Havana, Aug 9 (IANS) Record-setting Cuban cigar roller Jose Castelar has broken his own world record, rolling a cigar that measures nearly 100 metres, the media reported on Monday. Castelar, five-time winner of a Guinness…
Canberra, Aug 9 (IANS) A radical proposal submitted on Tuesday by Australia’s Department of Health would ban overseas-trained medical practitioners from applying for visas to work in the country. The Health Department said locally-trained doctors…
Sydney, Aug 9 (IANS) A West Australian woman has been charged with raping a nine-year-old boy between October and November last year, the media reported on Tuesday. The 27-year-old was arrested following an investigation by…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Text messages sent via mobile phones that advise healthy behaviours such as to exercise, eat less fats and consume more fruits and vegetables has the potential to prevent the risk…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Two men were arrested on Tuesday over suspected Syria-related terrorism offences in England’s Coventry city. The men, aged 32 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of financing terrorism, BBC reported citing…
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS) Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday summoned Chinese Ambassador Cheng Yonghua to protest the continued incursions by Beijing in its territorial waters surrounding the disputed Senkaku islands. In what is…
Hanoi, Aug 9 (IANS) The two typhoons that hit Vietnam this year have caused damages worth more than 6 trillion Vietnamese dong (about $300 million), the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD) said on…
Ottawa, Aug 9 (IANS) A zoo worker has suffered serious injuries after being mauled by a lion at the Granby Zoo in the Canadian city of Montreal, the media reported. The lion on Monday attacked…
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) The US government summoned the charge d’affaires of the Philippine embassy to clarify the “inappropriate comments” made by President Rodrigo Duterte about American Ambassador Philip Goldberg. “We have seen those inappropriate…
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 9 (IANS) India is expected to remain the “number one most strategic region” in the global plans of the Wikipedia, according to a top official of the free Internet encyclopaedia…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Like their extroverted pets, dog lovers make more connections online and on an average have 26 more Facebook friends than cat lovers, says a new Facebook study that confirms long-held…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Researchers have identified a novel compound that can block testosterone from fuelling the tumours in mice and act as a new generation therapy for prostate cancer. “Prostate cancer is the…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new non-invasive method to prevent scarring caused by burn injuries. “People don’t die from scars, but they do suffer from them,” said lead researcher Alexander Golberg…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Women consuming high-fat diet during pregnancy may increase the risk of affecting bacteria living in her baby’s gut thus impacting proper development of the immune system, says a study. The…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Signs of life from under Mars’ surface may not survive in rocks excavated by some meteorite impacts, suggest scientists, adding that life may be present deep underground. Researchers analysing samples from…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) The beleaguered micro-blogging website Twitter is looking to rent space at its headquarters in San Francisco to other companies. According to sfgate.com, Twitter has contacted San Francisco brokerage firm Cresa…
Canberra, Aug 9 (IANS) Australian defence scientists who analysed signals from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have revealed the Boeing 777 fell very fast before crashing into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western…
(160722) — CLEVELAND, July 22, 2016 (Xinhua) — Donald Trump speaks on the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, July 21, 2016. New York billionaire Donald Trump officially…
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday announced a week of mourning and a three-day strike to express solidarity with lawyers, mediapersons and others…
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.1 per cent to open at 3,001.31 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.03 per cent lower at…