Noord-Korea heeft vanochtend een raket gelanceerd vanop zijn oostkust, maar het lijkt erop dat die lancering is mislukt. Dat hebben de Zuid-Koreaanse verantwoordelijken van het leger gemeld, aldus persbureau Yonhap.
ROLLING UPDATES: She’s usually a polished performer but Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has suffered a rare interview slip-up on Melbourne radio.
Brazil's Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira resigned Monday after leaked recordings suggested he tried to derail a sprawling corruption probe, the latest Cabinet casualty to hit interim President Michel Temer's new administration. Silveira, the man Temer tasked with fighting corruption since he took office on May 12, announced his plans to step down in a letter, according to the presidential palace's media office. No replacement for Silveira has yet been named.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha nominated Shibu Soren's youngest son Basant as one of its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election on Monday.
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nichael Smith put down his smartphone and slipped on his white gloves. His gloved hands would join those of six other sailors to lift Gary Wayne Jordan’s casket from a waiting hearse and carry his remains to a small pavilion where mourners would say their final goodbyes to the military retiree.
Ranchi/ The deadline for installing the rainwater harvesting unit in homes across the city has been extended to June 15, from the earlier deadline of May 31.
A six-year-old boy of Chirona village in Godda district was killed after a crude bomb exploded at 7.30 am on Monday.
A 45-year-old woman, from Pollachi, staged a dharna in front of the Coimbatore district collectorate demanding justice for her younger sister.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — About $13 million in bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney in June after Australian police confiscated the digital currency as proceeds of crime, an official said Tuesday.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — About $13 million in bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney in June after Australian police confiscated the digital currency as proceeds of crime, an official said Tuesday.
Ernst & Young was running the process, which is only the second such bitcoin auction in the world after the U.S. Marshals Service sold 144,000 bitcoins over a two-year period that had been confiscated from Ross Ulbricht, who founded the online drug bazaar Silk Road, the accountancy firm's transaction partner Adam Nikitins said. The Victoria state government has confirmed that is had seized about 24,500 bitcoins in late 2013 from a Melbourne drug dealer. Bitcoin is a digital currency that allows... Читать дальше...
Ernst & Young was running the process, which is only the second such bitcoin auction in the world after the U.S. Marshals Service sold 144,000 bitcoins over a two-year period that had been confiscated from Ross Ulbricht, who founded the online drug bazaar Silk Road, the accountancy firm's transaction partner Adam Nikitins said. The Victoria state government has confirmed that is had seized about 24,500 bitcoins in late 2013 from a Melbourne drug dealer. Bitcoin is a digital currency that allows... Читать дальше...
Burglars broke into a house belonging to a Tangedco employee at Tatabad here on Sunday and looted 23 sovereigns of gold ornaments and 2.12lakh in cash.
Game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder featured another questionable incident with Draymond Green and Steven Adams.
Читать дальше...Local RCMP say they have been called to the Connaught Motor Inn about 750 times since 2012, creating a drain on police resources
CHICAGO (AP) — Coming off a long night with little sleep, the Los Angeles Dodgers got a needed break when starter Jason Hammel left with cramps after two innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Coming off a long night with little sleep, the Los Angeles Dodgers got a needed break when starter Jason Hammel left with cramps after two innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Coming off a long night with little sleep, the Los Angeles Dodgers got a needed break when starter Jason Hammel left with cramps after two innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Coming off a long night with little sleep, the Los Angeles Dodgers got a needed break when starter Jason Hammel left with cramps after two innings.
Democratic government, high labour costs among challenges in London, New York and Sydney
Should have been a no call.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will deploy influential Republicans to raise funds for tight Senate races, aiming to keep the GOP from losing control of the Senate in November.
Lyle J. Goldstein
Security, Asia
China weighs a big dig in Thailand.
President Obama’s trip to Vietnam was ostensibly focused on the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Asia-Pacific region. However, it is quite certain that the visit had a powerful subtext: strengthening the partnership between Washington and Hanoi to offset Beijing’s aggressive approach to the South China Sea. The Chinese reef reclamation projects resulted in shiny, new and large airstrips... Читать дальше...
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's open-heart surgery will take place at London's The Princess Grace Hospital.