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India is currently in an advanced stage of negotiations with Russia for five S-400 system worth an estimated USD 4.5 billion. S-400 Triumph long-range air defense missile system has the capability to destroy incoming hostile aircraft WASHINGTON :  Top American lawmakers and experts have warned that imposition of sanctions on India under a newly-enacted law if it buys the S-400 air defense missile system from Russia could be disastrous for the Indo-US ties. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which was signed into law in August 2017 and went into effect in January this year, mandates the Trump administration to punish entities engaging in a significant transaction with the defense or intelligence sectors of Russia. At an event on the Capitol Hill, experts and lawmakers warned that any imposition of sanctions on India, which is now a major defense partner, could be disastrous for the bilateral relationship and as such there is an urgent need to prevent th

The US Air Force said the B-52s took off from Andersen Air Force Base in the U.S. and "transited to the vicinity of the South China Sea". Continuous bomber presence missions are intended to maintain the readiness of US forces (Reuters) TOKYO :  U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers have carried out training in the "vicinity" of the South China Sea and the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the Air Force said on Friday, in what a Chinese newspaper linked to China's drills near Taiwan. The U.S. Air Force said the B-52s took off from Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam and "transited to the vicinity of the South China Sea" on Tuesday. "The B-52Hs conducted training and then transited to the vicinity of Okinawa to conduct training with USAF F-15C Strike Eagles, before returning to Guam," it added. "Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP) missions are intended to maintain the readiness of U.S. forces. The U.S. Pacific Command's CB

The crisis of public trust confronting Facebook has yet to impact the company's bottom line - at least for the time being. Facebook is at a most perilous moment in 14-year history despite users saying they deleted Facebook. SAN FRANCISCO:  The crisis of public trust confronting Facebook has yet to impact the company's bottom line - at least for the time being. On Wednesday, Facebook said its first-quarter revenue, which is dominated by advertising, grew by 49 percent to $12 billion. Net profit jumped 65 percent from the same period a year earlier to $4.9 billion. Despite many users saying they deleted Facebook as the result of a privacy scandal that erupted in mid-March, 13 percent more people logged on each day in March than in the same month a year ago.  It's possible that the effect of deletions and other fallout will be more notable in the second quarter. "Despite facing important challenges, our community and business are off to a strong start in 2018," Mark

Pope Francis had issued an appeal on Twitter Monday that the parents' "desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted" for the boy, who suffers from a rare degenerative neurological condition. Alfie Evans's father said doctors had withdrawn life support but his son was still alive. LONDON:  A judge has ruled that terminally ill British toddler Alfie Evans will not be allowed to go to Rome for further treatment but can go home, following a court appeal by his family on Tuesday. Judge Anthony Hayden told a High Court hearing in Manchester, northwest England, that the long-running case had now reached its "final chapter" as he turned down a bid to take the 23-month-old to Italy to continue medical treatment. Pope Francis had issued an appeal on Twitter Monday that the parents' "desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted" for the boy, who suffers from a rare degenerative neurological condition.  Italy has previously said it was gran

The American and French first ladies spent about half an hour visiting the show of 59 portraits by the 19th century French painter, the first ever dedicated to this aspect of his work. Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron visited the Paul Cezanne exhibit and viewed paintings  by Mary Cassatt WASHINGTON :  Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron split off from their husbands on Tuesday after a colorful welcoming ceremony at the White House to visit a Paul Cezanne exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. The American and French first ladies spent about half an hour visiting the show of 59 portraits by the 19th-century French painter, the first ever dedicated to this aspect of his work. Trump and Macron, both dressed in white, were accompanied on the tour by Mary Morton, who co-curated the exhibit and heads the museum's department of French paintings. The US first lady was wearing a wide-brimmed white hat. "Paul Cezanne's work is a celebration," Melania Trump said in a statement r

On Saturday morning, the women - who, according to local media, were experienced golfers and part of a group called Sisters in the Fairway - teed off at Grandview Golf Course in York County. Grandview Golf Club in York, Pa., apologized for calling police on the 5 African-American women Five African -American women say they were discriminated against at a Pennsylvania golf club when they were told they were taking too long on the course - and then the police were called. On Saturday morning, the women - who, according to local media, were experienced golfers and part of a group called Sisters in the Fairway - teed off at Grandview Golf Course in York County.  The women told the York Daily Record that they were told by the club's owners they were not keeping a quick-enough pace. The club offered to refund their memberships and then called 911. The confrontation follows a spate of similar confrontations among businesses, their customers or members, and the police. From the arrests of