Hong Kong, (UNI) Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon, as his club side Al Nassr prepares to contest the Saudi Super Cup in the city. The 40-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid player was welcomed by fans, who braved the rain outside the Regent Hotel in hopes of catching a glimpse…
Agartala, Aug 15 (UNI) Two different courts in Tripura yesterday pronounced two judgements where a middle-aged man was awarded life imprisonment for killing his brother, while another was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his wife’s minor student. The additional session judge of Kamalpur under Tripura’s Dhalai district yesterday sentenced one Shyamal…
Lucknow, Aug 15 (UNI) On the country’s 79th Independence Day, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, while extending greetings to Indians across the globe, emphasized that true national interest lay in public welfare, and that the government should act with seriousness to address the economic challenges facing the country….
Mumbai, Aug 15 (UNI) With the issuance of a yellow alert for Mumbai by the weather department today, the city woke up to moderate to heavy showers on August 15. The city and its suburbs are likely to experience generally cloudy skies today, with intense showers in some areas, amid Independence Day celebrations. Moderate to…
Anchorage, United States, Aug 15 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Thursday estimated that his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the US state of Alaska has a 25 per cent chance of not being successful. In an interview with Fox News Radio, Trump said his meeting with Putin is like “a chess…
New York, Aug 15 (UNI) Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during solar-triggered geomagnetic storms because of the effect climate pollution has on Earth’s atmosphere, a new study has found. The increasing volume of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere is likely to make the…
Sofia, Aug 15 (UNI) Bulgaria has detained 28 illegal migrants found hidden in a van, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday. On Monday, Bulgarian border police received a tip-off that a group of migrants had boarded a van near the village of Brodilovo, the ministry said. The authorities stopped the vehicle on the road…
Beirut/Jerusalem, Aug 15 (UNI) Two people were injured Thursday night from a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes and drones on Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s official media and Lebanese security sources. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a motorcycle in the village…
Canberra, Aug 15 (UNI) Australia’s national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today delivered a record-breaking 103-minute speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, marking his 12th consecutive Independence Day address — the most by any Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru. With this, Modi surpassed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s tally of 11 consecutive addresses, placing him…
