ECONOMY, WORLD
Coca-Cola to buy UK coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion
Coca-Cola to buy UK coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion
Aug 31: Britain's Whitbread Plc said on Friday it had agreed to sell coffee chain Costa to Coca Cola for an enterprise value of £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion).
Aug 31, 2018
POLITICS, SOCIETY
Leader Nepal leaves for the US
Leader Nepal leaves for the US
KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Senior leader of Communist Party of Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday night left for the United States of America to participate in the Nepali National International Convention to be held from August 31 to September 2 in Chicago.
Aug 31, 2018
WORLD
Detention of Uighurs must end, UN tells China
Detention of Uighurs must end, UN tells China
Committee cites reports that ‘tens of thousands to upwards of a million’ Muslim Chinese are being held, as US lawmakers call for sanctions
Aug 31, 2018
SPORTS
Nepal in improbable qualification scenario after the UAE defeat
Nepal in improbable qualification scenario after the UAE def...
KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The Nepal national cricket team fell to a disappointing 78-run defeat at the hands of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second match of the ACC (Asian Cricket Council) Asian Cup Qualifiers at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. Nepal was all out for...
Aug 31, 2018
Lifestyle
Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York
Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York
NEW YORK, Aug 31: Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected both the giddy highs and the depraved lows of the human condition, has died. He was 88.
Aug 31, 2018
WORLD
Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of child abuse discussed in confe...
Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of...
SYDNEY, Aug 31: The Catholic church in Australia on Friday rejected laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country’s biggest religion and the government.
Aug 31, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
US will withdraw from the WTO unless it shapes up, threatens Trump
US will withdraw from the WTO unless it shapes up, threatens...
Trump's warning about a possible US pull-out from the organisation highlights the conflict between the president's trade policies and the open trade system that the WTO oversees.
Aug 31, 2018
WORLD
At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico
At least 7 killed in head-on bus crash in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, Aug 31: A blown tire on a semi-truck may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities.
Aug 31, 2018
POLITICS
HoR postpones election of thematic parliamentary committees
HoR postpones election of thematic parliamentary committees
KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The House of Representatives has postponed election of 10 thematic parliamentary committees until further notice.
Aug 31, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
Asian markets in reverse as China-US row returns to fore
Asian markets in reverse as China-US row returns to fore
HONG KONG, Aug 31: Asian markets sank Friday as the China-US trade row burst back into view with a report that Donald Trump wants to impose tariffs on $200 billion of goods as early as next week.
Aug 31, 2018