Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio team up against climate change
President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up on the White House South Lawn on Monday to sound a call for urgent action to combat climate change.
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Crystal Palace holds Everton to 1-1 draw
Goals by Belgian international strikers Romelu Lukaku and Christian Benteke saw Everton and Crystal Palace draw 1-1 in their Premier League clash on Friday.
Wuhan Open: Sania-Strycova loses final
Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova suffered a straight-set loss against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova in the summit clash of the WTA Wuhan Open, here today.
Scottish boxer Mike Towell dies after fight
Scottish boxer Mike Towell has died in hospital after being seriously hurt in a fight, his management company confirmed on Saturday.
Google plans to launch laptop that will run on Andromeda OS
With the ‘Made by Google’ event to be held on October 4, Google seems to have new hardware plans for next year. The company plans to release a laptop, known by an informal nickname “Pixel 3”, which will be the first ever device to run on the software giant’s new Android-Chrome OS, called Andromeda.
Revenge of the WhatsApp group
The day I discovered that I could ‘mute’ WhatsApp groups, I celebrated with mutton biryani. It was a revelation and a liberating one at that. The day I discover that I can ‘exit’ a group without anyone noticing, I will celebrate by eating biryani non-stop for 10 days.
Obama shouts twice to Clinton to hurry up
United States President Barack Obama shouted “Bill, let’s go” twice from the steps of Air Force One to urge former President Bill Clinton to break away from his conversation on the tarmac as he was keen to get back home after the pair attended the funeral of Israeli leader Shimon Peres.
Hillary Clinton leading opponent Donald Trump by 3 points
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading Republican rival Donald Trump by 3 points nationwide, according to a latest poll. In a four-way matchup, Clinton bests Trump, 43 per cent to 40 per cent, the Fox News poll released on Friday said.
US objects to Pakistan’s nuclear threats against India
The United States has strongly objected to threats of nuclear warfare made by Pakistan against India and has conveyed its displeasure to that country in this regard. “We made that (American objection on nuclear threat) clear to them (Pakistan). Repeatedly,” a senior State Department official said.