Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IANS) Designed to last just 90 days and travel 1,000 metres on Martian landscape, NASA’s Opportunity rover outlived its mission lifetime by more than 14 years to become the longest lasting…
Warsaw, Feb 14 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence has rebuked Washington’s European allies over their efforts to shield their businesses from American sanctions on Iran. Pence’s comments came on Wednesday during a conference on…
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) Are diet drinks your choice? Beware, your heart could be at risk. A new study suggests that drinking diet drinks was associated with an increased risk of having a stroke…
Manila, Feb 14 (IANS) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippines journalist and Time magazine Person of the Year, was freed on bail on Thursday after her arrest overnight on charges of “cyber-libel” drew international condemnation. Ressa…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) US lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan spending and security bill to prevent a second government shutdown days before the Friday midnight deadline. Representative Nita Lowey (Democrat, New York), Chairwoman of the…
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Hackers have made available on the dark web details of some 617 million accounts stolen from 16 websites including ShareThis, Dubsmash and MyFitnessPal among others, The Register reported. It has been…
Seoul, Feb 14 (IANS) US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris said on Thursday that sanctions will remain in place until North Korea denuclearizes, as Washington and Pyongyang are preparing for their second summit later…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 14 (IANS) There may be a golden lining for India in the dark clouds of the tariff war waged by US President Donald Trump against China, and it is…
Dubai, Feb 14 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new software that could spot potentially lethal heart diseases and may lead to improvements in prevention and treatment, says a new study. The software – ElectroMap -…
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) Eating canned foods during pregnancy can expose your baby to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which can later affect their reproductive health, warns a study. Detectable in surface water…
San Francisco, Feb 14 (IANS) In a bid to secure developer accounts from hackers, Apple has added the requirement of a two-factor authentication (2FA) protocol for all app makers that would protect their Apple IDs….
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) US space agency NASA has unveiled a new space telescope that would begin a two-year mission in 2023 to look for life’s ingredients and probe how the universe evolved. The Spectro-Photometer…
Rome, Feb 14 (IANS/AKI) Italy is appealing a decision that awarded the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam after it was forced to leave London ahead of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union on…
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has cancelled his visit to India owing to the cancellation of his flight due to “inclement weather and logistical issues”, and will now take part in…
Geneva, Feb 13 (IANS) Global unemployment levels fell one percentile to a steady 5 per cent in 2018, the lowest figures since the economic crisis that wreaked havoc on labour markets, the International Labour Organization…
Moscow, Feb 13 (IANS) Former Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev called on Washington and Moscow to resume nuclear arms talks, warning of dangers of not doing so after President Donald Trump confirmed the USA plan…
Beijing, Feb 13 (IANS) Ethnic Uyghurs living in exile have launched their version of the #MeToo social media campaign, demanding information on relatives detained by China at the so-called vocational training camps in the Xinjiang…
Tokyo, Feb 13 (IANS) Two lawyers defending former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn in a case of financial misconduct stepped down on Wednesday ahead of preparations for the jailed executive’s trial. The lawyers, Motonari Otsuru…
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Primary school children who ate midday meals over an extended period were shown to have significantly better learning outcomes, according to researchers of Indian-origin. The researchers, in the study published in…
Manila, Feb 13 (IANS) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippines journalist and vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with “cyber libel” charges against her news website Rappler. Rappler said the…