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US officials seize diplomatic package from North Korea delegation in New York, says report New York: North Korea claimed Sunday that United States officials forcibly seized a diplomatic package from one of their delegations at John F Kennedy Airport, calling it an "illegal and heinous act of provocation". The official Korean Central News Agency said officials were returning from a United Nations conference on rights of persons with disabilities on Friday when they were "literally mugged". "At the airport, a group of more than 20 including those who claimed to be from the US Department of Homeland Security and the police made a violent assault like gangsters to take away the diplomatic package from the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) diplomats who were in possession of a valid diplomatic courier certificate," a spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry told the news agency. "As the diplomats vigorously resiste...

Macron's En Marche sweeps French parliament with clear majority: Angela Merkel hopes 'good cooperation' with Germany Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on winning a "clear parliamentary majority" in elections on Sunday, her spokesman said. The spokesman, Steffen Seibert, hailed the strong showing for Macron's year-old Republic on the Move (REM) in a tweet, adding that Merkel wished for "further good cooperation for Germany, France, Europe". Foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel also welcomed the vote's outcome, tweeting that it paved "the way for reforms in France+Europe". Macron's centrist party won a massive majority in parliamentary elections, early projections showed, in a dramatic re-drawing of the French political map. The new president's REM party and its allies MoDem are forecast to win between 355 and 425 seats in the 577-member National Assembly. The resu...

Saudi Arabia military disrupts attack on Marjan offshore oil field days after Iran accused Riyadh of killing fisherman Dubai: Saudi Arabia says it has disrupted an attack on a major offshore oilfield. A military statement published on Monday on the state-run Saudi Press Agency said three boats "bearing red and white flags" raced toward its Marjan offshore oil field. The military said sailors fired warning shots and captured one of the boats while two others escaped in the assault on Friday. It said the captured boat "was loaded with weapons for (a) subversive purpose." Saudi Arabia did not say who it suspected in the disrupted attack. The announcement comes after Iranian state television accused Saudi Arabia's coast guard of killing an Iranian fisherman on Friday. In April, Saudi security forces said they thwarted an attempted attack on an oil distribution center involving an unmanned boat from Yemen loaded with explosives.

Vehicle drives into worshippers near London mosque, driver arrested: Finsbury Park mosque a hub for radical Islamists One person has been arrested after a vehicle hit pedestrians in north London, injuring several people, police said Monday, as Muslim leaders said worshippers were mown down after leaving a mosque. Police said in a statement there were "a number of casualties", adding that they were called to reports of "a vehicle in collision with pedestrians" at 00:20 am (2320 GMT). "We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims," the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella body, said on Twitter. Harun Khan, the head of the MCB, said the van had "intentionally" run over people leaving night prayers for the holy month of Ramadan. However,  IANS  report quoted the the MCB saying that at least three to four persons were reportedly killed. The informat...

Colombia mall bombing: Leaders vow that attack wouldn't disrupt nation's peace process; probe into assault still on Bogota: Colombia's leaders and main rebel groups pledged that a mall bombing that killed three women would not disrupt the country's peace process, even as authorities scrambled to find out who was behind the carnage. The victims — two Colombians and a French woman — perished when a device exploded in a ladies' restroom in the crowded Andino shopping center in Bogota on Saturday. At least nine people were also wounded, officials said. President Juan Manuel Santos called the incident a terrorist attack. Rebel groups condemned the blast and said it was an attempt to undermine their efforts with the government to end Colombia's half-century civil conflict. Police said the explosion occurred at about 5.00 pm (local time) on Saturday, sending people running for their lives. "There was a strong boom and the floor shook,...

London: In a 'major incident', vehicle hits pedestrians outside Finsbury Park mosque; several feared dead, one arrested The mosque is near Seven Sisters Road, where the accident happened, and was once a notorious hub for radical Islamists but has entirely changed under new management. A witnesses told  Sky News  that at least ten people were hit by the van. According to  The Independent , footage of the incideny showed injured people motionless on the pavement as angry crowds surrounded a white man believed to be the driver. London's transport authority said on Twitter that the Seven Sisters road had been closed due to an "emergency services incident". The city's ambulance service said in a statement on Twitter that it had sent "a number of resources" including ambulance crews, paramedics and specialist response teams to the scene. "An advance trauma team from London's Air Ambulance has also been dispatched by car," t...

India vs Pakistan Final 2017: Plucky Sarfraz Ahmed and Co stun cricketing world with sheer force of will On a day at The Oval when Kennington was literally the same temperature as Karachi, perhaps the signs were always there that it was one that was always destined to belong to Pakistan. Pakistan. Pakistan who entered the tournament as its lowest ranked side. Pakistan who lost their opening game to India by 124 runs. Two weeks ago, Pakistan were so bad they were barely playing cricket. On Sunday, in the sweltering sun of south London they were unplayable. This was monumental from Pakistan, who in dispatching India by 180 runs seemed to almost bend the will of the Gods, cricketing or otherwise, with the unstoppable force of their performance. India might have won the toss, but a 50/50 call was of no concern to Pakistan, on Sunday they only dealt in certainty. Fakhar Zaman, who was yet to play for his country when the tournament began, showed early on just how cl...

US researchers point out exact areas in the brain responsible for emotional spillover As part of efforts to understand the emotional side of the brain, researchers in the US have for the first time pinpointed areas directly responsible for emotional spillover. When we let emotions from one event carry on to the next, such spillover can colour our impressions and behaviour in those new situations – sometimes for the worse. Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a technique that can temporarily “knock out” or inhibit activity in specific parts of the brain, the team discovered that when the lateral prefrontal area of the brain (a region known for executive function) was inhibited by the stimulation, participants showed more emotional spillover. For the experiment, the team from the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison collected people’s ratings and first impressions of neutral faces they saw immediately after faces that were smiling, prompting p...

Competition Commission dismiss charges against Reliance Jio for the second time For the second time in a week, the Competition Commission has dismissed allegations of unfair business practices made against Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm. The complaint mainly pertained to the free services offered by the new telecom player and allegations that it indulged in predatory pricing. This is the second time that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected a complaint against Reliance Jio. On June 9, it had dismissed similar allegations made by telecom major Bharti Airtel. “The Commission is of the view that the introductory offers of OP-1 (Reliance Jio Infocomm) do not amount to any contravention of the provisions of the (Competition) Act,” CCI said in its order dated June 15 and based its conclusions on the earlier ruling in the Bharti Airtel complaint. To decide the case, the regulator considered ‘provision of wireless telecommunication services to ...

Colonising Mars will be an epic adventure that will require the whole world to work together  Elon Musk has presented a study with details on how SpaceX plans to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. The research has been published in New Space, and expands on the plans introduced by Elon Musk at the International Aeronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico in September 2016. During the IAC presentation, Elon Musk stated that the reason he was acquiring assets through other ventures was for the sole purpose of making human life interplanetary. Musk however noted that it was a massive task, and welcomed co-operation from other private spaceflight companies towards establishing a permanent human presence on Mars. Private spaceflight companies are an important component of NASA’s Journey to Mars, a major undertaking that requires the US space agency to use every resource at its disposal. The space telescopes, new launch systems, space stations, commercial c...

US Navy destroyer collides with container ship off Japan: Search operation launched to find seven missing sailors Japan: The United States and Japan launched a major search operation to find seven missing American sailors on Saturday after their navy destroyer collided with a container ship, crushing the side of the military vessel. Planes, boats and helicopters scoured the seas off Japan's Pacific coast in a bid to find the crew who disappeared in the predawn accident, which also left the USS Fitzgerald's skipper injured. It was not clear where the missing sailors were when the collision happened. Several other crew members were injured and had to be evacuated by air to hospital, including the guided missile destroyer's commanding officer Bryce Benson. Aerial television footage showed one person lying on a stretcher and a rescuer being pulled up to a helicopter that was hovering above the Fitzgerald, part of its right side caved in. "There are sev...

In my presidential race, my name is Tamadaporn's Gaggola: Sushma Swaraj New Delhi: There is no consensus among the ruling party and the opposition on the choice of the country's first citizen. On the choice of the president, new names are being added to the race everyday. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has also been included in the list. However, Sushma Swaraj ended the speculation, saying that his name as a Presidential candidate is just a hoax.The President or the Opposition has not announced his candidates for the President's candidature. So many names are being speculated in this race, in which one name is Sushma Swaraj. However, the foreign minister denouncing his name said, "This is just a rumor. I am overseeing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and you are asking me questions about internal issues. "Sushma Swaraj gave this statement when a journalist questioned him about Presidential candidate. While voting for the presidential election on 17th July...

The Gujarat pharmacist who stole five thousand pounds of medicine in London has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment A UK-based pharmacist was sentenced to one year by a UK-based pharmacist who stole nearly 5000 pounds of drugs from a drugstore and sold it on the road. Niren Patel appeared in the Snanserebraque Crown Court and confessed his crime. He had broken his trust by misusing his position and stealing class-B drugs. He will be punished for 12 months. Patel used his pharmacist position by writing prescription drugs. He stole medicines and then sold it at a cheap price. The medicines that she had sold did not have to be taken without the advice of a doctor, and it was very risky and high-grade addictive ', said Brett M. Macquarie, a Detective of Met Organized Crime Command. The owner of the ninety store, Day-Lewis Pharmacy, Horncheck Metropolitan Police Contracts Drugs The Liaison team started investigations in August 2016. Seeing a stock record and a list of...

Modi said that Kochi Metro has traveled after the inauguration of India's vision Kochi: Narendra Modi inaugurated Kerala's first Metro train in Kochi today. In the meantime, he is known as Venkaiah Naidu and Metroman E. Sridharan also traveled between Palarivattam station and Pathadipalam in a metro train. The service will be started from June 19 for the public. Modi calls Kochi Metro - 'Vision of India' Kochi Metro was inaugurated at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. Here he greeted the meeting and said that Kochi Metro coaches show the make-in-India vision. 70% of the equipment used in this train is made in India. Foreign investors are now invited to this sector. With the launch of this metro train, one thousand women and 23 transgender will be employed. Why Metro in Kochi? Inaugurating the first Metro project in Kerala, Modi said that people in Kochi congratulated the metro. Kochi is a very important city to do business with the Arabian Sea. ...

Darjeeling unrest LIVE updates: One GJM supporter killed in firing, police vehicle burnt as protests intensify Fresh clashes broke out in Darjeeling on Saturday as Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) protesters pelted stones at security personnel who retaliated by firing teargas shells. One policeman was injured in the agitation as the indefinite strike entered its sixth day on Saturday. The agitation in Darjeeling began after the West Bengal government announced making Bengali a mandatory language in schools. Meanwhile, people from GJM’s Nari Morcha clashed with police on the streets of Singmari. Singmari is one of the GJM’s headquarters and close to GJM chief Bimal Gurung’s home in Patleybas. Amidst the crackdown on protesters, Vikram Rai, son of Darjeeling MLA Amar Rai and media manager of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), was arrested on Friday night. Also, the residence of the Assistant General Secretary (GJM), Binay Tamang, was allegedly raided and vandalised by the pol...

India-Pak 30 seconds worth of advertisement in the final one crore rupees! India and Pakistan are scheduled to play the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday. Broadcasters have been preparing from the organizers to cash in on the cricketing confrontation between the stark opponents of Asia. According to a media report, broadcasters are expecting a 30-second advertisement spot price of Rs 1 crore in the Champions Trophy final between India and Pakistan. Advertisers know that, in most of India's show, the 30-second advertisement spot is worth about Rs 10 lakhs. Though it is the final between India and Pakistan, it is seeing a ten-fold increase. In addition, the cricket ties between the two countries have been cut, due to which cricket fans wishing to watch the matches of both countries will be very interested to be held against the TV on Sunday. Because of this, broadcasters are asking for such a huge amount from the advertisers One report states that some adv...