WORLD, TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft says in talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations from China's ByteDance
Microsoft says in talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations from...
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Aug 3: Microsoft Corp said it will push ahead with talks to acquire the U.S. operations of Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok, a potential blockbuster deal that could re-shape the social media industry and further inflame crumbling U.S.-China relations.
Aug 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bodies of eight people missing in Melamchi landslide found
Bodies of eight people missing in Melamchi landslide found
MELAMCHI, Aug 3: Bodies of all eight people missing in Melamchi landslide occurred on Sunday night have been found.
Aug 03, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Oli, Dahal to meet again on Tuesday as they differ whether to call Secretariat or Standing...
Oli, Dahal to meet again on Tuesday as they differ whether t...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Intra-party dispute in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has shown no sign of coming closer to an end even on Monday as Prime Minister K P Oli and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal differ whether to call the party’s Secretariat meeting or the Standing Committee meeting to resolve th...
Aug 03, 2020
SOCIETY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PHOTOS: Janai Purnima festival being observed today
PHOTOS: Janai Purnima festival being observed today
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Nepali Hindus are observing Janai Purnima festival across the country today. It falls on Shrawan Shukla Purnima every year.
Aug 03, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
U.S. election will be Nov. 3 as planned, Trump advisers say
U.S. election will be Nov. 3 as planned, Trump advisers say
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov. 3.
Aug 03, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Islamic State attack on Afghan prison, killing 21, rages on
Islamic State attack on Afghan prison, killing 21, rages on
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug 3: An Islamic State group attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing at least 21 people in fighting overnight, a local official said.
Aug 03, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Economic costs of national security
Economic costs of national security
HONG KONG – By disrupting the world’s interconnected economic, social, and geopolitical spheres, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed just how fragile and inequitable the institutions that govern them really are. It has also highlighted how difficult it is to address systemic fragility and inequity amid...
Aug 03, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Philippine capital returning to lockdown as virus surges
Philippine capital returning to lockdown as virus surges
MANILA, Philippines, Aug 3: The Philippine president has agreed to place the capital and outlying provinces back under a lockdown after medical groups warned that the country was waging “a losing battle” against the coronavirus amid an alarming surge in infections.
Aug 03, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
India reports 52,972 new coronavirus infections
India reports 52,972 new coronavirus infections
BENGALURU, Aug 3: India reported 52,972 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 million, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Monday.
Aug 03, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Ten people killed in separate landslides in Sindhupalchowk
Ten people killed in separate landslides in Sindhupalchowk
SINDHUPALCHOWK, Aug 3: Ten people were killed in two separate incidents of landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Sindhupalchowk on Sunday night. One person injured severely in the incident was rescued alive Monday morning.
Aug 03, 2020