Kabul, March 14 (IANS) Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is set to start a five-day visit to Afghanistan on Monday. According to ICRC, the objectives of Maurer’s visit…
Phnom Penh, March 14 (IANS) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday warned politicians who are making campaigns for cancelling the debt of bank borrowers. At the opening ceremony of a micro-finance conference, Hun Sen…
London, March 14 (IANS) Marine turtles experienced an evolutionary windfall thanks to a mass extinction of crocodyliforms – group of animals that comprise modern crocodiles and alligators and their ancient ancestors – around 145 million…
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, is building apartments to sell to its employees at a discount of about 40 percent, the media reported on Monday. These 380 apartments, ranging from 87-118…
Wellington, March 14 (IANS) Airlines in New Zealand and Australia on Monday launched a bid to start a market in biofuel that is used in aircraft. Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia are the two…
London, March 14 (IANS) Turkish authorities banned Facebook and Twitter after images of a suicide bombing were spread on both social media platforms, media reported. According to a report in RT.com, Turkish authorities took the…
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) China’s tallest skyscraper, the Shanghai Tower, is expected to be open for business soon, the media reported on Monday. The 632-metre tall tower is second to Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s…
London, March 14 (IANS) In a bid to begin a new era of Mars exploration for Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are set to send a robotic…
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) China is set to build 25,000 new public toilets in 2016, as problems with public lavatories have become a major drawback in the country’s tourism industry, the media reported on Monday….
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) China’s central government invested 22 billion yuan (about $3 billion) into water conservancy infrastructure of Tibet in the past five years, the media reported on Monday. The investment benefited about 1.8…
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court of Pakistan will commence hearing 10 appeals instituted against military court convictions of militants from Wednesday, the media reported on Monday. The appeals will be taken up by…
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province has ordered an inquiry over offensive content in a sociology textbook, even after the publisher tendered a public apology, the media reported on Monday. The book…
Ankara, March 14 (IANS) At least 34 people were killed and 125 others injured after an explosion hit Turkey’s capital city of Ankara, the media reported on Monday. A bomb-laden car caused the explosion late…
Bangkok, March 14 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and seven others injured after fire suppression chemicals were accidentally released at a bank in Thailand’s capital Bangkok, the media reported on Monday. The accident…
Seoul, March 14 (IANS) South Korea’s import prices rose for the first time in eight months due to a rebound in crude oil prices, central bank data showed on Monday. The import price index stood…
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.7 percent, at 2,830.08 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 1.1 percent higher at 9,466.42 points, Xinhua news…
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan weakened 8 basis points to 6.4913 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China’s spot…
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened the trading on Monday higher on a better-than-expected Japanese machinery orders data released earlier the day and the rise in oil prices. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped…
Ankara, March 14 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and 75 others injured in a strong explosion that hit the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday, the governor’s office said. The blast took place in…
Washington, March 14 (IANS) Scientists have created a two-antibody cocktail that was able to cure monkeys infected with the deadly Ebola virus, revealed a new study. The MIL77E cocktail was based on one of the…