World, Americas, 18th Jul 2019, News & Stories from India

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World Americas 18 Jul 2019

World, Americas, 18 Jul 2019

"There was no justice here," Guzman declared in Spanish, expressing no regret as he delivered what were likely his final public words before he is taken to a supermax federal prison to live out his days. (Photo: ANI)

Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison

The charges against Guzman, which include money laundering and weapons-related offenses, carried a mandatory life sentence.

18 Jul 2019 5:13 PM

Trump says, 'This should never be allowed to happen to another President of the United States again'. (Photo: File)

US House blocks attempt to impeach Trump

The votes within the Democrats were split, with 95 Democrats voting to table the resolution while the rest voted against it.

18 Jul 2019 4:18 PM

Authorities said Elmezayen transferred most of the money to Egypt and about USD 80,000 was seized from his US account. (Photo: Representative Image/File)

US man charged with drowning autistic sons

Elmezayen, who was arrested in November, is being held without bail, and faces federal insurance fraud charges in connection with the crash.

18 Jul 2019 2:37 PM

Njoroge told a House subcommittee he still has 'nightmares about how (his children) must have clung to their mother crying' during the doomed flight. (Photo:AP)

Boeing to pay USD 50 million to 737 MAX crash victims' families

The 737 MAX, Boeing's best-selling jet, was grounded globally in March following the Ethiopian Airlines crash

18 Jul 2019 2:10 PM

‘We have never retaliated (against anyone) and have left everything to God. I pray that may God reward you and give you a long life,’ the man told Trump. (Photo: ANI)

Freed Ahmadi man apprise Trump about community's persecution in Pak

The man said that while he can call himself a Muslim in the US, he cannot do so in Pakistan for fear of punishment.

18 Jul 2019 1:53 PM

The car was removed from water with the help of a towing company. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: US woman hits accelerator instead of brakes, plunges into river

The City of Hackensack Fire Department released the footage and showed the moment the woman hit accelerator pedal at the Spotless car wash.

18 Jul 2019 1:15 PM

Arnault, 70, joined Gates and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, in the most exclusive wealth club last month, when his fortune surpassed USD 100 billion for the first time. (Photo: AP)

Bill Gates no longer world’s second richest person. Guess who is?

Arnault has added about USD 39 billion to his fortune in 2019 alone, biggest individual gain by far among 500 people in Bloomberg’s ranking.

18 Jul 2019 10:45 AM

Hafiz Saeed, whose prosecution has long been sought by New Delhi and Washington over the ghastly attacks in India's financial capital. (Photo: File)

Hafiz Saeed's arrest mere cosmetic, Pak's happy face for Trump-Khan meet: Experts

Contrary to Trump's characterisation of prolonged 'search', Pak authoritieswere aware of Saeed's whereabouts for years, critics argued.

18 Jul 2019 10:29 AM

The United States said on Wednesday that it was removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet programme, a move long threatened and expected after Ankara began accepting delivery of an advanced Russian missile defence system last week. (Photo: AP)

‘Unfair,’ says Turkey as US bid to remove it from F-35 jet programme; see video

Turkey's foreign ministry said the move was unfair and could affect relations between the two countries.

18 Jul 2019 9:47 AM

'Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!' said Trump. (Photo :File)

Hafiz Saeed's arrest was result of 'great pressure' exerted by US on Pakistan: Trump

Saeed's arrest comes just days ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to the US and talks with President Trump.

18 Jul 2019 9:26 AM

An American man was exonerated on Wednesday for a decades-old murder he did not commit, using evidence based on DNA and a genetic family tree, the first such result using a revolutionary investigative technique. (Representational Image)

First murder conviction overturned using DNA, family tree evidence in US

Christopher Tapp, 43, had served 20 of his 30-year sentence for the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge.

18 Jul 2019 9:25 AM

Murad, one of thousands of women and girls from the ancient faith abducted by ISIS as they overran swathes of Iraq in 2014, joined a group of survivors of religious persecution who met Trump in the Oval Office on the sidelines of a major meeting at the State Department. (Photo: AP)

'They gave you Nobel for what?' Trump asks Yazidi activist Nadia Murad

Trump said, 'And you had the Nobel Prize? That's incredible. They gave it to you for what reason?'

18 Jul 2019 9:15 AM

Eager to rile up his base with the some of the same kind of rhetoric he targeted at minorities and women in 2016, Trump declared, 'I think in some cases they hate our country.' (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump slams Congresswomen; crowd roars, ‘Send her back!’

Trump set off a firestorm Sunday when he tweeted that the four should 'go back' to their home countries — though three were born in US.

18 Jul 2019 8:47 AM

Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday while he was on his way to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala to seek bail. (Photo: File)

Pakistan wasn’t searching for Hafiz Saeed, he was ‘living freely’: US committee

The legislative committee highlighted that Pakistan was not searching for the 26/11 attack mastermind for 10 years -- as claimed by Trump.

18 Jul 2019 8:39 AM

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