US pupil suspended after hugging teacher
Washington: A 17-year-old high school student in the US has been suspended for a year for alleged sexual harassment after he hugged his teacher. Sam McNair, a student at Duluth High School in Georgia was suspended last week after he was found to have violated the school’s rules on sexual harassment.
China’s lunar probe leaves trace on moon
Beijing: China’s first lunar probe on Monday successfully separated from the lander and left deep traces on its loose soil, hours after the communist giant carried out the world’s first soft landing on the lunar surface in nearly 40 years.
Biden calls for immigration fix
New York: Vice-President Joe Biden says Congress has
a moral and economic imperative to offer a pathway to citizenship
for 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally.Many of them, he says, “are already Americans,” whether they’re here legally or not.
EU suspends talks with Ukraine
Kiev: The European Union suspended historic partnership
talks with Ukraine on Monday as 200,000 protesters massed in the heart of Kiev demanding that the Government recommit itself to the West.
leftist Bachelet wins Chile presidency
Santiago: Socialist Michelle Bachelet was swept back into office on Sunday as Chile’s next president, on a platform of boosting education and narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Bachelet takes office March 11 to succeed conservative billionaire President Sebastian Pinera for a term running through 2018.
Top Taliban commander arrested in Karachi
Karachi: A top Tehreek-e-Taliban commander was arrested
in Pakistan’s largest city amid fears that the TTP and other militant
outfits have penetrated deep into Government departments and institutions.