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October 29, 2016 8:20 AM
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan says, he accepts his Nobel Prize in literature, ending a silence since being awarded the prize earlier this month. The Nobel Foundation in a statement said, the honour had left him "speechless". The award to the star was announced on the 13th of this month fo...
October 29, 2016 8:02 AM
In the United States, FBI has re-opened investigations into Democrat Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of private email server when she was Secretary of State due to likelihood of new information coming to light. <br/><br/>FBI Director James Comey, in a communication to the...
October 29, 2016 7:54 AM
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan says, he accepts his Nobel Prize in literature, ending a silence since being awarded the prize earlier this month. The Nobel Foundation in a statement said, the honour had left him "speechless". The award to the star was announced on the 13th of this month fo...
October 29, 2016 7:53 AM
An American Airlines plane has caught fire on the runway of Chicago's O'Hare airport while taking off. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, the Boeing 767 bound for Miami blew a tyre and damaged an engine. The pilot aborted the take-off and evacuated everyone on board via emerge...
October 29, 2016 7:53 AM
In Venezuela, opposition leaders have staged a general strike to push for a referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro from power. Many shops, businesses and schools stayed closed Friday and public transport was quieter than usual. But adherence to the strike was patchy and poorer areas largely...
October 29, 2016 7:53 AM
Canada and the European Union are to sign a long-delayed landmark trade deal at a summit in Brussels tomorrow. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described it as "great news" and said he looked forward to attending. A signing ceremony planned for Thursday had to be cancelled after a Be...
October 29, 2016 7:53 AM
The first legal challenge against the UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU) has been rejected by the High Court in Northern Ireland. <br/><br/>Those behind the case had argued that British Prime Minister Theresa May did not alone have the right to launch a two-year countdow...
October 28, 2016 6:26 PM
Myanmar's government said today that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country's first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects.<br/><br/>Soe Lwin Nyein, the director of Myanmar's public health department, told reporters, a 32-year-ol...
October 28, 2016 4:48 PM
Islamic State group fighters killed at least 232 people in and around Mosul last week as Iraqi troops advanced on the city, the United Nations Human Rights Watch office said today.<br/><br/>UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva that 232 civilians were re...
October 28, 2016 1:37 PM
In Sri Lanka, the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Library and Resource Centre was inaugurated today at Sri Palee College in Horana. It was inaugurated by High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Mr. Y.K. Sinha. The library has been renovated by the Government of India at a total cost of 38 million Sri L...
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