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Santo Domingo, Feb 16: Two radio journalists have been killed in the Dominican Republic after gunmen opened fire during a news bulletin which was being broadcast on Facebook Live. Luís Manuel Medina, the presenter of the news programme Milenio Caliente – or Hot Millennium – was killed while on air on Tuesday morning. Producer and director Leo Martínez was shot dead in an adjacent office at the

Washington, Feb 15: A record number of 27 US Congressmen will visit India later this month, reflecting the growing bipartisan support for strengthening the Indo-US strategic ties. The top lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are visiting India in two separate delegations. Describing this as an important development, Navtej Sarna, Indian ambassador to the US, said such visit is

Beijing, Feb 15: Three knife-wielding suspected Uyghur militants have killed five persons in China's far western Xinjiang region before being shot dead by the police, the latest outbreak of violence in the restive territory. The attack took place last evening in Pishan county. Ten people were injured in the attack, five of whom were declared dead in the hospital, an official news portal of the

Washington, Feb 15: A powerful Republican Senator has said he does not expect President Donald Trump to weaken the H-1B visa scheme, sought-after by Indian IT professionals, as the programme benefits Americans and the US economy. Senator Orion Hatch, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, said that in his several meetings with Trump he had discussed the economic benefits of preserving and expanding H

Austria, Feb 14: Austrian police have detained a man for glorifying the Nazi regime, after he appeared in public dressed as Adolf Hitler, a police spokesman said. The 25-year-old was arrested on Monday night in Braunau am Inn, the Hitler's birthplace, the spokesman said. The daily newspaper Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten said on Saturday the man had been seen outside the house in which Hitler

Dubai, Feb 14: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said he “deeply” regretted opposition to former Palestinian Premier Salam Fayyad as the organization's peace envoy to Libya, days after Washington vetoed the appointment. “I deeply regret this opposition and I do not see any reason for it,” Guterres said at the annual World Government Summit hosted by Dubai. Guterres described Fayyad, a former

Washington, Feb 14: Describing North Korea as a "big problem", US President Donald Trump today vowed to deal with it "very strongly", after the reclusive country carried out yet another ballistic missile test. "Not only internationally but when you come right here, we have - obviously, North Korea is a big, big problem, and we will deal with that very strongly," Trump told reporters during a joint

Islamabad, Feb 13: A Pakistani high court today banned Valentine's Day celebrations across the country and its promotion on social media after accepting a petition which argued that it was un-Islamic. The order was issued by the Islamabad High Court on the petition submitted by a citizen Abdul Waheed, whose political affiliation was not immediately known. The petitioner had urged the court that

New Delhi, Feb 13: At least ten people, including two top cops, were killed and several others injured in an explosion on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a protest rally outside the Punjab Assembly building in eastern Pakistan, police officials said. Lahore Traffic Police chief capt (R) Mobeen Ahmed and Senior Superintendent Police Lahore Zahid Gondal were killed in the blast

Washington, Feb 13: If you don't get enough sleep, you might just start forgetting things. Sleep deprivation can interfere with the process that helps reinforce our memories, a new study has found. After studying mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US have fortified evidence that a key purpose of sleep is to recalibrate the brain cells responsible for learning and memory so the