Month: October 2019

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – India restored some mobile phone services in contested Kashmir on Monday, two months after imposing a communications clampdown on the Himalayan region. India stripped its portion of the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley of statehood and autonomy on Aug. 5, cutting internet and phone lines and arresting thousands in an attempt…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Postpaid cellphone services were restored in India-administered Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after India’s government downgraded the region’s semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown. Landline phones were restored in the region last month, but the ban on more than 2 million prepaid mobile connections and internet services…

Srinagar (India) (AFP) – Text messaging services were blocked in Indian Kashmir just hours after being restored when a truck driver was killed by suspected militants and his vehicle set ablaze, authorities said Tuesday. Separately Indian officials said that a 24-year-old woman died in the latest exchange of artillery fire with Pakistan over their de-facto…

From Car and Driver This 1995 BMW M3 Lightweight is a test car used by Michelin. At this year’s Lightning Lap track event at Virginia International Raceway, a Michelin test driver ran laps in the M3 equipped with Pilot Sport 4S tires. The difference between the coolest run and the hottest run was 2.7 seconds.…

From Road & Track Our sister publication Car and Driver just held its 13th annual Lightning Lap at Virginia International Raceway. This year brought out a whole bunch of cool machines, some of which broke records. If you have some time, you should definitely read about it. The fastest car of the event, the McLaren…

By Holly OtterbeinOctober 14, 2019 Seven years before Elizabeth Warren said “I’m with Bernie on Medicare for All,” she was campaigning for the Senate and didn’t want to talk about single-payer health care. Running a tough race against Republican incumbent Scott Brown, the first-time candidate repeatedly distanced herself from the idea. In one interview, she…

At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade, an investigation by USA TODAY Network found. Officers have beaten members of the public, planted evidence and used their badges to harass women. They have lied, stolen, dealt drugs, driven drunk and abused their spouses. Despite…

President Donald Trump announced Monday his intention to level economic sanctions, hike tariffs and halt trade negotiations with Turkey as a result of its military incursion against U.S.-aligned Kurdish forces in northern Syria. “I will soon be issuing an Executive Order authorizing the imposition of sanctions against current and former officials of the Government of…

By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticized decision to clear U.S. troops from Turkey’s path. Vice President Mike Pence said Trump…

For two weeks in August, a multimillion-dollar search from air, land and sea sought to solve the 80-year mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Robert Ballard, the ocean explorer famous for locating the wreck of the Titanic, led a team that discovered two hats in the depths. It found debris from an old shipwreck. It even…