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Report paints a positive picture of health service

14 December 2017, 04:54

The report found SA's service coverage index, which gauges the provision of essential health services, was 67, putting it in the top half of the 183 countries surveyed. The report expressed concern that there are wide gaps in the availability of serv...

An airstrike on the Gaza strip

14 December 2017, 04:24

Born out of the first Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, in 1987, Hamas was created in response to Israel's illegal occupation of West Bank and the Gaza strip. For Trump, the embassy move also fulfilled an election campaign promise. There has b...

'Silence Near Shivling Only': Green Court On Amarnath Shrine Restrictions

14 December 2017, 03:56

The panel clarified that it had only said any devotee or any individual should maintain silence while standing in front of the " Amarnath Ji Maha Shivling", a natural formation in the cave. In November, the NGT had pulled up the Amarnath Shrine Boar...

Order on mandatory Aadhaar-linking tomorrow: SC

14 December 2017, 03:58

Chandrachud, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar and Ashok Bhushan has been constituted. The deadline to link the Aadhaar number with bank accounts has been extended by three months till March 31, the government announced on Wednesday, as the Supreme Cou...

Omarosa Manigault Newman Denies She Was Fired From The White House

14 December 2017, 03:55

Three administration officials described reports of Newman being hauled off the White House grounds as overstated. Kelly cited a litany of reasons, including Manigault Newman not getting along with the new head of the White House Initiative on Hist...

Dwayne Johnson's Daughter Steals the Show at His Walk of Fame Ceremony

14 December 2017, 02:48

On top of that, it was announced that the wrestling icon is going to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actor delivered this mantra after bringing his adorable daughter Jasmine to the podium. " The Rock " and his girlfriend LaurenH...

Gujarat election result will be for all to see

14 December 2017, 02:22

While Modi will cast his vote at Sabarmati Assembly constituency, Advani is expected to exercise his franchise at Jamalpur-Khadia seat and Jaitley in Vejalpur constituency, all located in Ahmedabad, a party release said. Voting for the final phase of...

Forecast: Slight chance of rain and snow today, tonight

14 December 2017, 02:06

Thursday . Midlanders can expect hard travel conditions, and about 4 to 7 inches of snow that will mainly accumulate between 3 and 7 p.m., said Ian Lee, a National Weather Service meteorologist. region this evening. The National Weather Servi...

A slippery start this morning with falling temperatures today

14 December 2017, 12:33

Sunshine increases through the afternoon. Wind chill values should be better than Wednesday, but we'll still be in the upper teens and 20s for most of the day. High pressure will return for Sunday with increasing sunshine and highs in the lower 30s...

USA military drone strike prevents 'imminent' attack on Mogadishu

14 December 2017, 11:35

The officers were rehearsing for Somalia's Police Day celebrations scheduled for December 20, Hussein said. "The explosive device was attached beneath the driver's seat of the auto", said police officer Ibrahim Mohamed. At least 2,078 civilians w...

Bangladesh president leaves for Istanbul to join special OIC summit

14 December 2017, 11:16

On the behalf of the people and Government of Pakistan, PM Abbasi reiterated strong condemnation of the United States decision. Earlier in December, US President Donald Trump recognised the disputed city as Israel's capital - a historic decisio...

Plane carrying 25 people crashes near Fond du Lac

14 December 2017, 11:11

Officers spotted the aircraft less than a kilometer from the airstrip. West Wind Aviation spokesman Rick Philipenko confirmed the plane was a two-engine ATR 42 turbo prop. "Additional emergency/rescue resources are on the way to the scene from Roya...

Bermuda may soon roll back court ruling that legalized gay marriage

14 December 2017, 08:52

A Supreme Court ruling in May made same-sex marriages legal in Bermuda amid opposition on the socially conservative island. "Since last Friday's vote, we have seen ample evidence of negative global headlines and growing social-media hostility towar...

Anushka Sharma's Family Returns To Mumbai After Big Fat Italian Wedding

14 December 2017, 08:16

Anushka Sharma's family - her parents and brother Karnesh Sharma - touched down in Mumbai during the wee hours of Thursday and were greeted by the paparazzi . "Amen!@imVkohli @anushkasharma." Interestingly, Virat and Anushka have gone environment...

Turkey remains world's worst jailer of journalists

14 December 2017, 07:49

His own anti-media rhetoric and his failure to condemn the actions of those authoritarian leaders serve to "reinforce the framework of accusations and legal charges that allow such leaders to preside over the jailing of journalists", CPJ asserts in i...

U.S. helicopter window drops on a school in Okinawa

14 December 2017, 07:25

It has grounded all of this type of helicopter at the Futenma base pending safety checks. The incident occurred less than a week after a small cylindrical object, which local government officials believe to have fallen from a USA military aircraft,...

Black Lives Matter Activist Sues Fox News, Pirro for Defamation

14 December 2017, 06:49

The complaint says the statements made by Pirro "are false, and were either known to be false by Defendant Pirro or were made with reckless disregard for whether they were true". Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson talks to the media after h...

Gujarat polls: BJP top guns Modi, Jaitley, Shah to vote in final

14 December 2017, 06:17

The former prime minister said he hoped that Modi will show "maturity and gravitas" as expected of the high office he holds, instead of concentrating his energy exclusively on scoring "erroneously conceived brownie points". The brief meeting, albei...

Pew: Christmas celebrations, beliefs less religious

14 December 2017, 05:27

There has been a sharp decline in the proportion of Americans who believe the biblical account of the Christmas story, a new survey suggests. Among Catholics, 70 percent said it is not OK to display Christian symbols such as Nativity scenes on go...

France's Macron says new African force to 'win victories' against terrorists

14 December 2017, 05:20

During a summit of African and European leaders west of Paris , Macron said " we must win the war against terrorism " in the Sahel region, following the military victories in Iraq and Syria. Five African nations are contributing to the force, which ...

Botnet hackers that caused huge Internet blackout did it for money, revenge

14 December 2017, 05:10

Mirai launches distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), coordinated floods of traffic so large they overwhelm victim's servers and force them to crash or severely slow . The group also used their botnet to conduct "click fraud", registering fa...

Police Open Investigation After Kid Was Detained At Grand Rapids, Michigan

14 December 2017, 05:12

Cops instead detained Honestie and two other women who tried to leave the home. Honestie's mother, Whitney Hodges , who witnessed the confrontation, said the two officers ordered her daughter to raise her hands and walk backward. During the exchan...

Chris Froome could be stripped of Vuelta title after drugs test result

14 December 2017, 05:02

The anti-doping control was planned and carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF ), the independent body mandated by the UCI , in charge of defining and implementing the anti-doping strategy in cycling. "There are complex medical and...

Not as cold tonight; cloudy skies through the weekend — FIRST ALERT FORECAST

14 December 2017, 04:56

High temperatures for Tuesday were pretty much where they should be for this time of the year; ranging from the low 50s near the Virginia border to upper 50s across the Sandhills. Low temperatures drop into the low to mid 30s. Rain chances are expe...

State Rep. Dan Johnson has died

14 December 2017, 04:54

Johnson denied the accusations, which he said were spawned by his political opponent, former Democratic Rep. Linda Belcher. On Monday, the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR) published a seven-month investigation detailing allegat...

What Trump decision on Jerusalem means for Middle East

14 December 2017, 04:49

Trump's announcement defies decades of diplomacy in the quest to bring peace to Israel. "With respect to the rest of Jerusalem the president. did not indicate any final status for Jerusalem", Tillerson said, speaking at a news conference in Paris...

Netflix responds to backlash over 'creepy' viewing figures tweet

14 December 2017, 04:34

It's a trip, and given everyone's fascination with the Royal Family right now, it's a hit, too. "To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?" the official Netflix account tweeted .

NY Gov. Cuomo Slams Tax Bill as 'Ultimate Fraud'

14 December 2017, 04:26

Under Governor Cuomo, New York has passed the strongest gun control laws in the nation. Under New York's current laws, only domestic abusers convicted of felony or "serious" offenses are prohibited from owning guns. "This is the most resilient plac...

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65

14 December 2017, 03:46

Lee was surrounded by family, friends and colleagues. Breed, a Black woman, grew up in poverty in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, coming from a family of five that lived on $900 a month , as she described in an op-ed for the San F...

Ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda found guilty in coal scam case

14 December 2017, 03:36

But, Vini director Vaibhav Tulsyan, two other public servants Basant Kumar Bhattacharya and Bipin Bihari Singh and chartered accountant Navin Kumar Tulsyan, also chargesheeted by the CBI in the case, were acquitted of all charges. The accused have ...

Iran, Canada to hold meeting at expert level

14 December 2017, 03:34

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini reiterated to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the European Union would work with the United States to address shared issues related to Iran, "on the basis of continued U.S.

Manchester City thinking of signing defensive cover in January, says Pep Guardiola

14 December 2017, 03:27

You're involved in everything, so I didn't have as much time to train there as I did with Swansea . Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola ruled out any chance of complacency from his side as they set a Premier League record. Ultimately, neit...

Washington Redskins Victim of Name Change Hoax

14 December 2017, 03:24

The sources looked legit - ESPN, The Washington Post , and even the Redskins' own website were made to look as if the team had changed their name, complete with a new logo. "Just four letters! Certainly the harm that the mascot does to Native Americ...

White House Withdraws Two Controversial Judicial Nominations