Google hit with 4.3 bn euro Android fine from EU London: Google would be fined a record 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion) over its Android operating system, reports the BBC. The European Commission’s action followed a three year probe into claims the firm’s mobile device strategy had unfairly strengthened its dominance of search. The penalty […]
BANGKOK: The 12 Thai boys and soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave will be discharged from hospital on Wednesday and hold a news conference the same day to satisfy huge media interest in their story, media reports said. The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach were safely brought out […]
Indonesia: In a revenge attack of its kind an Indonesian village went on a killing rampage of crocodiles, slaughtering 292 of them for the death of a man killed by a crocodile. The villagers were armed with knives, hammers and clubs, an official was quoted by Aljazeera report. The report says that the […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned her divided party on Sunday that there may be “no Brexit at all” if they wrecked her plan to forge a close relationship with the European Union after leaving the world’s biggest trading bloc. “My message to the country this weekend is simple: we need to keep our […]
Palestine: The Israeli government has closed Kerem Shalom Crossing and put thousands of jobs at risk, and raised the spectre of financial ruin in Gaza by blocking goods scheduled to enter or leave the strip. According to Aljazeera report Israel has said its measure was in response to incendiary kites and balloons that have been sent over […]
UNITED NATIONS:Secretary-General Antonio Gutierres hailed its human rights commissioners call for an international investigation into human rights situation in Kashmir saying that it represents the “voice of the UN”. He also backed Human Rights report of Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, media reports said. Sec Gen UN also lashes out at India’s recent comment that he […]
In a landmark support to Palestenian cause the Irish Senate has given its support to a legislation Prohibiting the import or sale of goods and services produced in occupied territories around the world, including Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law. The Aljazeera report says that the proposed law is to make it an offence […]
Jalalabad: At least ten person have been killed in Jalalabad Afghanistan after gunmen stormed an education department compound on Wednesday. According to reports many have been injured and officials, according to media reports, have said that many teachers were holed up inside the targeted building. A security guard employed by the education department branch was […]
Bangkok: It was his rare combination of talents that led Australian doctor Richard Harris deep into the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. When the Wild Boars football team was located deep inside the cave, after being missing for a week, the Adelaide anaesthetist abandoned his holiday in Thailand and volunteered to help. He went in […]
Islamabad: At least 13 people, including Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour, were killed and nearly 50 others injured in a suicide blast at an election gathering in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city. The blast took place shortly before midnight when Bilour along with ANP workers gathered for a corner meeting in the congested Yakatoot […]
