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India’s Modi marks Gandhi’s historic South African ride

  DURBAN / AP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was marking a historic train journey by Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi during the final day of his South African visit. Modi’s ride commemorated the incident in which a young Gandhi in 1893 was ejected from a South African train when he refused an order to move from a ...

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The IS has made a big mistake

  WASHINGTON In the global revulsion at the past week’s terror attacks in four Muslim countries, the United States and its allies have a new opportunity to build a unified command against the IS and other extremists. But as the US seeks to broaden this counterterrorism alliance, it should be careful about partnering with Russia — unless Moscow distances itself ...

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US job growth signals positivity

  US labour market’s rebound in June was a sigh of relief for the Federal Reserve, which is buoyed by the addition of 287, 000 jobs. The development is seen as a healthy sign of economic resilience. The job hike numbers also gave a boost to markets in the US and Europe, which have been battered down by worries that ...

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