October2016
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Bill Murray capitvates Washingtonians with Mark Twain Prize, White House appearances
Bill Murray, King of Comedy, took Washington by storm with appearances at the White House briefing room and the Kennedy Center, which celebrated his art with award of Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The actor...October 24, 2016 941 0 -
India, Pakistan cross-border shelling kills four amid Kashmir tensions
FEATURED IMAGE above shows the floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan has a distinctly orange hue in this astronaut photograph PHOTO CREDIT: By ISS Expedition 28 crew (NASA Earth Observatory) via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan and...October 24, 2016 888 0 -
Wonder Woman chosen UN Ambassador amid silent protests
Wonder Woman, the iconic superhero, has been made a United Nations honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls, despite a petition arguing against the decisio The controversial choice came emerged, as the UN teamed...October 23, 2016 775 0 -
‘Crimes of epic proportion’ in Aleppo as ceasefire shattered
Weeks of aerial bombings by Bashar al Assad regime and Russian forces and rebel counterattacks have heaped further misery on besieged Syrian civilians in Aleppo, who have refused to leave the shattered city during a three-day...October 23, 2016 721 0 -
Wonder Woman named UN Ambassador amid silent protests
Wonder Woman, the iconic superhero, has been made a United Nations honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls, despite a petition arguing against the decisio The controversial choice came emerged, as the UN teamed...October 23, 2016 816 0 -
World Bank predicts higher prices for oil, slightly lower for gold in 2017
The boom in oil production in recent years that helped industrial consumers and citizens save money is likely to fall back to lower levels, causing prices to soar next year. With the Organization of the Petroleum...October 23, 2016 845 0 -
New Hillary Clinton campaign ad features Pakistani American Khizr Khan
Nearly four months after he first spoke out against Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan is taking on the Republican presidential candidate yet again. A new commercial released by Hillary Clinton’s campaign Friday...October 22, 2016 904 0 -
Dutch researchers developing device fingerprinting technology to fight hacking
A massive cyberattack on a company rerouting Internet traffic disrupted several leading websites in the United States on Friday, raising fresh concerns about cybersecurity. But Friday’s attack was just one of the several kinds of attacks...October 22, 2016 995 0 -
Amnesty International asks India to free Kashmiri teens held under controversial law
Human Rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged New Delhi to release two teenage boys detained in Jammu and Kashmir under detention under a controversial law. Rayees Ahmad Mir and Waheed Ahmed Gojree, both 16 years old,...October 22, 2016 698 0 -
Hillary Clinton maintains double-digit lead in Virginia : Latest Survey
Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton, who again outsmarted Donald Trump in the last of presidential debates, maintains a double-digit lead – 45-33 percent- over her Republican rival, a survey of likely Virginian voters revealed Friday....October 21, 2016 821 0