The US government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in carry-on luggage starting Tuesday. The reason for the ban was not immediately clear, and US security officials would not comment. The ban was revealed Monday in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines and the official news […]
» Read morePresident Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP news agency on Monday. Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his eldest daughter, aged 35, has been seen often in the presidential mansion’s West Wing, the hub of US executive power. On Friday, she […]
» Read moreA 36-year-old “mentally ill” man in the United States has live-streamed his own death on Facebook when a police officer shot him during a traffic stop. Rodney James Hess was streaming on Facebook Live when he was shot on Thursday, his family said in their own Facebook posting. He was stopped by police in Alamo, Tennessee and was killed as […]
» Read moreThe U.S. state of Kansas has recognised March 16 as ‘Indian-American Appreciation Day’ to honour an Indian techie who was killed last month in a racially-motivated hate crime. Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32) was killed when 51-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani at a bar in Olathe on February 22 before yelling “get […]
» Read moreThe United States on Monday assured India of “speedy justice” to the Indian-American victims of hate-related crimes. India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Navtej Sarna reached out to the State Department to convey his “deep concerns” to the government on the recent tragic incidents involving Harnish Patel and Deep Rai. “State Department, on behalf of the U.S. government, expressed condolences and […]
» Read moreA bus carrying farm workers went off a highway and ended up in a stream on Sunday southwest of Panama’s capital, causing 18 deaths and injuring 37 others, authorities said. The crash happened on the Pan—American Highway in Anton, about 105 miles (170 km) from Panama City. Officials gave no information on what caused the accident. All the dead and […]
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