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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to a resounding victory in a snap election today, winning a mandate to harden his already hawkish stance on North Korea and re-energise the world’s number-three economy. Abe’s conservative coalition was on track to win 311 seats in the 465-seat parliament, according to a projection published by private broadcaster TBS, putting the blue-blooded nationalist ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Around 30 lakh adult American carry their loaded licensed loaded firearm daily and 90 lakh do so on monthly basis. Ironically they are carrying their gun because sense of insecurity prevailing among them The study is the first in over 20 years to scrutinise why, how often, and in what manner US adults carry loaded handguns. It ...

An Indian-origin teenager has become one of Britain’s youngest millionaires after his online estate agency business got valued at 12 million pounds in just over a year. Akshay Ruparelia, at just 19 years of age, juggled his school work with negotiating property deals for his no-frills business that offers to sell properties for a fraction of the cost charged by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that as co-chairs of G20 Framework Working Group (FWG), India made the lead intervention during the Second Round of the Session on ‘’Global Economy and Framework for Growth’, which discussed the IMF’s G-20 Report on ‘Strong, Sustainable, and Balanced Growth(SSBG)’. The Report was a useful starting point for studying present challenges ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to take major American news networks off the air over a story about his nuclear policy, accusing them of indulging in spreading “fake news”. Trump and his aides have repeatedly used the term “fake news” to cast doubt on critical media reports, often without providing evidence that the reports were untrue. Trump was upset ...

Two weeks after New Zealand’s general election the outcome remained unclear today as the counting of postal and overseas votes failed to give any party a clear majority, leaving maverick MP Winston Peters as kingmaker. Official results released after so-called special votes were added showed no single party had the 61 seats needed to govern in the 120-seat parliament. The ...

Pakistan has raked up the Kashmir issue again at the UN with its envoy Maleeha Lodhi accusing India of spreading terrorism in the Valley, drawing a sharp reaction from India which described her diatribe as a “lonely voice from the wilderness”. Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Lodhi, during a debate of the General Assembly, also alleged that ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Liquor baron turned politician Vijay Mallya was arrested in London today before being released on bail for the second time this year, in a case of money laundering filed by Indian authorities through UK’s state prosecutor. He slipped out of the country in March 2016, amid attempts by a group of banks to recover more than Rs. 9,000 crore loaned ...

At least 20 people were killed and 100 others injured at a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, the BBC reported on Monday. Multiple people are being treated for bullet wounds at a nearby hospital. Las Vegas police confirmed that one suspect has been neutralised. They advised people to avoid the area near Mandalay Bay Casino. ...

More than 144,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on popular tourist island Bali, but officials Saturday urged evacuees who live outside the immediate danger zone to return home. Mount Agung, 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August, causing fears it could erupt for the first time since 1963 and triggering ...