July2016

News Hour: FBI chief James Comey on Thursday vigorously defended his recommendation not to file charges against Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton over her private email use at the State Department, saying she did not...

News Hour: Mexico City’s zoo was in shock on Thursday after its beloved male gorilla died as veterinarians prepared to transport him to another city to mate with two females, reports BSS. Bantu, who was 24,...

News Hour: Police arrested an ex-head of the Chilean army on Thursday to face charges over a 1973 massacre under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, the courts said, reports BSS. Juan Emilio Cheyre is accused of complicity...

News Hour: The girlfriend of Philando Castile, a black motorist shot dead by Minnesota police, made an emotional call for justice on Thursday for a law-abiding young man she said was killed “for no reason”, reports...

News Hour: Snipers operating from rooftops in Dallas killed five police officers and wounded six more in a coordinated attack during one of several protests across the country against the killing of two black men by...

News Hour: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$24 million Programmatic Governance and Competitiveness Development Policy Operation (DPO) for the Kyrgyz Republic. The operation – the first in a series of two...

News Hour: England selectors today announced a 12-man squad for the first Investec Test against Pakistan beginning on Thursday July 14 at Lord’s. Middlesex seamer Toby Roland-Jones has been called up to the squad for the...

News Hour: Ireland’s growing fixture list has been given another boost with the news that the West Indies will be travelling to Ireland in September 2017 to play a One-Day International. The West Indies are touring...

News Hour: the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$10 million IDA credit to the Republic of Moldova for the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project 2nd Additional Financing Project, which will contribute to enhancing the...

News Hour: Mongolia’s efforts to expand and diversify its exports got a boost with a $20 million credit from the International Development Agency (IDA), approved by World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. The credit finances the...