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Digital finance also offers major technological and infrastructure challenges. Sparse populations, inconsistent network coverage, insufficient capital for building new business models and customers lack of trust and comfort with technology can stand in the way of success, particularly in remote or undeserved communities.World
US woman boasted of massive credit card data theft online, arrested

Authorities said electronic storage devices containing a copy of the stolen data were recovered at her residence on...

30 July 2019 12:05 PM IST

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)World
10 Downing Street welcomes Boris Johnson, girlfriend Carrie Symonds

There had been speculations that the unmarried partner of Johnson might not move with him in 10 Downing Street.

30 July 2019 12:03 PM IST

The accused has been arrested. (Representational Image)World
Indian-origin US man gets 20 year jail for multimillion-dollar fraud

He will be sentenced in December, said United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman.

30 July 2019 10:47 AM IST

Police said Legan managed to get into the annual outdoor festival -- which attracts nearly 100,000 and is billed as the \worlds greatest summer food festival\ -- by cutting through a fence to avoid security measures, including metal detectors, that were in place. (Photo: AP/ video screengrab)World
Gunman mocked US food festival on social media before mass shooting;...

Gilroy police chief Scot Smithee said investigators were trying to confirm witness accounts of a second suspect who may...

30 July 2019 9:57 AM IST

The two days of talks are to be led on the US side by trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. (Photo: AFP)World
China-US trade talks to restart after G-20 tariff truce

The negotiations in China's financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since negotiations collapsed in...

30 July 2019 9:56 AM IST

A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazils government struggles to control the countrys overcrowded jails. (Photo: AFP)World
At least 57 inmates killed, several beheaded in bloody clash in Brazil...

Most of the dead died in the fire, they said, while two guards were taken hostage, but later released.

30 July 2019 9:20 AM IST

The 9/11 attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the United States and led to the launch of deadly, long-running wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- countries that remain plagued by violence and instability to this day. (Photo: AFP)World
9/11 mastermind offers to help victims' family if US drops death...

Michael Kellogg, a Washington-based lawyer for the Saudi government, declined to comment.

30 July 2019 9:17 AM IST

The launcher was found \early this morning\ at Baltimore/Washington International airport, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein tweeted. (Photo: Twitter)World
US man held with missile launcher at airport, says it's a souvenir'

Fortunately the item was not a live device. It was confiscated and handed over to the state fire marshal for safe...

30 July 2019 8:51 AM IST

The website of newspaper The News carried footage showing a building engulfed in flames. (Photo: AFP)World
17 killed as Pakistani military aircraft crashes on training flight

There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash or the type of aircraft involved.

30 July 2019 8:32 AM IST

China has lavished billions of dollars in soft loans, infrastructure and investment on the poor Southeast Asian kingdom, which has tilted away from the US amid Hun Sens increasingly authoritarian rule. (Photo: AFP)World
China and Pakistan to strengthen ties, work on anti-terrorism,...

The Pakistani military will continue to take all efforts to ensure the security of Chinese personnel, organisations and...

29 July 2019 10:05 PM IST

Kovind is currently on the first leg of his three-state visit to Africa, having reached the port city of Cotonou in Benin on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter)World
India, Benin sign 4 documents during President Kovind's visit

The four documents include a Cultural Exchange Programme between India and Benin for the years 2019-2023.

29 July 2019 9:05 PM IST

\I have not yet forgotten what they (Sharifs) have done to Benazir Bhutto (his wife) and me. We forgave them and signed Charter of Democracy, but still Mian sahib (Nawaz) betrayed me and went to court in memogate in order to label me a traitor,\ Asif Ali Zardari said. (Photo: AFP)World
Fake accounts case: Zardari's remand extended till August 8

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had sought a 10-day physical remand of Zardari and that of five-day of Talpur.

29 July 2019 8:51 PM IST

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