World, 20th Mar 2019, News & Stories from India

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World 20 Mar 2019

World, 20 Mar 2019

NHK public television says the man, identified only as a 32-year-old US citizen, stabbed the woman in the neck. (Photo:AP)

US man arrested for allegedly stabbing wife at Tokyo court while divorcing

Reports say Japanese police have arrested an American man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his Japanese wife at a court while divorcing.

20 Mar 2019 6:12 PM

'What do you say to a boy who dreamed of playing in goal for Manchester United and now never will?' (Photo:AFP)

'I should have hugged him': Distraught father of killed son in Christchurch shooting

John Milne sobs as he pens an anguished letter to his murdered teenage son Sayyad one of 50 people killed in the Christchurch massacre.

20 Mar 2019 4:26 PM

The speaker of Kazakhstan's parliament was sworn in as interim president on Wednesday, a day after longtime leader Nursultan Nazarbayev abruptly resigned. (Photo:AP)

New Kazakh president sworn in after longtime leader resigns

The 78-year-old former leader Nazarbayev attended Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's inauguration on Wednesday.

20 Mar 2019 3:54 PM

The majority of victims were migrants or refugees from countries such as Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Somalia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. (Photo:AP)

Friday prayers to be broadcast, 2 min silence: NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

The bodies of victims from New Zealand's mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners.

20 Mar 2019 2:55 PM

He said that the Wuhan summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in April, 2018 was a milestone in bilateral relations. (Photo:AP)

India boycotts China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for the 2nd time

Speculation is rife whether India would attend the second BRI as China has deepened its commitment to expand the USD 60 billion CPEC.

20 Mar 2019 2:37 PM

A Lion Air spokesman said all data and information had been given to investigators and declined to comment further. (Representational Image)

'Allahu Akbar': Report discloses Lion Air pilots last words before crash

The investigation into the crash, which killed all 189 people on board, has taken on new relevance at the US FAA.

20 Mar 2019 2:21 PM

Ardern has countered that they cannot simply be 'all profit, no responsibility.' (Photo:AP)

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern urges global action on social media perils

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media.

20 Mar 2019 2:03 PM

The survey evaluated the cost of over 150 items in almost 133 cities around the globe. (Photo:AP)

Three Indian cities amongst the cheapest to live in the world

The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey revealed three Indian cities are amongst the cheapest in the world.

20 Mar 2019 1:37 PM

A teenager appeared in court earlier this week on the same charge. (Photo:Facebook SG)

Second man charged with sharing livestream video of Christchurch attack

A 44-year-old man has become the second person charged with sharing a gruesome livestream video of the deadly attack.

20 Mar 2019 12:07 PM

The UN, meanwhile, said that one of the worst storms to hit southern Africa in decades had also unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Malawi. (Photo:AP)

Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone deaths exceed 300 as UN boosts aid

The death toll from a cyclone in Mozambique and Zimbabwe rose to more than 300 as rescuers raced against the clock to help survivors.

20 Mar 2019 11:31 AM

The child was hospitalized for slight dehydration. (Representational Photo)

5 year old survives 24 hours in Argentina desert, after being separated from parents

A five-year-old boy who went missing during a family walk in Argentina was found safe and well after 24 hours lost in a desert.

20 Mar 2019 11:18 AM

The comments come the week after the American president himself spoke out on Brexit. (Photo:AP)

'Theresa May didnt listen to my father,' Trump Jr. slams UK PM

US President Donald Trump's eldest son rebuked UK Prime Minister Theresa May over her faltering Brexit tactics on Tuesday.

20 Mar 2019 10:58 AM

He went further when asked about social media at a joint press briefing with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro. (Photo:AP)

Trump's scathing attack on social media giants, says 'they are politically biased'

President Donald Trump stepped up claims of political bias by Big Tech firms on Tuesday in a fresh assault on Silicon Valley.

20 Mar 2019 10:39 AM

'What is happening there is a disgrace. This was one of the wealthiest countries in the world and all of a sudden, it is grief-stricken.' (Photo:File)

Trump warns Venezuela of additional tougher sanctions ahead

President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States could impose a lot tougher sanctions on Venezuela.

20 Mar 2019 10:29 AM

The projects include plans to build the USD 500 billion NEOM mega city on the northern Red Sea coast. (Photo:File)

Saudi crown prince to oversee recreational projects worth USD 23 billion

Saudi Arabia's King announced recreational projects in Riyadh worth $23 billion, officials said, in a new drive to transform the city.

20 Mar 2019 10:16 AM

Zaid Mustafa (centre, in wheelchair), who was wounded by an Australian white supremacist gunman, attends the funeral of his slain father Khalid Mustafa and brother Hamza Mustafa at the Memorial Park cemetery in Christchurch on March 20, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Syrian refugee father, son buried as New Zealand funerals begin

A gunman shot down 50 Muslim worshippers at 2 mosques in Christchurch last Friday in a killing spree that he live-streamed.

20 Mar 2019 9:43 AM

Farid, who uses a wheelchair after an earlier accident, was talking to a friend and was delayed from joining worshippers at his usual spot at the front of the mosque, instead praying in a small side room. (Photo: AFP)

'Go home, she won't come': Husband was told after New Zealand shooting

Most victims were migrants or refugees from countries including Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Syria, Turkey, Somalia and Afghanistan.

20 Mar 2019 9:14 AM

An aerial view of flooding in Beira, Mozambique. The Red Cross says that as much as 90 per cent of Mozambique’s central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by tropical Cyclone Idai. (Photo: AP)AP

1,000 killed in monster cyclone in Mozambique

Emma Beaty, coordinator of a grouping of NGOs known as Cosaco, warned of the peril from dams filled to the brim by the floodwater.

20 Mar 2019 12:54 AM

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