Bangladesh PM takes big lead as opposition rejects poll alleging vote rigging

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling party took a big lead over the opposition in a national election on Sunday, early results and trends showed, in a poll that was marred by allegations of vote rigging and violence that killed 17 people.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SxwfqA

Read More

U.S. CBP chief: agents did everything they could to save children

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did everything they could to get medical help for two children who subsequently died in their custody, the CBP chief Kevin McAleenan said on Sunday.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2QVx5kb

Read More

China says it is 'ready to work with US'

China's latest statement suggests trade negotiations between the two countries are progressing.

from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VlOjWb

Read More

Bangladesh election: Opposition demand new vote

An opposition leader condemned what he called a "farcical result", amid claims of vote rigging.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CEKbtg

Read More

American college football: Huge bald eagle lands on fans

A bird named Clark goes rogue in front of 90,000 fans at a college game.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tg7r6c

Read More

Afghanistan to delay presidential election to July: election body

Afghanistan's presidential election will be postponed by three months to July 20 to give authorities more time to organize the ballot, election authorities announced on Sunday, following mounting speculation of a delay.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EU8DZ6

Read More

New best story on Hacker News: Inter UI, a typeface designed for user interfaces

Inter UI, a typeface designed for user interfaces
549 by dsego

Read More

Delays blight Congo's presidential vote as opposition cries foul

Long queues, broken-down machines and torrential rain in the capital disrupted voting in Democratic Republic of Congo's long-anticipated presidential poll on Sunday, as the opposition alleged widespread irregularities.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TjVJr5

Read More

Why do we celebrate New Year on 1 January?

Why does the year begin in January?

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SwJ6t6

Read More

Germany's Kramp-Karrenbauer more popular than mentor Merkel: poll

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany's Christian Democrats, heads into 2019 more popular than Chancellor Angela Merkel, who supported her rise to the top of their party, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2CGFGhK

Read More

Torrential rain, delays blight Congo's presidential vote

Long queues, broken-down machines and torrential rain in the capital disrupted voting in Democratic Republic of Congo's long-anticipated presidential poll on Sunday, as election officials scrambled to deploy missing voters' rolls.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VisyGP

Read More

India university official urges students to kill instead of complaining

A top official at a Indian state-run university urged his students to "murder" fellow students if confronted instead of complaining to him, amid a wave of violence being reported from across the state where the school is based.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXj6Dd

Read More

Mayweather v Nasukawa: Kickboxer confident as boxer vows to 'entertain' in exhibition

Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa vows to "take down" Floyd Mayweather in their three-round boxing exhibition match on Monday.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2QayXjF

Read More

With U.S. departure, Syria's Manbij braces for upheaval

The city of Manbij has switched control more than most places in Syria's civil war.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EYQ0Eh

Read More

Sacked Macron bodyguard defends use of diplomatic passports

Emmanuel Macron's former security aide, who was sacked this summer after his violent conduct fueled a political scandal, acknowledged on Sunday he was still traveling on a diplomatic passport, in an affair that has rattled the French presidency.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Vlbro2

Read More

Lebanese finance minister warns of financial crisis as political deadlock continues

Lebanon's finance minister has said the heavily indebted country is in a state of economic crisis and warned it faces becoming a financial crisis, as politicians struggle to form a new government, state media reported.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Tk66eS

Read More

UAE regulator evaluating resuming flights by national carriers to Damascus

The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said it is evaluating the possibility of national carriers resuming flights to the Syrian capital of Damascus.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BK5Kqy

Read More

Storms, delays blight start to Congo's presidential vote

Voting in Democratic Republic of Congo's long-anticipated presidential election got off to a rocky start on Sunday due to torrential rain in the capital, long delays at some polling stations and broken-down machines.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ApxBwe

Read More

Kim Jong-un letter to Seoul asks for more summits in 2019

In a rare letter, North Korea's leader vows to "frequently" meet the South's president in 2019.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s0P5dN

Read More

Georges Loinger: French hero who saved Jews in WW2 dies

Georges Loinger's inventiveness saved hundreds of children during World War Two.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RmwI19

Read More

Bangladesh probes vote rigging allegations in election hit by violence

Bangladesh's Election Commission is investigating allegations of vote rigging coming from across the country on Sunday, a spokesman told Reuters, as polling for a general election marred by violence drew to a close.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Sppsio

Read More