A New Front in Trump's Trade War

Trump said he would temporarily exempt Canada and Mexico from global steel and aluminium tariffs while the three countries negotiate a new NAFTA deal . Or jack up the tariffs even higher on the countries that still must pay them. In a meetin... More..

Six killed in Raiwind explosion claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban
The area deputy inspector general police, Haider Ashraf, told reporters a religious congregation of about 60,000 people was underway in the Raiwind area and the bomber on a motorbike meant to attack the worship...More..

Erdogan threatens Kurds: Afrin will be occupied by nightfall
His statement was clarified by a source after Erdogan was initially quoted as saying that he hoped that "Afrin will have completely fallen by the evening". "We will clear Afrin of terrorists, clear Manbij, and ...More..

BJP registers protest with EC against Cong's RS nominee Rathwa in Gujarat
Congress had on Sunday announced names of 10 candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi from West Bengal and senior journalist Kumar Ketkar from Maha...More..

Facebook takes down 'Britain First' page for 'inciting hatred'
Its announcement added that the pair had "repeatedly broken our Community Standards " and that recently they received a "written final warning" . Facebook said it had taken down Britain First's Facebo...More..

Sullivan County solar project completed
The Founding Conference was co-chaired by Mr. Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron . "The imposition of any additional duties would make solar more expensive and potentially scare away financially strap...More..

Sessions Considering Firing FBI's McCabe Days Before Retirement, Jeopardizing His Pension
No announcement is imminent, Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement. "That yet-to-be-released report triggered an F.B.I. Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally, during a failed s...More..

Forecast: Warm and windy today in the Omaha area
Northwest winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. A few clouds possible Thursday night as lows drop into the 20s to low 30s. Windy, with a south wind 17 to 25 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 36 miles per hour. Ex...More..

Clinton Says Trump Won On Vows To Take Country "Backwards"
On the same India trip, Hillary Clinton suggested that the states that voter for her were more economically advanced than those that voted for President Trump . "I was on the way to winning until the com...More..

Heavy snow showers possible later; another storm possible next week
The rest of New England was under a winter storm warning, and a winter weather advisory blanketed most of NY and parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and North Carolina. WARWICK - Snow continued to ...More..

Oil up, but Opec sees rapid growth in rival supply
April West Texas Intermediate crude fell 34 cents, or 0.6%, to $60.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. This week, the API reported a draw of 1.262 million in gasoline stockpiles, largely in line wi...More..

Armed Teacher Injures Students When Handgun Accidentally Fires During Gun Safety Class
Clearly, he wasn't teaching it right. Alexander was not authorized by the district to have a gun on campus. He said the student was not struck with a bullet and it was "not life threatening". In an email to...More..

Math nerds, pie lovers ready to celebrate
Feel free to check out a cookbook with pie recipes, make a pie using a recipe from a NHCPL cookbook or bring in pie to share with other Pi Day cooks. Papa Murphy's: Get a large, thin one-topping pizza for $...More..

Donald Trump dumps Rex Tillerson as secretary of state
Bush's administration, she was responsible for the secret prison code-named "Cat's Eye". At one point, Trump said Tillerson was "wasting his time" trying diplomacy with North Korea . " Mike Pompeo , the CIA Di...More..

Philippines to pull out of ICC 'immediately', Duterte says
Duterte said Wednesday that the court can not have jurisdiction over him because the Philippine Senate's ratification in 2011 of the Rome Statute that established the court was never publicized as required ...More..

German Parliament Confirms Chancellor Merkel For Fourth Term
German chancellor Angela Merkel receives her certificate of appointment from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier after being re-elected as chancellor, during a ceremony at Bellevue Palace in Berlin , Germany ...More..

Don't issue LoUs, LoCs for now, RBI tells Banks in India
The total amount that has been swindled in the country's biggest banking scam ever has now gone up to a humungous Rs 13,578 crore. Ajay Sahai, Director General of exporters body Fieo said that the RBI decisio...More..

Aamir's fan following in India, China makes him world's biggest superstar
Tomorrow, ie March 14, the actor turns 53 years old and this is the day when the superstar reportedly has plans of joining the platform. Aamir Khan made his debut on the popular photo-sharing networking sit...More..

Bihar bypoll results 2018: RJD leading in Jehanabad,Araria; BJP ahead in Bhabua
The bye-election results to the Araria Lok Sabha constituency will be declared today. Stakes are high for RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav , who spearheaded the poll campaign for the party in absence of his father ...More..

Trump finally losing patience with VA Sec. Shulkin
An armed guard reportedly stands outside his office, in part due to the upheaval and in part as a response to threats Shulkin received after the I.G. The veterans affairs post was among the slots Trump eyed...More..

White House hails Donald Trump's anti-terror efforts
President Donald Trump will push states to make it easier to seize weapons from people a court finds unsafe, hold federal agencies more accountable for background checks, and promote arming teachers. in com...More..

Former Aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Convicted on Corruption Charges
The verdict came during the trial's eighth week. Both times , the judge asked them to continue deliberating. "As every schoolchild knows, but he corruptly chose to disregard, government officials who sell th...More..

Philippines Plans to Withdraw From International Criminal Court
Harry Roque, the presidential spokesman, also said Tauli-Corpuz and another Filipina rapporteur are embarrassing the Duterte administration when they publicly expressed on the possible escalation of militarisat...More..

Trump taps Pompeo as Tillerson's replacement: Iran sanctions to follow?
In Secretary Pompeo, the Europeans - who want to see the Iran nuclear deal continued - will find a more demanding counterpart than Tillerson. Evans Revere, a former senior US diplomat who dealt with Nort...More..

Sharad Pawar to host oppn meet by end of March: NCP
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav said the effort to unite the opposition was underway. According to The Quint , prominent members of the Congress including party president Rahul Gandhi , forme...More..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
PM Modi also underlined the work being done by the government to correctly identify TB victims, ensure that active cases are known on time, and whether the medicines that are being prescribed are effective. H...More..

Lok Sabha impasse continues, no 'sign' of govt outreach to opposition
The Opposition has an upper hand in the Rajya Sabha . The lower house has not transacted any major business, except introduction of two bills on Monday and routine laying of papers since the post-break part ...More..

UP LS bypolls: SP leading in Gorakhpur, Phulpur
At the end of round 2, the SP took a lead of 1,500 votes, after which the SP kept on increasing its lead. The elections see a triangular contest between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)-backed Samajwadi Party ,...More..

'US steel & aluminum tariffs are penny wise, pound foolish'
Both are essential to make everyday goods, from cars to planes, to food and drink containers. The latest move to put 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent levies on aluminium imports has come after specific me...More..

Tillerson's Exit Could Doom the Iran Nuclear Deal
The president wants European allies to join him in demanding an end to Iran's ballistic-missile testing, which are not addressed by the nuclear deal; unrestricted access for United Nations nuclear inspectors to...More..