Trump said he 'won't fail' on a front where three of his predecessors -- Clinton, Bush and Obama failed.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said on Friday he did not support a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games. Asked on NBC 'Nightly News' whether he wanted the world to boycott the Olympics this summer, the Dalai Lama replied, "No." Asked if he wanted the United States and other world leaders to boycott the opening ceremony in support of Tibet, he replied, "That's up to them."
An Instagram model from California, United States says she's lucky to be alive after she was attacked by a shark during a photo shoot. Model and nursing student Katarina Zarutskie (@katarinazarutskie) was swimming in Staniel Cay in the Bahamas when she was bit on the wrist by a shark -- and her lucky escape was all captured on camera.
The latest Wall Street/NBC poll finds that 45 per cent of voters surveyed favour Obama while 42 per cent have inclination towards McCain -- the three point lead is down from six points a month ago. The poll points to a big challenge for Obama as his party gathers in Denver next week for its convention.
While poll participants were clear that they prefer a Democrat in the White House, when asked to pick between McCain, Obama and Clinton, the votes were tied. Voters prefer Democrats for issues such as the economy and health-care, but on terrorism and social issues, the Republicans came out as the preferred party.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been chosen by the Time magazine as its 'Person of the Year' for his "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability".
The poll, which has margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, found that just 19 per cent of Americans now say that nation is headed in the right direction, while 68 per cent say things in the US 'are on the wrong track.'
It has a scheme to help companies profit when their copyrighted material is stolen on the Web
He was asked whether there are terrorist organisations that now have the capability of detonating a nuclear device in the United States.
The Statue of Liberty, one of the most visited monuments in the United States, and the island it sits on were evacuated on Friday because of a suspicious package, police said.
CapitaLand, the Singapore state-owned developer, is set to make one of the biggest bets by a foreign company on India's retail property boom, investing in 15 shopping centres worth S$2.1bn ($1.46bn) in association with two Indian construction and property groups.
The company said on Tuesday it would release its first scooters in India in 2010
Last week, a US Intelligence report had said that Al Qaeda had regrouped in its 'safe haven' inside Pakistan.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2845 also known as the "Safe Place to Learn Act," seeks to address bullying of South Asian, Muslim, and Sikh-American students.
n American model shattered stereotypes by breastfeeding her five-month old daughter on a Miami catwalk.
To give YouTube some serious competition, News Corp and NBC Universal are launching a free online service this summer, featuring full length movies and clips from at least a dozen television networks.
'For Trump, this maddening extravaganza will play out well in his election campaign, showing himself off as a hugely popular world leader,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Indian-origin US presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal is considering skipping the next Republican national debate after he failed to garner a minimum 2.5 per cent support in a recent poll, according to a report.
As long as oil continues to be a factor, as long as Iraqi Shias and Sunnis continue to butcher each other, as long as the expenses of war can be sustained by the American economy, there is no hope of an American withdrawal from Iraq.
American Express Corporation withdrew its sponsorship for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association convention due to begin Thursday.
Companies moving their manufacturing base out of the US during his administration would have to face consequences, he said.
When asked if he is in Pakistan, the Afghan leader replied: "Probably he is there. That's what the reports say now that come across."
The White House previously said Trump only decided to oust Comey after meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who discussed reasons for removing the director.
Another proposal of the army and the IAF for the procurement of 55 low level light weight radars was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore.
Mumbai dancers fuse lyrical hip hop and b-boying with elements of American cheerleading and trapeze-esque bits from the circus.
The stabber was upset over not getting admission into a university.
The 18-year-old attacker, identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan injured 11 people before police fatally shot him.
The 50-year-old, who has had a troubled history with drugs, alcohol and prostitutes, said he paid out "enough to bring into the millions" to keep the illness a secret.
"We have not been able to determine any trigger event that would lead to this or the murder of his wife," Captain William Hayes of the Los Angels Police Department said.
Pakistan Pervez Musharraf has said he joined the war on terrorism only because it was in the interest of his country and not because someone put a "gun" to his head and forced him into it.
The show has been nominated in a massive 24 categories.
Rookie New Orleans Pelicans basketball player Bryce Dejean-Jones died after being shot early on Saturday when he broke into a Dallas apartment, authorities said.
The Pakistani president in an interview with NBC disagreed that the pardon was a complete 'whitewash'.
A Sikh-American teenager was forced to remove his turban by airport personnel in the US state of California,
Several top American media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN and The Los Angeles Times, which were among those press outlets critical of the Trump Administration, were not invited to Spicer's press gaggle.
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