(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign.
"Hong Kong protests: Twitter and Facebook remove Chinese accounts"Category: WORLD
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, calling its decision “completely the fault of South Korea’s actions”.
"North Korea snubs peace talks with South Korea over war drills"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, the terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here received a bomb threat late night on Monday, which was later found to be a hoax.
"Delhi airport receives hoax bomb threat call"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –An Indian man apparently angered at getting a BMW for his birthday – instead of a Jaguar – pushed the new vehicle into a river.
"Indian man pushes birthday present BMW into river"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The death toll from floods in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra has risen to at least 147, according to authorities, as rescue teams raced to evacuate people and waters submerged parts of a world heritage site.
"Death toll from Indian floods reaches 147, thousands evacuated"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Ukraine has protested to Russia after a leather-clad President Vladimir Putin visited the annexed Crimean peninsula to attend a bikers’ festival.
"Vladimir Putin riles Ukraine with Crimea bikers’ festival trip"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Shah Rukh Khan’s 19-year-old daughter Suhana Khan will make her on-screen debut with the English short film, The Grey Part of Blue. Directed by Theodore Gimeno, the film also stars Robin Gonnella.
"Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana makes debut with English short film ‘The Grey Part of Blue’"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – About 19 million years ago, the world’s largest parrot lived in New Zealand and used its massive beak to crack open food, according to a new study.
"Fossil of ‘world’s largest parrot’ discovered in New Zealand"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Buddhist enclave of Ladakh cheered India’s move to hive it off from Jammu and Kashmir state, a change that could spur tourism and help New Delhi counter China’s influence in the contested western Himalayas.
"India’s Ladakh Buddhist enclave jubilant at new status but China angered"(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Thousands of people have been evacuated from villages around a military base in Siberia after a series of massive explosions at its ammunition store.
"Huge blasts as Russian arms depot in Siberia explode"