Daily Archives: July 3, 2020

India warns China to stay out of Kashmir dispute as crisis intensifies 

India has issued a warning to China to stay out of the dispute over Kashmir’s status, after Pakistan said it would take the issue to the United Nations Security Council with the support of Beijing. The remarks by the Indian foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, came after his Pakistani counterpart visited China in a bid to seek […]

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Portland police arrest 13 as far-right and antifa protesters face off

Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons on Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon. Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. They were largely successful. "This was a dynamic event with demonstrators frequently moving […]

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The first crime in space? Nasa investigates an unprecedented divorce case

The divorce case has details that are all too familiar – two partners at loggerheads, a young child caught in the middle and claims of financial malpractice.  Except there is a twist. The person accused of wrongdoing was in space.  In what is believed to be a first, Nasa is investigating whether one of its […]

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Two million face statelessness as India’s Assam publishes citizens’ list to weed out ‘illegal migrants’

Almost two million people face being left stateless in the northern Indian state of Assam, after Saturday’s release of a register aimed at weeding out "illegal migrants". The National Register of Citizens (NRC) – the culmination of a years-long effort in the border state – detailed 31.1 million citizens, leaving off 1.9 million. Across Assam, […]

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Japan rejects Western-style in favour of traditional order for names in official documents

Japan will start using the traditional order for Japanese names in English in official documents, with family names first, a switch from the Westernized custom the country adopted more than a century ago, government officials said Friday. The idea has been floated for years and but some ministers in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ultra-conservative Cabinet recently started […]

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South Africa calls on sociologists and psychologists to help as crime stats show 58 people killed every day

South African police have hired psychologists to figure out the causes of a murder epidemic that kills nearly 60 people killed every day.  Murder, rape, and robbery all increased in South Africa between April 2018 and March 2019, police said on Thursday, in the latest acknowledgement that a violent crime wave that has been described […]

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Fighter pilot left dangling from high voltage power line after F-16 crash

A fighter pilot was left hanging from a high voltage electrical line after his F-16 plane crashed in Brittany, France on Thursday.  Two Belgian air force pilots were forced to use their ejector seats and parachutes after suspected technical faults downed the 1983 warplane at about 10.30am during an annual exercise.  While one pilot landed […]

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Backstage News On WWE SmackDown LIVE’s Move To FOX

As previously reported, WWE will begin airing SmackDown LIVE on The FOX Network each and every Friday night starting October 4th, 2019. FOX Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier described the move as “short term” back in February, but since then, there have been few details to explain what he exactly meant. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey […]

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Charlotte On When She Found Out About Main Eventing WrestleMania

Over the past few years, WWE’s Women Superstars have been making headlines and history by competing in first-ever matches and even having their own PPV. Just recently, another history was made when it was announced that the women would be main-eventing WrestleMania 35. SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was recently a guest on The State […]

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28 Patch Pets In Halloween Costumes That Will Make Your Day

This Halloween, the furry friends of Patch have taken the cake (or the candy if you will) when it comes to most festive costumes — and luckily, we have the pics to prove it. In celebration of the spooky holiday, we asked our readers to send us photos of their pets dressed to the nines […]

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