May2017
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Trump signs cyber security executive order: senior official
May 11, 2017News Hour: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the federal government’s cyber security and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, a senior administration official told reporters on... -
Weakened but defiant, Turkish hunger strikers protest purge
May 11, 2017News Hour: Painfully thin and walking with care after two months on hunger strike, Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca arrive in a central Ankara square to protest a government purge which has cost them and tens... -
HIV life expectancy now close to that of uninfected
May 11, 2017News Hour: The life expectancy of HIV-infected people in Europe and the United States has been boosted by a decade since anti-AIDS drugs became available in the mid-1990s, researchers said Thursday. In fact, a 20-year-old who... -
Smiling can make you look older!
May 11, 2017News Hour: A smile may not be the right way, but a look of surprise may take a few years off, says a study.While smiling could make you appear two years older, the surprised look could... -
Czech court adjourns hearing on Russian hacking suspect wanted by U.S, Russia
May 11, 2017News Hour: A Czech court adjourned a hearing on Thursday in an extradition tug of war over Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin, whom the United States want to try for hacking social networks including LinkedIn and whom... -
Banani Rape: Shafat and Sadman detained in Sylhet
May 11, 2017News Hour: Two accused in the much-talked-about Banani rape case, Shafat Ahmed and his friend Sadman Sakif, were detained in Sylhet on Thursday evening. Police’s assistant inspector general (confidential) Md. Moniruzzaman told the Prothom Alo that... -
South Korea urges ‘parallel’ talks and sanctions to rein in North Korea
May 11, 2017News Hour: South Korea’s new president launched international efforts to defuse tension over North Korea’s weapons development on Thursday, urging both dialogue and sanctions while also aiming to ease Chinese anger about a U.S. anti-missile system.... -
Shah Rukh Khan: “I sell dreams, and I peddle love to millions of people” [VIDEO]
May 11, 2017News Hour: “My friends Chris (TED curator) and Juliet called me here to speak about the future you, and naturally I’m going to speak about the present me.” In the 17-minute talk, SRK reflected on his... -
‘A million questions’ on Syria after Astana deal
May 11, 2017News Hour: The United Nations still has a million questions about a Syria deal struck last week by Russia, Turkey and Iran, with aid convoys almost totally stalled despite a reported reduction in the fighting, a... -
Skirmishes over culture strain alliance between Saudi rulers, clerics
May 11, 2017News Hour: When senior Saudi cleric Abdulaziz al-Tarifi told his almost one million Twitter followers that musical instruments were ungodly, it helped spark a hashtag among like-minded Saudis that “the people reject music academies”. The hashtag,...
