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As tourists swarmed Parliament Hill and blinding summer sunshine bathed Rideau Hall, Harper emerged to confirm that Gov. Gen. David Johnston had indeed dissolved Parliament, launching the longest campaign in Canada since 1872. Now is not the time for the kind of risky economic...

Meanwhile, Kovah and Hudson are planning to present their research at a security conference in Las Vegas later this week.

Charles Saumarez Smith, the RA’s Secretary and Chief Executive, said: “The Royal Academy of Arts very much welcomes news that the Home Office has now decided to grant Ai Weiwei the normal six-month business visa he originally applied for”.

Two cranes employed to restore a bridge in the central Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn have collapsed on buildings, injuring at least 20 people, media say.

Aaron Kromer will not be on the sidelines for the first six weeks of the season. Kromer allegedly got into a physical altercation with a minor over the use of beach chairs and was initially charged with misdemeanor battery earlier this month.

[Irony of Life: 1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon hanged on his birthday].

Julius Malema’s trial is expected to begin on Monday, and the stakes are high for all involved.

Police said 15 injured persons, three of whom were seriously hurt, were taken to local hospitals.

Pelosi stated she was assured that if, as anticipated, Republicans move a “decision of disapproval” to attempt to sink the deal, a promised veto of that measure by President Barack Obama can be sustained.

By the time the House of Representatives recessed for the summer last week, no senior Democrat in the chamber had come out formally against the agreement and several central figures, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, were strongly in favour.

“The U.S. has expressed concerns about some of the challenges of human rights protection”. Talks had been suspended for this long owing to the Arab spring and the turmoil following authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in 2011.

Thousands poured into Rameswaram, some walked miles, to pay their last respects to former President Dr Abdul Kalam as he was laid to rest a little before noon at the Pei Karumbu ground in his hometown.

Dublin, Ireland was rocked on Monday afternoon when a 40-foot-tall inflatable Minion broke free from its restraints and crashed down in the middle of Old Swords Road, according to local reports.

Congress continued to target BJP by raking up the row surrounding allotment of land to Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association during its rule and accused former chief minister P K Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur of involvement in a land scam that caused a loss of Rs 100 crore to...

The plans were announced in the organisation’s interim results for the period ended 30 June 2015, which also reported that Centrica group profits fell 3% to £1 billion.