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With the sudden rise in the water level of the Seine River, water has flooded in many parts in the French capital Paris. On Monday, the water level of the river reached its high level of 5.84 meters, which is four meters more than normal. The Meteorological Department says that the water level of the river may fall only after ...

Hillary Clinton was a surprise guest at the 2018 Grammy Awards as the Democrat leader read passages from the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” to mock US President Donald Trump. Blending comedy and politics at the 60th music gala, the former US presidential candidate was one of the personalities, who perused through Michael Wolff’s best-seller poking ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh has said that travel security is imperative to check terrorism, both domestic terrorism as well as cross-country terrorism. This, he said, calls for not only constantly evolving new innovative methods to ensure security but also equally as much requires the involvement ...

Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos yesterday during which he talked about “serious” challenges and “grave concerns” facing the world, including terrorism. Climate change and terrorism are grave concerns before the world, Modi said, while asserting that terrorism is dangerous but what is equally dangerous is the “artificial distinction” ...

A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was killed today, with the casualty toll expected to rise. The heavily-guarded luxury hotel is popular among foreigners and Afghan officials. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the ...

The US government officially shutdown on Saturday for the first time in five years after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government running, marking a chaotic end to Donald Trump’s first year as president. The shutdown began at 12:01 am (local time) after a few Republicans joined Democrats in blocking the crucial measure would have ...

Aiming to strengthen partnership in the farm sector, India and Israel today said they are working on a five-year plan for cooperation in agriculture and water. A three-year joint programme (2018-20) has already commenced, under which the Centres of Excellence (COEs) are being set up across the country to train farmers about Israeli farm and water technologies. As many as ...

Turmoil ensued at the Turkish airport, when an airplane with the 168 passengers got off the runway and hanged on the shore of the sea. Panicked passengers started shouting in fear and there was an atmosphere of confusion. Fortunately, the plane did not go into the sea nor there was a fire in it.Due to this the lives of the ...

Africans have reacted angrily after US President Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as “shithole countries”, with many accusing the US president of racism and ignorance. The 55-nation African Union condemned the remarks yesterday, while a statement from ambassadors of all countries from the continent at the United Nations demanded a retraction and apology. The African Group of UN ...

US President Trump said late Thursday that he had canceled a trip to London because of the cost and “off location” of the new United States Embassy in the city, where he had been expected to face protests. Nearly a year ago, Trump accepted an invitation to visit from Queen Elizabeth II, which was extended by Prime Minister Theresa May ...