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Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

No More DACA Deal: Trump imperils future of 'dreamer' immigrants

Donald Trump also threatened to pull out of a free trade pact with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from...

2 April 2018 11:29 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 28, 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (C) waves to supporters during the March on Washington at the Mall in Washington DC. (Photo: AFP)

50 years later, the echoes of 1968 resonate in America

Some Americans are thinking the people are rising and will have a voice, said Bass, author of One Goal.

2 April 2018 1:04 AM IST

In addition to the 16 Palestinians killed, more than 1,400 were wounded, 758 of them by live fire, with the remainder hurt by rubber bullets and tear gas inhalation, according to the Gazan health ministry. (Photo: AFP)

US blocks UN draft calling for restraint, investigation into clashes...

The proposed statement stressed the need to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state...

1 April 2018 5:06 PM IST

In a Twitter post about 90 minutes after the shooting at a Walmart store in suburban Denver, police said investigators had confirmed that two men were dead and a woman was taken to a local hospital, but no further details were given. (Photo: AFP)

Brave new world of retail: Walmart's new strategy to get shoppers to...

Walmart is the largest retailer to hit upon the combination of retail and health insurance, but it is not the first.

1 April 2018 2:51 PM IST

19-year-old Nikolas Cruz is accused of carrying out the second-deadliest shooting at a public school in US history after a deal between prosecutors and defence attorneys, the suspects lawyer said. (Photo: File)

Nikolas Cruz's hearing over Florida school shooting gets cancelled

The hearing would have been the second courtroom appearance for Cruz since the shooting.

28 Feb 2018 6:27 PM IST

Mr Kushner, a wealthy New York businessman married to Trumps daughter Ivanka, has not received his full security clearance because of his extensive financial links, which have taken a long time to examine. (Photo: AP)

Trump's aide, adviser, son-in-law Kushner loses access to Top Secret...

On Friday, Mr Trump said he would leave it to Kelly to settle the security clearance dispute with Kushner.

28 Feb 2018 5:53 PM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets business leaders at the end of India-Canada business forum in Mumbai on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

To fill gap in labour force, Canada's new budget pushes women...

The gender gap in Canada's labour market has already seen a dramatic shift in the last 40 years.

28 Feb 2018 5:09 PM IST

We have been following very closely what has happened in China and the response to Communist Party seeking to abolish term limits there, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert. (Photo: File)

US is watching China closely as it prepares to scrap presidential term...

Nauert said promoting human rights and democratic governance was a core element of the US foreign policy.

28 Feb 2018 3:56 PM IST

Guayaquils police chief General Marcelo Tobar later said that the men had possibly climbed into the aircrafts landing gear section and were either pushed out by mechanics or had simply changed their minds. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Two stowaways hiding in plane's landing gear fall to death during...

The country's second largest airport had to be shut down for 90 minutes following the incident.

28 Feb 2018 3:32 PM IST

While clarifying that the freeze in American security aid to the country will continue as it is yet to take any decisive action against the Taliban and the Haqqani network. (Photo: AP)

It's two-way street for US: Despite positive indicators' from Pak, aid...

Achieving long-term stability in Afghanistan and defeating the insurgency will be difficult without Pakistan's support...

28 Feb 2018 2:07 PM IST

US mezzo-soprano signer Kelley OConnor rehearses for Voy a Dormir with the Orchestra of St. Lukes at Columbia University in New York. (Photo: AFP)

Argentine feminist's poignant poems reborn in music

Dessner, who won a Grammy two years on his own in a chamber music category, said the band appreciated but had not...

28 Feb 2018 12:59 AM IST

Ivanka Trump. (Photo: AP)

Inappropriate' to ask about sexual allegations against her father:...

Ivanka was confronted by a journalist and asked her about the women who accuse her father of sexual misconduct before he...

27 Feb 2018 10:48 AM IST