WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced Friday that a senior department official, Chad Wolf, would become the nation´s new acting homeland security chief, a role at the center of his crackdown on undocumented immigration. Asked to confirm rumors that Wolf, a department undersecretary, would assume the role, Trump told reporters: “Well he´s right now acting and we´ll see what happens. …

TUPELO: A combative US President Donald Trump told supporters in his electoral stronghold of Mississippi on Friday that a push to impeach him is driving an “angry” Republican surge ahead of 2020. “We’ve never had greater support than we have right now,” Trump claimed in front of thousands of cheering supporters in a packed arena in Tupelo. The latest average …

A massive data breach last year at Desjardins credit union has turned out to be bigger than originally thought, affecting all 4.2 million of its customers, Canada’s largest banking co-operative said Friday. Quebec provincial police “informed us that this breach of personal information concerns a greater number than that which was communicated in June,” Desjardins president and chief executive Guy …

SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla chief Elon Musk fired off a tweet on Friday indicating that he is disconnecting from Twitter, perhaps in favor of popular news and discussion platform Reddit. Kicking the Twitter habit would be a radical change for the colorful serial entrepreneur who is known for tweeting so freely that he landed in hot water with the US Securities …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s supremo Nawaz Sharif’s doctor on Saturday said the former prime minister’s health condition is still critical. Dr Adnan Khan, a personal physician of   Sharif,  took to Twitter to express his concern over the health  of the PML-N leader saying  his  platelet count has once again dropped.  “Former PM #NawazSharif remains critical. The treating doctors tried to …

KARACHI: The Kamyab Jawan Program, launched by the Prime Minister last month, will provide jobs to over one million people and over 52 percent of Pakistani population will directly benefit from this loan scheme program it is anticipated. The prime minister launched loan scheme under Kamyab Jawan Program for unemployed youth of Pakistan to support them across the country through …

ISLAMABAD: Government is exercising self restraint because Imran Khan has desired so, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday, warning the protesters not to underestimate the PTI government. The minister took a shot at the Azadi March protesters  in a couple of Tweets calling them “a bunch of opportunists”. He said the protesters would find no place …

Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for giving special concessions to Sikh pilgrims willing to visit Pakistan. Also read: Pakistan all set to open Kartarpur corridor on Nov 9 “Thank you@ImranKhanPTI May baba Nanak bless us all.. waheguru,” the Indian cricketer commented  while  retweeting Prime Minister Imran Khan’s  tweet which he had posted on Friday. Harbhajan Turbanator ✔@harbhajan_singh …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for medical check-up after his health condition deteriorated. A spokesman for PIMS said Abbasi had his medical check-up done from the cardiac center at the medical facility. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) veteran in connection with a …

KARACHI: A lawmaker belonging to the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party demanded the resignation of Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed for the Tezgam train tragedy that left 74 passengers dead in Rahim Yar Khan as his party colleagues in the house agreed. “This tragedy has gravely affected Sindh, my Mirpurkhas district in particular, as most of the victims hailed from there,” …