Legendary animation artist Tyrus Wong, whose evocative sketches were used to create Disney's groundbreaking 'Bambi' cartoon, has died at the age of 106, the company said. "Tyrus Wong had a gift for evoking incredible feeling in his art with simple, gestural composition," said a statement released by the company, where he spent a brief few years before decamping to nearby rival…

US President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan. 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters, he said in an email statement released on Monday. Obama, noting that the first president of the United States, George Washington, had penned a farewell address in 1796, said he would deliver his speech in his hometown of Chicago. "I'm thinking about (the…

Istanbul: An attacker killed at least 35 people, including a police officer, in a gun attack on a popular nightclub in Istanbul, Governor Vasip Sahin said on Sunday morning. Dozens of people were also wounded in the attack which took place in the Reina nightclub, in the Ortakoy area, at about 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT), Hurriyet Daily News cited local broadcasters as reporting. Sahin said the attacker…

Former US president Jimmy Carter has made  a ninth-hour appeal to outgoing Pres. Obama. He wrote  an op-ed in The New York Times Monday urging President Barack Obama to formally recognize a Palestinian state before Donald Trump takes office in January. With eight weeks left before Trump assumes power, Carter insisted the outgoing president could resuscitate negotiations between Israelis…

SYDNEY — Global terror attacks have cast a pall over 2016 but Australians on Saturday defied the threats and rang in the New Year with bumper crowds gathered to watch the firework extravaganza on Sydney’s glittering harbor. 2016 has seen repeated bloodshed, most recently a deadly truck attack at a Berlin Christmas market, a similar incident on Bastille Day in France that killed 86, and…

Turkey's president on Sunday blamed the Islamic State group for the bombing of an outdoor wedding party in the southeast that killed 50 people and wounded dozens of others. Officials say Saturday's attack in Gaziantep, near Syria's border, appeared to be a suicide bombing.  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement early Sunday saying that IS was "the most likely perpetrator…

TrumpWashington, Aug 16 : Despite US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s strategy of patching together a bipartisan coalition by appealing to the millions of young supporters of former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, a new poll found that his populist play had so far failed among millennials. The latest USA Today/Rock the Vote poll released on Sunday found that while 56 per cent…

NEW YORK - The chief suspect wanted for the double murder of a New York imam and his friend that sent shock waves through Muslim communities is in custody and charged with another crime, police said Monday. Fearful Muslim New Yorkers have demanded stepped-up security and justice as hundreds of mourners attended their funeral service in the borough of Queens.  Maulama Akonjee, 55, who migrated…

Boko HaramLagos, Aug 16 : At least 16 Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by the Nigerian troops in the country’s restive Borno state, officials said. Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman said on Monday that an officer and 11 soldiers were wounded during the encounter with the militants, Xinhua news agency reported. The Army spokesperson said that the troops will continue to intensify vigilance…

Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, was allegedly harassed by a man, who posted sexually explicit messages on her Facebook page. She lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime unit of Delhi Police. Police said the "lewd" messages were sent to the complainant through Facebook Messenger. The profile of the sender mentions him as a resident of Nauhati in Hooghly, West…

NEW YORK, - Millions of Americans will spend the weekend hot under the collar as soaring East Coast temperatures and stifling humidity slapped excessive weather warnings on New York and Philadelphia. The combination of heat and humidity would make it feel as hot as 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) in the two cities. Temperatures would stay in the mid 90s from Friday through Sunday,…

Hillary Clinton has released her tax returns, adding to the pressure on her Republican rival for the White House, Donald Trump, to do the same.  The Democratic presidential candidate paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2% last year. Her running mate Tim Kaine, along with his wife Anne Holton, paid a rate of 20.3%, his returns show. Trump, a hotel developer with a fortune estimated to be…