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Islamic state claims responsibility for World Manila attack

CAIRO, June 2 (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a casino in the Philippine capital Manila that killed at least 36 people on Friday, the group's Amaq news agency said, after o

/ 2nd June 2017
If Modi had a problem, he would've told Priyanka: Sunny Leone

Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Actress Sunny Leone has supported Indian actress Priyanka Chopra after she was trolled on social media for wearing a short dress when she met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin. &nb

/ 2nd June 2017
Nagas press for autonomous council in 3 Arunachal districts

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS): The Arunachal Pradesh government can't brush aside the need to establish an autonomous district council in the Naga-dominated areas of Tirap, Changlang and Longding, said various b

Nagaland / 2nd June 2017
Not supporting GST in its present form, says Mamata

Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed financial emergency is still on in India and reiterated that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is not acceptable to the st

/ 2nd June 2017
Air India privatisation very difficult without debt write-off, Panagariya says

NEW DELHI, June 2 (Reuters) - Privatising state-owned airline Air India will be "very difficult" unless the government writes off at least part of its debts, a senior government economic adviser said on Friday

/ 2nd June 2017
Indian gold prices slip to discount ahead of new sales tax policy

MUMBAI/BENGALURU, June 2 (Reuters) - Gold was sold at a discount to official prices in India for the first time in one-and-a-half months this week ahead of a new national sales tax regime that takes effect on J

/ 2nd June 2017
U.N. estimates U.S. climate move could add 0.3 degree temperature rise

GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord could add 0.3 degrees Celsius to global temperatures by the end of the century in a worst case scenario, an official from the U.N. Wo

/ 2nd June 2017
India losing to China: Chinese daily

Beijing, June 2 (IANS) An unexpected slowdown in India's economy has dealt it a blow in the "elephant versus dragon" race, a Chinese daily said on Friday. A gloating commentary by a Global Times' r

/ 2nd June 2017
Tobacco doubles death risk in HIV patients: Lancet

London, June 2 (IANS) Tobacco use, including snuff, chewing and smoking, is twice likely to cause death in HIV patients as the infection itself, thereby increasingly becoming the 'silent killer', researchers ha

/ 2nd June 2017
China ready to shoulder responsibility to fight climate change

Beijing, June 2 (IANS) As President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Paris climate deal slamming China and India, Beijing said on Friday it was ready to "shoulder the responsibility" of fightin

/ 2nd June 2017
Global dismay after Trump quits Paris climate deal, attacks India

Washington, June 2 (IANS) President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Paris climate deal calling it "draconian", triggering widespread condemnation at home and abroad. Trump particularly targete

/ 2nd June 2017
Produce prices surge in Maharashtra as farm strike bites

CHINCHKHED, India, June 2 (Reuters) - Prices of vegetables and milk jumped more than 50 percent in major cities across Maharashtra on Friday, the second day of a strike by farmers demanding debt relief and high

/ 2nd June 2017
36 die from smoke in Philippine casino after gunman set fire

MANILA, Philippines, June 2 (AP) — A gunman stormed a casino in the Philippine capital and torched gambling tables in the crowded space, creating a choking level of smoke that killed at least 36 people, autho

/ 2nd June 2017
Trump withdrawal from climate deal gets mixed response from U.S. companies

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday withdrawing the country from the Paris climate accord would stave off an economic crisis and protect American jobs - but many

/ 2nd June 2017
Putin praises Trump as simple, direct

Moscow, June 2 (IANS) The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday praised the US President Donald Trump and said he was exactly the kind of person he liked most. Putin said he had never me

/ 2nd June 2017
Make our planet great again: Macron to Trump

Paris, June 2 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has offered his own version of Donald Trump's campaign slogan with a call to "make our planet great again" following his American counterpart's move to pull

/ 2nd June 2017
Ananya Vinay wins the 2017 U.S. Scripps National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md., June 2 (Reuters) - Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lif

/ 2nd June 2017
U.N. council to vote Friday on blacklisting more North Koreans – diplomats

UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL, June 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a U.S. and Chinese proposal to blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities after the country's repeat

/ 2nd June 2017
Fifteen finalists in U.S. spelling bee vie for $40,000 prize

OXON HILL, Md., June 2 (Reuters) - Competitors in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee picked their way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels on Thursday as they eyed a $40,000 c

/ 2nd June 2017
Venezuela's Maduro vows referendum, death toll from unrest hits 62

CARACAS, June 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro pledged on Thursday to hold a referendum on a new constitution he has proposed to try and quell two months of anti-government unrest that has kil

/ 2nd June 2017