Leave it on US President-elect Donald Trump to think outside the box. This time, however, Trump didn’t just think outside the box, but the American map as well. He suggested a Canada-sized addition to the US map. Last week, when he met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he suggested that Canada could become the 51st…
And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Rivalry Weekend, where many of the teams fought for 60 minutes, and then fought some more. 1. On his weekly coach’s show last Monday, Ohio State coach Ryan Day described his team’s losing streak to Michigan in stark terms. “It’s one of the worst things that’s ever…
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona State Sun Devils gathered at midfield, an enormous mass of maroon and gold celebrating Saturday’s 49-7 win against rival Arizona at Arizona Stadium. Suddenly, Cam Skattebo broke from the pack, lifting the Territorial Cup in his right hand and charging for the stands where Arizona State fans awaited. Skattebo had…
NEW DELHI: In a significant response to growing cases of arrests of officers of central probe agencies by state police, Supreme Court Friday pitched for balance between competing objectives of protecting the Centre’s functionaries from vengeful actions which could trigger a constitutional crisis, while not restraining state police from probing allegations of corruption.A bench of…
Four civilians including two students were killed on Friday in the Syrian city of Aleppo in insurgent shelling of university student dormitories, the state news agency SANA reported. Rebels led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo,…
America’s breadbasket straddles the Missouri River, with Iowa on the eastern slope and Kansas burying a knee in its back from the southwest. The river’s thick, muddy waters and countless tributaries irrigate the world’s most fertile farmland. In Iowa, that means corn, hogs and even turkeys. In Kansas, that’s winter wheat, sorghum and cattle. Agriculture…
NEW DELHI: An Indian-American body has urged US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump for an independent inquiry into the rising incidences of attack on minorities in Bangladesh. Raising apprehensions that the Indian neighbour is turning into a “radicalised Islamic state”, the group has called upon the two leaders to address the “imprisonment of…
Imphal, Nov 20 (IANS) The Manipur government has closed all schools in six valley districts on Wednesday considering the safety of the students, officials said on Tuesday. The Manipur government has rescinded its decision to reopen schools and colleges in the Imphal Valley and Jiribam district, officials confirmed on Sunday. Schools and colleges in Imphal…
The US state department held therapy sessions for employees who were upset by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Representative Darrell Issa, R-Calif. criticised state secretary Antony Blinken and raised concerns about the government funding mental health counselling. “I am concerned that the Department is catering to federal employees who are personally devastated by the normal functioning…
MUMBAI: Six months is a long time in politics. The ruling Mahayuti had suffered a major setback in the state in the Lok Sabha elections. But it has made a crushing comeback in the assembly elections, winning 230 of the state’s 288 assembly seats – at 80%, that’s more than a three-fourths majority. MVA, which…