Articles by Parvathy Rajagopal

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Visa cancellation of ally angers Philippines President Duterte; Threatens to scrap military pact with US

Philippines President Duterte threatens to end military agreement following the denial of US visa to a senator from the Philippines

Jan 24, 2020

Chinese woman brags about cheating coronavirus infection screening in Paris, draws flak for it

Woman gets through immigration by consuming medicines to keep fever down to travel to Paris while the 2019-eConV threatens lives

Jan 24, 2020

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Who is Dalia al-Aqidi, the woman trying to unseat Ilhan Omar?

Dalia al-Aqidi is a refugee from Iraq who settled in the US in the 1990s, and she carved a name for herself as a reporter and is set on replacing Omar in Minneapolis

Jan 22, 2020

Why is #TargetTori trending on Twitter leaving a journalist red-faced?

Target employee who was Twitter-shamed by a journalist gets a vacation thanks to a gofundme page for #TargetTori

Jan 22, 2020

NYPD Sergeant, female officer stripped off duties after alleged sex romp in office bathroom

Police officers caught having sexual interactions in the department bathroom have been stripped of their gun and badges.

Jan 22, 2020

Ahead of ICJ verdict, Myanmar panel says no evidence of genocide against Rohingya

The independent commission appointed by the Myanmar government to look at the Rohingya genocide said that there was no evidence of genocide

Jan 21, 2020

Healthcare on tech highway: Med-e-talks focuses on innovation, access and misinformation

Along with the big advances in technology and connectivity, there are also newer problems like misinformation. The annual 'Med-E-Talks' conference looks into emerging challenges.

Jan 21, 2020

After bushfire, hailstorm hits Australia; golf-ball sized hailstones cause widespread damage

The south-eastern parts of Australia hit by hailstones which damaged buildings and cars and killed birds

Jan 21, 2020

Al-Salbi, aka Abdullah Qardash: New Isis leader is Yazidi genocide mastermind

Born in an Iraqi Turkmen family, Salbi is one of the very few non-Arab leaders in the ISIS

Jan 21, 2020

Video captures attack on Green Zone, US Embassy in Baghdad also targeted

The Green Zone in Baghdad came under Katyusha rocket attack yet again on Tuesday and the video was captured by a reputed journalist who heard the sirens of the oncoming attack

Jan 21, 2020

Human-to-human transmission possible with the new coronavirus, says China

The virus detected in Wuhan can be transmitted through close contact with infected people, says China's Health Commission

Jan 21, 2020

Chinese New Year 2017: Glimpses of colourful spring festival celebrations in China

Wuhan virus and Chinese New Year: How China can contain epidemic

Around 400 million Chinese people are set to travel through the next few days, posing a stiff challenge to health authorities..

Jan 20, 2020

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Who is Isabel dos Santos -- The Angolan billionaire woman who left behind an empty treasury

Angola's Isabel dos Santos's financial dealings have come to light because of the actions of Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa leaking several documents to ICIJ

Jan 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric's data likely under cyber threat from Chinese group, says company

Mitsubishi Electrical on Monday said that they were targeted by a Chinese cybercrime group where there was a probable leak of information about government agencies and business partners

Jan 20, 2020

Snapchat comes to the rescue of kidnapped teenage girl in Capitola

The girl used Snapchat to share her location with her friends to rescue her from three men who kidnapped her from Capitola in California

Jan 19, 2020

What is Chinese Restaurant Syndrome and the racism behind it?

Activists have come together to make Merriam-Webster take down the term Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

Jan 19, 2020

Instagram takes away IGTV button; why after two days of instruction video on how to upload them?

Is the social media giant trying to give IGTV a breathing space of its own by removing it from the main app?

Jan 19, 2020

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Missile attack by Houthi rebels kills around 60 Yemeni soldiers

Houthi rebel attack in Marib caused the death of several Yemeni soldiers and injury to dozens on Saturday

Jan 19, 2020

Is Mikhail Mishutin Putin's final strand of power?

Replacing the longest serving Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Mikhail Mishutin has turned into the second most powerful politician in Russia overnight, but who is he?

Jan 18, 2020

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ISIS's 'Jabba the Jihadi' arrested and taken away in pickup truck

Jihadi terrorist was arrested by elite SWAT team in Iraq and taken away in a pickup truck after he was not able to fit himself inside the police truck

Jan 18, 2020

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