By Reuters Staff NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Future Retail has challenged its partner Amazon.com Inc in a New Delhi court to stop interfering in its $3.4 billion asset sale deal, the Indian company said in a statement on Saturday. Amazon is locked in a bitter legal dispute with Future Group, which in August sold its retail […]
With a victory in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden secured his win over Donald Trump, the first U.S. president to lose reelection in 28 years. By Amanda Terkel, HuffPost US Joe Biden is projected to become the next president of the United States after an election that was historic, messy, chaotic and uncertain. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will […]
Ethiopia’s federal army is mobilising troops from across the country as it continues its offensive in Tigray. The army’s deputy chief of staff accused state troops loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of treason. The Tigray president said his troops were engaged in clashes along the border with the neighbouring state of Amhara. […]
In 2020, a common strand linking India and the United States was the world’s largest and oldest democracies punishing their citizens for resisting injustice. By Betwa Sharma Welcome to the year-end instalment of The Idea of India, HuffPost India’s monthly conversation about how we see ourselves as a people and as a nation. As we near […]
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the S&P 500 up more than 7% this week, with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits. The outcome of the election remained undecided, but Democrat Joe Biden […]
By Reuters Staff COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s State Serum Institute, which deals with infectious diseases, has found mink-related versions of coronavirus in 214 people since June, according to a report on its website updated on Nov. 5. One strain of the mutated coronavirus, which has prompted Denmark to cull its entire herd of mink, has […]
By John Whitesides, Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained more ground on President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, edging closer to the White House hours after Trump falsely claimed the election was being “stolen” from him. Biden had a 253 to 214 lead in […]
By Derek Francis BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares closed at their highest level since mid-February on Thursday as strong earnings from the country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) boosted banks, with metal and energy stocks adding to the gains. The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 1.78% to close above the 12,000-mark for the first […]
Police in Hong Kong have launched a hotline where residents can report breaches of the national security law imposed by Beijing earlier this year. The law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. It has silenced many protesters since it came into force. Hong Kong residents can send images, audio and video files to […]
Coronavirus pandemic People who commit “egregious breaches” of the new lockdown restrictions in England will face steep fines, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has warned. Under the rules, people have been told to stay at home and non-essential shops, pubs and gyms ordered to close. Households are also banned from mixing indoors or in private gardens, unless […]
