SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Authorities in the main city of Indian Kashmir tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a U.N. office, with streets bristling with paramilitary personnel and some blocked by checkpoints. An Indian security personnel stands guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Qandeel Baloch was killed in July 2016 The parents of a Pakistani social media star allegedly murdered by her brothers have lost their bid to free their sons.Qandeel Baloch's parents told the court they forgave Waseem and Aslam Shaheen, who are on trial for the apparent honour killing.Ms Baloch,…
Test of fate — The test was ~83% accurate in an analysis involving data on 7,600 people. Beth Mole - Aug 21, 2019 9:32 pm UTC Enlarge / Samples of donated blood in Vacutainer test tubes.If death is in the cards, it may also be in your blood. Measurements of 14 metabolic substances in blood…
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pun sees himself as a peaceful, middle-class Hong Kong student. Yet since the beginning of June, he has been building barricades and throwing bricks at police, risking his own liberty to fight, as he sees it, for the city’s freedoms. FILE PHOTO: Police officers fire tear gas as anti-extradition bill protesters…
Image copyright Getty Images Migrant families who cross the southern border of the US illegally could be detained indefinitely under a new regulation announced by the Trump administration.It replaces an agreement that set a limit on how long the government could hold migrant children in custody.The move was announced by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin…
Can the bleeding be GameStopped? — Game Informer staff also affected by retailer's "Reboot Initiative" Kyle Orland - Aug 21, 2019 12:16 am UTC Brightly lit GameStop storefront.Major video game retailer GameStop has announced layoffs for 120 corporate staffers, representing a 14% reduction of the company's "total associate base at our company headquarters as well…
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares flatlined on Wednesday as worries about global recession and endless trade wars wrestled with hopes for more monetary and fiscal stimulus to keep growth going. FILE PHOTO: A passerby walks past in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Issei KatoMuch depends…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate flanked by Matteo Salvini (L) and Luigi Di Maio After a blistering attack on coalition partner Matteo Salvini, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said he will offer his resignation.Mr Conte said Mr Salvini had been "irresponsible" in creating a new political…
CarPlay still included — Apple Music is integrated alongside more traditional media like broadcast radio. Jonathan M. Gitlin - Aug 20, 2019 1:05 am UTC Enlarge / The new Porsche Taycan electric car is the first to feature Apple Music integration into the infotainment system.Porsche's new battery-electric Taycan sedan is probably the most hotly anticipated…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Online retailer Zalando is just the kind of fast-growing German business with foreign expansion plans that Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing needs to help drive the struggling lender’s recovery. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Deutsche Bank is pictured on a company's office in London, Britain July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File PhotoIn…
