New York, March 10 (IANS) Search engine giant Google and the social networking website has teamed up to give Facebook’s “Open Compute Project” a new push that works to change the way data centres are…
Colombo, March 10 (IANS) Sri Lankan authorities have detained four Indian fishermen on Thursday for poaching in the country’s northern waters. A fishing trawler belonging to the fishermen was also taken into custody, Xinhua news…
Berlin, March 10 (IANS) German engineering giant Siemens announced that it plans to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide in order to improve competitiveness, the media reported on Thursday. A total of about 2,500 jobs worldwide, of…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) The White House has announced a new broadband initiative that aims to connect 20 million low-income Americans to high-speed internet by 2020. “Connectivity is a path to greater opportunity,” the White…
Canberra, March 10 (IANS) Australian researchers have debunked fish oil and vitamin D as treatments for knee osteoarthritis in a clinical trial. The Australian team, from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies, found that vitamin D…
Canberra, March 10 (IANS) Australian researchers have debunked fish oil and vitamin D as treatments for knee osteoarthritis in a clinical trial. The Australian team, from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies, found that vitamin D…
Melbourne, March 10 (IANS) Australian scientists have discovered five new, submerged “Apostles” — limestone columns — near one of Australia’s most iconic tourist landmarks, the Twelve Apostles. Five limestone sea stacks, coined the “drowned Apostles”,…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Future Mars exploration has got a date, finally. NASA’s new InSight mission — set to study the deep interior of Red Planet — is targeting a new launch window that begins…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to visit Pakistan at the end of this month in a bid to re-establish bilateral economic ties, the media reported on Thursday. According to sources,…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 10 (IANS) Despite a flap over sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and India’s denial of visas to a US commission on religious freedom, the US says it has a…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 10 (IANS) Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party on Thursday nominated Htin Kyaw, Aung San Suu Kyi’s close aide, as presidential candidate for the country’s lower house. The military-backed…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday launched two short-range missiles from its east coast, the South Korean defence ministry announced. The North Korean People’s Army fired two missiles into the East Sea, at…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) South Korea’s central bank on Thursday froze its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.5 percent, keeping a wait-and-see stance for nine months in a row. Bank of Korea…
Brasilia, March 10 (IANS) Brazilian Defence Minister Aldo Rebelo announced that 38,000 military personnel will be deployed to carry out security operations during the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Twenty-thousand of them will be…
Washington, March 10 (IANS) An official of a California-based auction house pleaded guilty of smuggling carvings and other items made from protected wildlife worth $1 million. Joseph Chait, a senior auction administrator of the I.M….
Tokyo, March 10 (IANS) Tokyo stocks made firm gains as markets here opened on Thursday, with investor sentiment buoyed by a rise in oil prices sending US shares higher overnight and the yen’s retreat supporting…
Seoul, March 10 (IANS) North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters in an apparent show of force against joint annual war games between Seoul and Washington and new harsher sanctions against…
London, March 10 (IANS) Britain’s Sky News on Wednesday reported that it had obtained tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State (IS) militants. Nationals from…
Rome, March 10 (IANS) A Somali asylum seeker was arrested in Italy on Wednesday on suspicion that he was planning an attack at the railway station of capital Rome, media reports said. The 22-year-old asylum…
New York, March 10 (IANS) The US dollar decreased against the euro on Wednesday before the European Central Bank’s (ECB) meeting scheduled later this week. With no major data coming out on Wednesday, investors focused…