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Category: World News

  • Bruce Jenner debuts as Caitlyn Jenner

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    Transgender Olympic champion and reality TV star Bruce Jenner unveiled her new name Caitlyn Jenner in a Vanity Fair cover shoot. World famous photographer Annie Leibovitz shot the cover, which shows Jenner wearing a strapless corset, reports variety.com. “I’m so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self,” the “Keeping Up…

  • Hillary heading to Hollywood for funds

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    US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be in Hollywood on June 19 for a fundraising swing. It will include a late-afternoon event at the home of HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo and husband Sonny Ward, and an evening event at the home of actor Tobey Maguire and his wife Jennifer Meyer. Clinton also will attend…

  • NASA set for ‘flying saucer’ test flight

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    NASA is all set to test its low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) – a flying saucer designed to check out landing technologies for future Mars missions – over Hawaii. If weather permits, the LDSD test vehicle will be carried aloft by a large weather balloon at 10 p.m. (Indian standard time) on Tuesday from the US…

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  • US anti-terror spying legality expires

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    The legal authority for US spy agencies to bulk collect Americans’ phone data has expired after the Senate failed to reach a deal, media reported. Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul blocked a Patriot Act extension and it lapsed at midnight on Sunday, BBC reports. However, the Senate did vote to advance the White House-backed Freedom…

  • American Express president Ed Gilligan

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    American Express president Ed Gilligan died while flying from Tokyo to New York this weekend, media reports said. He was 55. Gilligan was returning home to New York  from a business trip to Japan when he became ill aboard a private plane which was also carrying other company executives, American Express spokeswoman Marina Norville said.…

  • World Cup organiser admits paying $10 million to FIFA

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    The former president of the local organising committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan, admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied that it was a bribe. Jordaan’s remarks, published in the Sunday Independent, comes days after an FBI investigation accused top FIFA…

  • Prince William returns back to work

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    The Duke of Cambridge return to work as a pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance after taking a break ahead of the birth of  Princess Charlotte. He having taken unpaid leave in April before Princess Charlotte was born on 2 May. The family has been at their home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Prince…

  • Kerry hurt in a bike accident in France

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to the US after fracturing his leg in a cycling accident in France earlier in the day, the State Department said. Kerry broke his right femur in the accident and, given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston…

  • Eurasians’ forefathers came from Egypt: Stydy

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      Egypt was the major gateway for modern humans out of Africa and that migration followed a northern rather than a southern route, a new study suggests. The latest findings are based on new genomic analyses of people currently living in Ethiopia and Egypt. Although scientists are confident that all modern human populations can trace…

  • US warns China on maritime expansion

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    As China rapidly builds new artificial islands in the South China Sea to expand its territorial claims there, Washington is adamantly refusing to recognise those claims. On Saturday, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter called on Beijing to stop amid fresh tensions, CNN reported. Last week, a US surveillance plane swooped over such artificial islands, triggering…

  • Biden’s son loses battle against cancer

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    Beau Biden, the 46-year-old son of US Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer, according to media reports. “Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man any of us have ever known,” CNN quoted his father as saying in a statement. An Iraq war veteran, the eldest son of the US vice president…

  • Who Is Snatching Our Rights?

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    The ruling Conservative Party in Britain is planning to pull out of the convention as part of plans to replace the Human Rights Act, passed by Tony Blair, with a British Bill of Rights. The move was dropped at the last moment as thousands joined the campaign against repealing it. Prime Minister David Cameron tactically…

  • Yes Mr Patel…The Diaspora in Fiction

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    Politicians, business magnates, sports stars – the Indian diaspora has done well for itself in its new homes around the world and, on a literary basis, crossed another test of acceptance with their depiction in fiction as regular, non-stereotypical characters. From police inspectors to businessmen to cooks in nearly half a dozen countries across four…

  • ASIAN FASHION – New Trends

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    India andd China are setting new trends in Asian fashion. Former Misss World charmed the Cannes venues while students in China experimenting with new designs. Here is a gallery to showcase the trends

  • NEWS N PICS: Heatwave & N.Korean Puzzles

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    Local News, Views & Newspapers comments ..Asian Lite contains a mixture to cater the needs of modern reader. Latest pictures from major world events

  • World No Tobacco Day- The Kick of Hukkah

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    Rupesh Dutta looks in to the tobacco addiction in India – a country with a huge number of youngsters. Asian Lite features this article to mark May 31 – the World No Tobacco Day Recent studies show that in India the percentage of students who initiate hukkah smoking before 10 years of age has increased from 26…

  • Shishas 100 times dangerous than cigarettes

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    May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.  Asian Lite looks into the new trends in the market. More and more youngsters are using Shishas (also called hookah, narghile, waterpipe, or hubble bubble smoking) thinking they are harmless than cigarettes. The average shisha-smoking session lasts an hour and research has shown that in this time you…

  • Tech Talk – Honor 4C handset

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    Anirban Ghoshal analyses Honor 4C handset -Higher RAM, better camera. Asian Lite, best newspaper for the Asian diaspora, reviews latest brands appearing in the market  Huawei’s e-brand Honor has launched its second lot of devices – Honor 4C, Honor Bee and a powerbank. Here we take a close look at its mobile handset Honor 4C . Design and…

  • Heatwave hits more Indian states

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    Heatwave continued unabated in many parts of India on Saturday while showers brought some respite to Andhra Pradsh and Telangana, where nearly 2,000 people have died in last two weeks. There was no relief from the heatwave in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states. Neither was there any relief from the heatwave sweeping parts of Vidarbha…

  • Regional cuisines come to the fore

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    Global cuisine is only touching the tip. Increasingly, you’ll be seeing more and more of regional cuisines from specific regions of countries like China and France… India’s ace Chef Sanjay Thomas talks to Vishnu Makhijani  Regional cuisines and Indian fusion dishes will be the flavour of the coming year, as will the effort to wean…

  • France Launches Green Revolution

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    The French lower house of parliament approved a ‘Royal’ bill, pushed patiently but vigorously by France’s Ecology Minister Segolene Royal. The bill, called ‘the energy transition for green growth Act’, passed by 308 votes for and 217 against, heralds the beginning of the French ecological revolution. The first step is banning all plastic bags….writes Rajendra…

  • 2026 World Cup to be outside Asia: Blatter

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    Newly re-elected FIFA President Sepp Blatter said here that the 2026 World Cup will not be held in Asia. “The executive committee decided at the meeting that any association from around the world can bid for the 2026 World Cup, apart from countries (and regions) in Asia,” said Blatter at his first press conference after…

  • 50 Years since the first US spacewalk

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    Famous Hollywood actor Jon Cryer has given his voice to a new NASA film celebrating 50th anniversary of the first spacewalk by a US astronaut. On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US’ first extravehicular activity (EVA) —…

  • Merkel see scope for EU treaty change

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      German Chancellor Angela Merkel said future changes in the European Union (EU) treaty cannot be ruled out, BBC reported. “If we’re convinced of the substance we shouldn’t say it’s impossible to change the treaty. We should concentrate on the substance, not too much on formalities,” Merkel told reporters after emerging from talks with British…

  • US removes Cuba from terrorism list

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    Cuba was officially removed from the US government’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, the State Department said. “The 45-day congressional pre-notification period has expired, and the secretary of state has made the final decision to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, effective today, May 29, 2015,” State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke…

  • Economist Snubs Modi

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    In a cover story, the Economist said Modi’s one year in government is dotted with many hits and misses…reports Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians  The weekly newspaper also concerned about the concentration of too much power in one person. “Mr Modi acts as if a lot of small improvements add up to transformative…

  • Aid poorest people first, says ONE

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      A focus on girls and women is crucial, both to address the additional deprivation they face and because smart investments in women are more effective at lifting communities out of poverty….charity One said on the report The global drive to end extreme poverty will not succeed without a shift in focus to the very poorest.…

  • Shakespeare Congress in London

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      Based on the theme ‘Creating and Re-Creating Shakespeare’, The International Shakespeare Association is all geared up to host at Stratford-upon-Avon and London for its Tenth World Shakespeare Congress to be held during the summer of 2016 between 31July -6August… reports Asian Lite, best newspaper for British Asians The 2016 World Shakespeare Congress – four…

  • Brahma Kumaris Host Yoga Event

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    Hundreds of people have gathered at Brahma Kumaris Global Cooperation House in London to hear to the 100-year-old Dadi Janki, Head of the Brahma Kumaris…reports Ragasudha Vijamuri for Asian Lite, Best newspaper for British Asians Dadi Janki is a world renowned spiritual leader who has spent a lifetime developing inner strength and resilience through Raja…

  • No room for corruption: Blatter

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    FIFA president Sepp Blatter has proclaimed before its 65th congressional meeting here that “there can be no place for corruption of any kind” in the organisation that he has led since 1998, and that the trust that has been lost must now be earned back. Ahead of the presidential elections here on Friday, Blatter spoke…

  • TV news may lead to racial bias

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    Regularly watching television news or reading crime articles in newspapers may lead to racial bias towards social groups, new research suggests. The study examined the effects of news coverage in two cultural contexts – in the US and in Austria. “The results of the studies suggest that in both these countries, regular exposure to stereotypical…

  • Jackson’s Neverland Ranch up for sale

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    Neverland Ranch, the former home of the late King of Pop Michael Jackson, is up for sale. The 2,700-acre land, now known as Sycamore Valley Ranch, is priced at $100 million, and while Jackson’s zoo animals are long gone (except for a lone llama), the floral clock and train station he commissioned are still there,…

  • Google begins free photo service

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    Tech giant Google  introduced Google Photos that will allow users to backup and store unlimited high-quality photos and videos for free. Google Photos — a standalone product that gives users a home for all their photos and videos — is aimed at helping users to organise, share and save what they think is important, the…

  • Indian American students Spelling Bee co-winners

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    Two Indian American students have jointly won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Chesterfield, Missouri, were declared co-champions on Thursday night, CNN reported. Vanya correctly spelt ” scherenschnitte” and Gokul did likewise with “nunatak”. In this year’s national championship, 285 spellers competed for the…

  • A new Prince to take on Blatter

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    Prince Ali is the son of the late King Hussein of Jordan and brother of the current King Abdullah II. The 39-year-old would not symbolise a clean slate for FIFA. He currently serves as one of seven vice presidents, representing Asia. But his style and rhetoric could not be more different from that of the…

  • Cameron’s date with Europe begins

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    David Cameron begins his whirlwind tour of Europe. He will try to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel to back him over EU reforms as the two leaders hold face-to-face talks later. The PM is on a whistle-stop tour of Europe trying to gather support for changes he wants before holding the UK’s EU membership referendum.…

  • Its no big deal? Indians only marginal polluters!

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    Amit Bhandari writes in Asian Lite, UK’s top Asian Newspaper on why Indians are marginal polluters compared to the developed world.  India’s development dilemma centres around a basic calculation: the carbon emission for an average Indian is only marginally higher than the carbon dioxide produced in flying one passenger from Tokyo to San Francisco. In other…

  • India tells journalists to be neutral and impartial

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    Arul Louis writes in Asian Lite the largest Asian newspaper in Britain on India’s stand on journalism Journalists should “maintain strict neutrality and impartiality” when covering conflict situations so that the countries they operate in can ensure their safety and, for their part, governments should not put arbitrary restrictions on reporters, according to India. Speaking  at…

  • No plans to extend Iran n-talks: US

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    The US said that it is not considering an extension of Iran nuclear talks beyond the June 30 deadline. The P5+1 countries — the US, Britain, France, China, Russia, plus Germany — are making efforts to reach a final deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme by the deadline, State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said in a regular…

  • Man jailed for attempting to join ISIS

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    A young British Muslim was sentenced six years’ imprisonment by a court for trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State, local media reported. Zakariya Ashiq, 20, from Coventry, was found guilty on two counts of preparing acts of terrorism at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, in London,…

  • Blatter pulls out of FIFA event

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    Sepp Blatter has pulled out of a FIFA conference he was to address as a corruption scandal engulfs football’s governing body by the hour. The embattled president had been due to speak at a medical event – in what would have been his first public appearance since the arrests that have rocked FIFA’s annual congress…

  • FIFA scandal gets murkier

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    FIFA stressed that it is the “injured party” in the criminal proceedings initiated regarding corruption charges and pledged to fully cooperate with the investigation and the collection of evidence in this regard. FIFA’s director of communications and public affairs Walter De Gregorio said, after seven FIFA officials were arrested here, that FIFA is the “damaged…

  • Cameron heading to Europe

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    David Cameron is beginning his tour of European capitals as a bill paving the way for the UK’s EU referendum is launched in the House of Commons. The prime minister will make the  attempt to persuade the Dutch, French, Polish and German premiers to back his changes to the UK’s EU membership reports BBC. Downing Street…

  • Setback for Obama’s immigration programme

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    A US federal appeals court refused to allow President Barack Obama’s immigration programme to take effect immediately, putting his immigration policy legacy in jeopardy. The Obama administration has sought to expand a programme that protects young immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the US illegally as children. Five million undocumented immigrants could benefit…

  • Blair resigns as Middle East peace envoy

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    Former British prime minister Tony Blair has resigned as the Middle East peace envoy representing the US, UN, Russia and the European Union in the regional peace talks, a role he undertook after leaving 10 Downing Street in 2007, media reports said . Blair’s resignation came after he was criticised for his dual role as…

  • India warns Swedish daily to edit Bofors comment

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    The Indian envoy to Sweden has warned Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter to edit references to the Bofors controversy made by President Pranab Mukherjee in an interview else the presidential visit to Oslo was “at risk of being cancelled”, according to the daily. But Dagens Nyheter refused to oblige Indian envoy Banashree Bose Harrison and went…

  • Iran n-talks may go beyond deadline

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    Talks to seal a deal over Tehran’s nuclear programme are likely to be extended beyond the self-imposed June 30 deadline, Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said in Vienna, state IRIB TV reported. “The talks will continue until June 30 and may even go beyond that,” Araqchi said after arriving at Vienna airport for a…

  • Obesity affects males more than females

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    Obesity may be tougher on male immune systems than females, suggests a study led by an Indian-American researcher. Kanakadurga Singer, assistant professor in pediatrics at the University of Michigan, found that high-fat diets reprogram blood stem cells in male mice, promoting metabolic disease. “Men and women have very different cardiovascular and diabetes risk. Male mice…

  • B.B. King was poisoned, daughters claim

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    Legendary blues guitarist B.B. King, who died aged 89, was poisoned, according to two of the music great’s heirs. King’s daughters, Patty King and Karen Williams, made the accusations in separate, but identically worded affidavits filed over the weekend, reports CNN. “I believe my father was poisoned and that he was administered foreign substances to…