Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) The US House of Representatives has passed a spending package that would end the partial government shutdown amid a veto threat from the White House. The bills were passed late on…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Sensex on Friday opened higher in a sharp contrast to the global markets which suffered heavy losses as slowdown concerns magnified after a weak US factory data outcome. Earlier Chinese factory…
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) Minimum temperatures dropped further in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Friday as the weather office forecast widespread rain and snow during the next 48 hours. An India Meteorological…
Bangkok, Jan 4 (IANS) Around 7,000 persons have been evacuated from Thai province of Nakhon Si Thammarat where Storm Pabuk is due to arrive on Friday, authorities said. Efforts are being made to evacuate 80,000…
COLOGNE (GERMANY), Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Illuminated swans are seen during China Light Festival at Cologne Zoo in Cologne, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2019. The festival is held here presenting more than 50 lights…
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Nancy Pelosi (C) holds the gavel after being elected the new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan….
MOSCOW, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2019 shows an ice sculpture of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. Moscow ice festival opened in Victory Park from Dec. 29, 2018 to…
BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2019 (Xinhua) — Photo provided by the China National Space Administration on Jan. 3, 2019 shows Yutu-2, China’s lunar rover, leaving a trace after touching the surface of the far side of…
DOHA, Jan. 4, 2019 (Xinhua) — Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia reacts during the singles quarterfinal match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the ATP Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha, capital of Qatar, Jan. 3,…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) The US State Department has urged Americans to “exercise increased caution” when travelling to China after a spate of high-profile detentions. The new advisory warns of so-called exit bans which prohibit…
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — People walk past the closed Lord & Taylor flagship store on Fifth avenue in Manhattan, New York City, the United States, on Jan. 3, 2019. The famous department…
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) shakes hands with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu during their meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Jan. 3, 2019….
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (R) meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu/IANS)
WEST BANK, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Members of the Israeli security forces remove a caravan that settlers had brought to the former outpost of Amona in the West Bank, following clashes between settlers and…
LONDON, Jan. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) — Bactrian camels are seen with zoo staff member Mick Tiley during a photocall at ZSL London Zoo in London, Britain, on Jan. 3, 2019. Caring for over 600 different…
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3, 2018 (Xinhua) — Nicholas Haysom (Front), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, attends a Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia at the UN headquarters in New York,…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor Randheer Rai will play the negative lead role as a business tycoon in the show “Jiji Maa”. “My character’s name is Abhishek Sanghvi. He is a young business tycoon and…
