June2017

News Hour: Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels....

News Hour: Walt Disney’s first map of his planned Disneyland theme park in Southern California is going up for sale in June and could fetch up to $900,000, auctioneers said on Friday. The 1953 map, hand-inked...

News Hour: When Vietnam’s prime minister sat down with President Donald Trump at the White House last week, it reflected a concerted Vietnamese lobbying effort unmatched by most Asian peers. It also underlined the strategic importance...

News Hour: Rafa Nadal returned to Roland Garros after his birthday celebrations and showed no signs of slowing up, railroading compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-2 6-2 in the fourth round on Sunday. In yet another...

News Hour: North Korea “fully rejects” the latest U.N sanctions against its citizens and entities as a “hostile act” and will continue its nuclear weapons development without a delay, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday....

News Hour: Twenty-one of those injured in Saturday’s London Bridge attack are in a critical condition, the Press Association news agency reported on Sunday citing NHS England, the health authority, reports Reuters. Earlier, the London Ambulance...

News Hour: Kei Nishikori survived a two-set blackout to beat Chung Hyeon 7-5 6-4 6-7(4) 0-6 6-4 in their rain-delayed French Open third-round tie on Sunday, winning the first ever all-Asian battle at this stage of...

News Hour: Feted as one of the finest talents of his generation, Zinedine Zidane has made the transition to management so smoothly that he has already eclipsed some of the game’s most hallowed names just 17...

News Hour: Malaysian budget airlines group, AirAsia on Saturday announced discounted fares, starting as low as Rs 1,099 for domestic destinations operated by its Indian joint venture carrier and Rs 2,999 for International flights operated by...

News Hour: Boeing Co said on Friday it had delayed the delivery of its third 737 MAX jetliner, set for next week to Norwegian Air Shuttle, to resolve a technical issue. “On occasion delivery processes runs...