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QAnon centres on the baseless belief that President Donald Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the deep state and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic paedophiles and cannibals. The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how the conspiracy theory has penetrated mainstream politics, spreading beyond its origins on internet message boards popular with right-wing extremists. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Marc Nozell)

Amazon, Walmart fund US lawmaker supporting QAnon conspiracy theorists

Walmart did not respond to repeated requests for comment made by email and through its website. An Amazon spokeswoman...

19 Sept 2020 6:57 PM IST

Entertainment

TIFF Diary | Meet Greta, a real pain the a*se' of world leaders

'I Am Greta' challenges the rightwing's concerted attempts to dehumanise this incredible school kid

19 Sept 2020 6:21 PM IST

The Central Vista project design (Image: HCP Designs)

Opinion

Shobhaa De | A monument to a monumental ego

Heritage and history need to be respected, even by those determined to rewrite both

19 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST

India

Journalist Rajeev Sharma held for allegedly passing sensitive info to...

The police said that Sharma was produced before the court on September 15, which sent him to six-day police custody.

19 Sept 2020 5:06 PM IST

An announcement by Chinas Ministry of Commerce that came after USs decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities harm Chinas national sovereignty, security, and development interests or violate internationally accepted economic and trade rules . (Photo | AFP)

Technology

China retaliates for US' TikTok, WeChat ban with new provision to...

Punitive measures may include fines against the foreign entity, banning it from conducting trade and investment in...

19 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)

Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | The politics of erasing Gunga Din

The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history

19 Sept 2020 4:41 PM IST

A man and woman, estimated to be in their late teens or early 20s, were killed. (Image: Twitter/@hunter_jonathan)

World

Mass shooting in Rochester leaves 2 dead, 14 wounded

As many as 100 people were at the gathering when the shooting started just before 12:30 a.m.,police said

19 Sept 2020 4:07 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

World

Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif mulling political comeback after year-long gap

Sharif has been living in London since last November after the Lahore HC granted him permission to go abroad for four...

19 Sept 2020 2:55 PM IST

$Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said stopping Rahul Gandhi from taking over leadership of Congress will lead to \extinction\ of the grand old party. (PTI Photo)$ India

Vajpayee-led BJP treated allies well; Modi govt moving towards...

The party also alleged that the Centre introduced Bills on agriculture "without consulting" its allies, farmers'...

19 Sept 2020 2:52 PM IST

Former Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam

India

Corona pandemic impacted fight against TB, claims Rajya Sabha MP...

COVID-19 and the resultant socio-economic issues due to the lockdown became a major point of discussion in the Rajya...

19 Sept 2020 2:15 PM IST

US President Barack Obama is greeted by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.(AFP File)

World

How Justice Ginsburg's death could reshape the US presidential...

Democrats and Republicans were largely unified in praising Ginsburg as a leading legal thinker and advocate for women's...

19 Sept 2020 2:03 PM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

World

Russia approves first COVID-19 prescription drug for sale in...

R-Pharm's announcement is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race against the virus

19 Sept 2020 1:11 PM IST