India
Month: June 2014
United States
City announces new citywide campaign to encourage youth to enroll in Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Program
SPEARHEADED BY THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BOOST DACA’S LOW REGISTRATION NUMBERS IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK (TIP): The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, the city’s Department of Youth and […]
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GIVE YOUR BEDROOM A ROMANTIC TOUCH
Bedroom decor should have a romantic essence to it, don’t you think? Considering that we spend a major part of our lives in our bedrooms, we should make it one of the most comfortable zones […]
Europe
G7 threatens Russia with more curbs
BRUSSELS (TIP): World leaders urged Vladimir Putin on June 4 to stop destabilizing Ukraine or face further sanctions as they met without a Russian president for the first time since the 1990s. Putin reached out […]
Europe
Landslide win for Assad in polls, Damascus in celebratory mode
DAMASCUS (TIP): A little after 10pm on June 3 when Syrian People’s Assembly speaker announced Bashar al-Assad as the presidential election winner, his words found an echo on Damascus streets. Young men and women began […]
Europe
9 get death sentence for terrorism in Xinjiang
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese courts have sentenced nine people to death for terrorist activities in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Two others have been given death sentence with a two-year reprieve, which means the verdict will be […]
Europe
Obama health care nominee withdraws
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama‘s choice to be the top health official at the embattled veterans affairs department has withdrawn his nomination. The news comes amid a firestorm over long patient waits at military veterans’ […]
Europe
45 killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (TIP): Fortyfive people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group’s spiritual home in northeast Nigeria, two residents said on June 6. The attack […]
Europe
Europe
‘Rambo’ kills 3 in Canada, updates FB while on run
Amanhunt is under way in the Canadian city of Moncton after a gunman shot dead three members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and left two others injured. Residents of Moncton, a city of about […]
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GET RID OF BLACKHEADS WITH HOME REMEDIES
Blackheads are dirty, tiny black spots that make home on the skin of your face, especially your nose. These are mostly the result of dirt, bacteria and dead skin cells, which clog the pores of […]
Europe
High-speed internet for flyers within EU
LONDON (TIP): Passengers will now receive superfast in-flight broadband wi-fi services while flying within the European Union. British satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat which has been spearheading the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 announced […]
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WHY MUSKMELON IS GOOD IN SUMMER
While most people gorge on mangoes during summer, another fruit that should be a part of your summer diet is muskmelon, also known as cantaloupe. Its high water content helps you stay hydrated during the […]
United States
Gunman kills one, injures three on Seattle campus
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others on June 5 on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America’s “epidemic of gun […]
India
US looking forward to welcome MODI TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is looking forward to welcoming the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, but refrained from making any announcement on the possible trip in September. “We look forward to […]
Politics
Hillary Clinton recalls foreign policy disagreements with Obama in book: Report
WASHINGTON (TIP): Potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton writes in her new book that she raised concerns about a swap of Taliban prisoners when she was President Barack Obama‘s secretary of state and disagreed with his […]
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INCLUDE YOGHURT IN YOUR DIET
Yoghurt is one of the most beneficial food items and must be made a part of everyone’s daily diet. It is not just rich in calcium -which is good for the bones -but protein as […]
United States
Civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama dies at the age of 93
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, whose photograph famously appeared in Life magazine showing her cradling the head of Malcom X moments after he was shot, has died of natural causes in her […]
United States
John Lennon sketches and poems sell for almost $3m in New York
John Lennon’s scribbles, letters and poems have proved a hit for Sotheby’s after exceeding their presale estimates to sell for almost $3 million in New York. The former Beatle’s nonsensical poem, “The Fat Budgie”, sold […]
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HOW TO BURN 500 CALORIES EVERYDAY
We are programmed to believe that losing weight is a Herculean task, which involves grueling exercise schedules, crash diets and drastic lifestyle changes. But the truth is far from it. Yes, you need exercise to […]
United States
Court grants Utah stay in gay marriage case
SALT LAKE CITY (TIP): A federal appeals court has granted Utah’s request to delay the implementation of a ruling ordering state officials to recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages that were allowed immediately after the […]
United States
Obama makes ‘no apologies’ for Taliban hostage deal
BRUSSELS (TIP): President Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologize on Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier, despite a fierce political storm over the deal in Washington. Critics, […]
United States
State department official to lead US team to Sisi swearing-in
WASHINGTON (TIP): A senior state department official will represent the United States at Sunday’s inauguration of the new Egyptian president, but in a sign of US unease, no cabinet-level ministers will attend. The US delegation […]
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