After being accused of censoring free speech, Facebook is apologising for banning a Christian evangelist in the US from posting on the social network for a day last week, a media report said....
The rumbling controversies and divisive trends of 2018 erupted in a perfect storm of chaos at the year's end with parts of the US government paralysed by a showdown between President Donald Trump and the Democrats, while senior officials quit, foreign and strategic policies fell into disarray, and the stock market...
In his New Year message, the UN chief said the world is undergoing a stress test, as climate change is running fast, geo-political divisions are deepening, inequality is growing, and record numbers of people are moving in search of safety and protection....
As 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing my year-end lists. It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved. It also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors, artists, and storytellers â€...
A man has been arrested for allegedly killing an Indian-origin police officer during a traffic stop in California's Newman county, officials said. The suspect was identified as Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 33, who came to the US illegally and was believed to have been fleeing to Mexico, Stanislaus County...
A lawyer for a Russian company accused of bankrolling efforts to disrupt the 2016 presidential campaign has said that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has "collected a nude selfie" as part of his probe into the case. An attorney for Concord Management and Consulting LLC, the Russian firm that ...
An Indian-American teenager has won the inaugural "Digital Transformation Hackathon" at Cornell University for designing a device to detect the actual pain level of a patient during a diagnosis. The device designed by 17-year-old Mahum Siddiqi and her team uses neurological...
As the White House mulls whether or not to seal off the US' southern border, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said the decision is Washington's "domestic issue". "We have not issued an opinion on the matter because it is a domestic issue for the US government and we prefer to abstain from commenting," Xinhua news agency...
President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill naming a Charlottesville, Virginia post office for fallen U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, whose father Khizr Khan, criticized Trump at the Democratic National Convention two years ago. ...
Fort Bend County Judge Elect KP George announced that the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal Mark Flathouse will be the Interim Emergency Management Coordinator at the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) starting on January 2. ...
