London, Feb 5 (IANS) John Cantlie, British photo-journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and featured in a number of Islamic State (IS) terror group’s propaganda videos, is believed to be alive, UK…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least 10 people, including a baby, were killed and over 30 injured in a fire at an eight-storey building here on Tuesday. A female suspect has been arrested in connection…
Sydney, Feb 5 (IANS) The Milky Way’s disk of stars is not stable or flat but instead becomes increasingly “warped” and twisted far away from the galaxy’s centre, according to astronomers. “We usually think of…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) Besides improving your heart health, consuming flaxseeds can also cause changes in the gut microbiota, boost metabolic health as well as protect against diet-induced obesity, finds a study. Flaxseed is…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least nine people, including a baby, were killed and over 30 injured in a fire at an eight-storey building here on Tuesday. A female suspect has been arrested in connection…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will close for four months this year as it begins the final stage of a $400 million overhaul, it announced on…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and over 30 injured on Tuesday in a blaze in an eight-storey building in the French capital. A suspect has been arrested in connection with…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pope Francis held an open-air Mass in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as part of his historic trip as the first head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula and…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) While the human brain tends to shrink with age, men’s brains diminish faster than women’s which may explain why the fairer sex are more likely to stay mentally sharp in…
London, Feb 5 (IANS) A new gene therapy could have the potential to treat prostate cancer that causes 300,000 deaths worldwide each year, a new study said after it halted the majority of tumours in…
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 5 (IANS) A politically enfeebled President Donald Trump will face the nation on Tuesday night with his State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress that…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and over 30 injured on Tuesday due to a blaze in an eight-storey building in the French capital, fire services said. The fire broke out…
Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China on Tuesday welcomed the Lunar New Year in which the “carefree and generous” pig, the 12th symbol of the Chinese horoscope, replaces the “cheerful but non-conformist” dog. For a week,…
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is expected to name Treasury Department official David Malpass as his pick to lead the World Bank, according to senior administration officials. Former World Bank President Jim…
Tokyo, Feb 5 (IANS) Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire for blaming childless women for the country’s declining population, the media reported on Tuesday. During a speech, Aso, 78, denied that…
San Francisco, Feb 5 (IANS) Mozilla, the maker of the Open Source browser Firefox, is adding a new “auto-play blocking” feature to the search engine for desktop and Android users to block audible audio and…
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IANS) At least a third of the ice in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region could melt by the end of this century due to climate change, even if there is aggressive action…
San Francisco, Feb 5 (IANS) Riding on Google’s robust ad business, the parent company Alphabet has logged $39.3 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2018 — an increase of 22 per cent from…
Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar has proposed changes in the initial plan of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in order to make them more investor friendly….
Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that his government is following measures taken by the Chinese government to bring their people out of poverty. Addressing a ceremony here, the…