Hong Kongers snap up UK homes and do what they excel at: being landlords

Hong Kong (TIP): Hong Kong residents are buying more houses and apartments to lease out for income in Britain, property…

UK actors settle phone hacking claims with tabloid publisher

London (TIP): British television presenter and writer David Walliams and “Doc Martin” star Martin Clunes were among several actors who…

Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain, top court says

London (TIP): A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed…

Pakistan offers Lanka $15-mn credit line for defence coop

Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan has sought to replicate India’s offer for security and development cooperation with Sri Lanka during its PM…

MUSIC MAKERS

WIPA OFFERS AUDITION WORKSHOPS - FREE  “This has not been an easy season for our young musicians as they had…

Governor Cuomo bemoans lack of supply of COVID Vaccine

I.S. Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): “As of today, more than 2.5 million New Yorkers have received a first vaccine dose—about…

New coronavirus variant identified in New York: Researchers

Shares similarities with a more transmissible, intractable variant discovered in South Africa NEW YORK (TIP): A new coronavirus variant that…

New Yorkers mourn the death of Punjabi Singer Sardool Sikandar

I.S. Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): The sad demise of popular Punjabi singer Sardool Sikandar on February 24 in India has…

RSS chief advocates ‘Akhand Bharat’

Says “Akhand Bharat possible through Hindu Dharma, but not by force” HYDERABAD (TIP): Advocating the need for ‘Akhand Bharat’ (undivided…

NASA releases panoramic view of Mars rover landing site

Biden revokes Trump ban on many green card applicants

WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, Feb 24, revoked a proclamation from his predecessor that blocked many green…

UK judge orders Nirav Modi to be extradited to India

Nirpal Singh Shergill LONDON (TIP): A UK court on Thursday, Feb 25, ruled that fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi can be…

Manhattan District Attorney gets Trump’s tax returns and financial data

NEW YORK (TIP): The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has taken possession of former president Donald Trump's tax returns and a…

Meisha Porter to succeed Richard Carranza who is resigning as Chancellor of N.Y.C. School System

NEW YORK (TIP): Richard Carranza, who oversees the nation’s largest schools system, will step down after about three years as…

Rahul Gandhi to address students of Cornell University on Democracy: Virtual event is open to the Cornell community with NetID

NEW YORK (TIP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 2 will address the students of prestigious Cornell University and interact…

Judge says NO to Biden’s plan on deportation

HOUSTON (TIP): A federal judge indefinitely banned President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations, AP…

Out competing China will be key to national security in decades ahead: Biden’s CIA nominee

WASHINGTON (TIP): Out competing China will be key to America’s national security in the decades ahead, President Joe Biden’s pick…

US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince

Riyadh admitted that Khashoggi was killed in a “rogue” extradition operation gone wrong WASHINGTON (TIP): A declassified version of a…

U.S. will seek to rejoin UNHRC: Blinken

NEW YORK (TIP): The U.S. will seek re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Secretary of State Antony…

Whatever vaccine is available, take it: Fauci

WASHINGTON (TIP):  The top US infectious disease expert told NBC on Thursday, Feb 25, a third vaccine becoming available “is…

China’s lies, damned lies and statistics

China deliberately concealed the extent of the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak during the early days China also kept mum…

Bail for Disha Ravi

Court stands up for individual’s right to dissent Climate activist Disha Ravi is out on bail in the toolkit case,…

Human rights are everyone’s business

India must realize that a democracy cannot be reduced to only demanding praise from the rest of the world “The…