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Trump views Germany as political opponent - senior SPD lawmaker
The remarks came soon after G7 and NATO summits, where news reports suggested that not all was well between her and Trump, who is leading the U.S. towards a more protectionist stance on economic issues and has called for NATO to pay for their share of expenditure of the Atlantic alliance. [Full Article...]
Injured Glenn Maxwell to miss warm-up match against Pakistan
The 32-year-old, who joined the team late due to visa issue, has played only 15 ODIs so far in his career and thus his excitement to play his first ICC event is all but natural. Whenever India and Pakistan faced each other in the 22 yards, it has been a mighty affair for both the teams. "In fact, the team is arguably stronger, better balanced with real firepower in its fast bowling". [Full Article...]
Florida focuses on renewed Zika virus threat
Officials in India knew about the country's first case of Zika virus infection months ago. That resident had also just returned from travel. Most were small and Zika has not previously been considered a major threat to human health. [Full Article...]
Trainee IAS officer found dead in swimming pool in Delhi
At some point, they reportedly made a decision to go for a swim in the institute's pool. Police suspect that he had consumed alcohol. According to the police officer, the statements of some eyewitnesses suggested that the lady IAS officer had accidentally slipped into the pool and some young officers, including Dahiya, jumped in to rescue her. [Full Article...]
Pakistan capable of beating India in Champions Trophy: Younis Khan
On Saturday, the men in blue defeated New Zealand in their first warm-up match at the Oval by 45 runs due to the Duckworth-Lewis method as rain stopped play. "The innovations we're working with Intel on for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 are like nothing we've seen in the sport before and I'm delighted to welcome them to the ICC family". [Full Article...]
British Airways returns to normal schedule after IT crash
Some travellers slept at airports on Saturday and the disruption continued into Sunday with long queues at both Heathrow and Gatwick , while some short-haul flights from Heathrow were affected on Monday. Ryanair , which reported record annual profits on Tuesday, had taken to social media to poke fun at BA. BA said it was making "good progress" in recovering from the glitch. [Full Article...]
Wisconsin women's rowing places 9th at NCAA's
This marks the first time in NCAA women's rowing history that a team has swept all three of its scoring races throughout the weekend. The top-ranked Huskies beat Stanford and California by a comfortable margin in the final race Sunday at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, posting a time of 6:36.939 in the varsity eight grand final. [Full Article...]
CBI to probe UPA's aviation ministry decisions, files 3 FIRs
The acquisition allegedly caused a financial loss to the "already stressed" national carrier, the investigating agency said. The losses run up to Rs 70,000 crore. The action came following a Supreme Court order in January this year on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), which extensively quoted observations of the CAG and reports of Parliamentary Com... [Full Article...]