Rana Regan Community Center in Carol Stream, Ill., began with a welcome speech by Parasotam Pandya. Madhu Patel, Pandya, Rakshika Anjaria, Rashik Patel, Indu Patel, Madarsang Chavda, Vithal Balar, Kalyani Patel, Damini Patel, Chandravadan Chudasma, Chandubhai Dave, Madhusudan Patel, and Jayanti Oza honored and congratulated to...
Lisa Curtisto take up the position of senior director for South and Central Asia -
Lisa Curtis, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation has been tapped by National Security Adviser Herbert R. McMaster, to take up the position of senior director for South and Central Asia. Curtis has accepted and is currently being vetted, according to a report in the Washington Post. Curtis also has wide ranging experience in different parts of government – as an analyst at the CIA, an adviser to the State Department during the George W. Bush presidency, and on Capitol Hill at the...
Man gets 99 years for killing 3 on Christmas morning -
Man gets 99 years in prison for killing three people and injuring two others at a go-go bar in Irvington early Christmas Day three years ago. Imposing sentence on Anthony Field, 22, in a courtroom filled with family and friends of the man's victims, Superior Court Judge Martin G. Cronin said Field's actions that morning in 2013 reflected a sentence "that deters others from even imagining our society condones that kind of conduct." Slick's Go-Go BarA shooting at Slick's Go-Go Bar in...
Panera Bread sold for $7.5B -
Krispy Kreme have purchased Panera Bread for $7.5 billion and will privatize the company. JAB Holding Company is paying $315 per share and taking on $340 million in debt by acquiring the bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants, USAToday.com.
Steve Bannon was removed from his role with the National Security Council -
Steve Bannon was removed from his role with the National Security Council. Bannon The controversial senior counselor to President Trump, had been given the authority to participate in National Security Council Principals Committee meetings after Trump signed an executive memorandum in January. At the time, some experts called the move an unprecedented political appointment to the panel. Bannon, a former Breitbart News executive, had no objections to his removal, a source familiar with...
Attack in Syria on Tuesday "crossed a lot of lines for me," -
President Donald Trump during a press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II that began with Trump's condemning the "heinous actions," which left at least 72 people dead. Trump was asked if the attack crossed a red line for him, a reference to then-President Barack Obama's 2012 threat that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be seen as doing so. "It crossed a lot of lines for me. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, little babies, with a...
Caitlin Nelson died after taking part in a pancake eating contest -
Caitlin Nelson, died Sunday at a Connecticut hospital, three days after taking part in a pancake eating contest at the school. She was rushed to hospital Thursday evening during the Greek Life event, a spokeswoman from the school said in an emailed statement to NJ Advance Media. Officers who arrived at the scene were not able to clear her airway and had to remove food from her throat, according to the Fairfield Citizen. Police said that Nelson suffered from multiple food allergies, but it is...
Susan Rice asked for the identities of Americans in intelligence reports -
Former national security adviser Susan Rice asked for the identities of Americans in intelligence reports that are connected to officials on President Trump’s campaign and transition teams. A National Security Council review of the government’s policy on “unmasking” the identities of Americans caught up in incidental surveillance revealed Rice’s requests, Bloomberg reported. The identities of citizens collected are normally redacted from the intelligence reports and are...
Girl Killed Retrieving Lost Item From Subway Tracks -
Diana Kadribasic of Queens, was killed by an R train when she was on the tracks trying to get her cellphone, police said. "I was in the front train and we hear this bump," subway rider Stephen Topete said. "You hear everyone jumping and screaming."
Santos Colonof admitted in federal court Monday to plotting to kill Pope Francis -
Santos Colonof Lindenwold, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden to a charge of attempting to provide material support to terrorists, according to court records. Colon, also known as Ahmad Shakoor, had tried to recruit a person he thought was a sniper to join him in his plot, which involved shooting the Pope during his Papal mass and setting off explosive devices, according to a statement from Acting U.S. Attorney William E Fitzgerald and Acting Assistant...
Kerala High Court stays new driving license test method -
Kochi: High Court has stayed the implementation of new procedures of driving license test for light motor vehicles until May 15.The high court issued the stay order on a complaint filed by driving schools seeking more time to train students to pass the new test pattern. As per the new method, an applicant should pass gradient and reverse parking tests apart from the traditional H-test to be eligible for a driving license. Based on the court order, the transport commissioner on Monday issued...
വിമാനങ്ങളിലെ ലാപ്ടോപ്പ് നിരോധനം ബിസിനസ്സുകാരെ ബാധിക്കും -
യുഎസ് വിമാനയാത്രയില് ഇ-ഉപകരണങ്ങള് കൈവശം വയ്ക്കരുതെന്ന ഉത്തരവ് ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതല് ബാധിക്കുന്നത് ബിസിനസ്സുകാരെയും സോഫ്റ്റ് വെയര് മേഖലയിലുള്ളവരെയുമാണ്.ഉത്തരവ് പ്രാബല്യത്തില്...
കുടിയേറ്റ മേഖലയിലെ ഭീകരാക്രമണം ഒരു തുടർക്കഥ ആകുമോ? -
ഇറ്റലിയിലെ കൊടും ഭീകര ആക്രമണങ്ങൾക്കു വാർഷികം കുറിച്ച് കൊണ്ട് ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഭരണകൂടത്തെ ഞെട്ടിച്ച ഒരു ആക്രമണം കൂടി വീണ്ടും അരങ്ങേറിയിരുന്നു.അതും ഭരണ ചക്രത്തിന്റെ മൂക്കിന്...
"ഞാൻ പുലയാനാണ്" കാപട്യങ്ങളുടെ ലോകത്തേക്ക് ഒരു വെല്ലുവിളി -
"ഞാൻ പുലയാനാണ്" കാപട്യങ്ങളുടെ ലോകത്തേക്ക് ഒരു വെല്ലുവിളി,അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മറപിടിച്ച മാധ്യമങ്ങൾക്കു നേരെ ഒരു ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ. മലയാളത്തിൽ സിനിമ അവാർഡുകൾ ആദ്യമായല്ല...
സ്ത്രീധനം കൊടുത്തു ചെറുക്കനെ വാങ്ങുന്നതിലും ഭേദം കാനഡയിലെ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം -
"പീഡനം ഇല്ലാത്ത രാജ്യം,തെളിവുള്ള രാജ്യം,സദാചാര പോലീസും ഇല്ല" കാനഡ സമാധാന ജീവിതത്തിനും,സ്വന്തമായി ഉയരണം എന്ന് ആഗ്രഹം ഉള്ളവർക്കും എന്നും നല്ല രാജ്യം ആണ്.അത് വിദ്യാർത്ഥി...
മലയാളത്തിന്റെ പച്ചപ്പുകൾ ഇറോമിന് ഇടം നൽകുമോ? -
ഒരു വനവാസകാലത്തിനും,ജന സമ്പർക്കത്തിനുമൊടുവിൽ സമരകാഹളങ്ങളുടെ,പ്രതിക്ഷേധങ്ങളുടെ,ജനാധിപത്യത്തിന്റെയും,സാക്ഷരതയുടെയും നാടായ മലയാള മണ്ണിലേക്ക് ഇറോം ശർമ്മിളയെ പറിച്ചു...
'നിര്വൃതി' അരങ്ങുണരുകയാണ് -
മീര പാടുകയാണ്. ദൈവത്തോടുള്ള സ്നേഹം പ്രേമമായി മാറുന്നു. ഒടുവില് അത് സ്വബോധം നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. എങ്കിലും പാട്ട് അവസാനിക്കുന്നില്ല. മീരയ്ക്കു ശേഷവും അതു തുടര്ന്നുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു....
അമ്മയെ കാണാന് -
സ്വന്തം അമ്മയെ നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് മാനസികരോഗിയായി തെരുവില് അലഞ്ഞു നടന്ന ഒരു യുവാവിന്റെ സംഭവബഹുലമായ കഥയാണ് സോഷ്യല് മീഡിയയില് ഇപ്പോള് ചര്ച്ചയായിരിക്കുന്നത്. ടെക്സസിലാണ് ഈ സംഭവം...