Day: August 23, 2019
Goodwill envoys expected to stay neutral, UN says when queried about Priyanka’s pro-war comments
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 23 (APP):UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors are expected to remain impartial when they speak on behalf of the United Nations agency, ...Kashmiri people’s hearts cannot be won with military force: Analyst
BEIJING, Aug 23 (APP):Kashmiri people’s hearts cannot be won with the military force as peace is only possible if India, Pakistan and ...Tokyo shares close higher ahead of Fed speech
Tokyo, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Tokyo shares closed higher on Friday, supported by gains in Chinese shares, while investors awaited a key address by ...Sri Lanka ends emergency four months after Easter attacks
Colombo, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed ...BA pilots to strike for three days in September
London, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):British Airways pilots on Friday said they will strike for three days in September in a dispute over pay, ...Jadeja leads India to 297 in first Test
North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Ravindra Jadeja played a key role in extending India’s first innings as they were eventually ...Lyles ‘shocked’ by fellow sprinter Coleman’s missed tests
Paris, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Noah Lyles said he was “shocked” by fellow American sprinter Christian Coleman’s three missed drugs test which have left ...Indian Occupied Kashmir ‘about to blow’: NYT says in detailed report on deepening crisis
NEW YORK, Aug 23 (APP):”Bringing Kashmir to heel has been a Hindu-nationalist dream” — the only Muslim-majority state that India annexed on Aug. ...US stocks open lower as China announces new tariffs
New York, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Wall Street stocks opened lower Friday after China announced another round of tariffs on US goods, the latest ...European demos held over Amazon fires
London, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Climate change activists chanting slogans and waving banners demonstrated boisterously outside Brazil’s embassy in London on Friday, urging President ...