Madrid, Aug 29 (IANS) Over a dozen children in Spain have been diagnosed with “werewolf syndrome” after a major medicine mix-up, media reports said. The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices confirmed the outbreak…
Colombo, Aug 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka may face only a 10 per cent fall in tourist arrivals this year from the expected 30 per cent following the Easter Sunday terror attacks which killed over 250…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Irked over India’s decision to end the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has said it will not hold any dialogue with India. According to a report published in…
Karachi, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistani artists and celebrities have also jumped into the fray to show their “solidarity” with Kashmiris while appealing to people to boost the government’s efforts to highlight the Kashmir issue. Desperate…
Rawalpindi, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan’s motormouth Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Thursday said that US President Donald Trump is trying to mislead both India and Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. This…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) Beijing and Washington have maintained “effective communication” over the possibility of another round of face-to-face talks in September to resolve the trade war between the two countries, China’s Commerce Ministry said…
Brasilia, Aug 29 (IANS) Brazil on Thursday banned setting fires to clear land for 60 days in response to a massive increase in the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest. The decree incorporating the…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China on Thursday rejected the proposal of the US to negotiate a new trilateral treaty with Russia on the abolition of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, calling the plan neither fair…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called on his countrymen to take part in “Kashmir Hour”, to be observed on Friday to show “solidarity with Kashmiris”, amid tensions between the…
Rome, Aug 29 (IANS/AKI) Italy must seize the moment and have the courage to forge a better country, Premier Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday after receiving a mandate from President Sergio Mattarella to form a…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) US race car driver Jessi Combs, dubbed the “fastest woman on four wheels” after she set a record with a jet-powered car, has died in a crash while attempting to set…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of a ‘Naya Pakistan’, which had appealed to many of the younger, middle class Pakistani voters, has foundered due to the country’s acute financial crisis,…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has confirmed that the latest Android 10 would start rolling out for the OnePlus 7 series smartphones from September 3. According to a leaked screenshot of a…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Researchers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that may actively glide through narrow, winding pathways like the brain’s tiny blood vessels. The study, published in the journal Science Robotics, revealed…
Hong Kong, Aug 29 (IANS) The Civil Human Rights Front, which has organized some of the largest demonstrations in Hong Kong, said on Thursday that its activist was attacked by two unidentified people. According to…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) The Pakistan military continues to retain dominant influence over foreign and security policies of the country in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s tenure, according to a US congressional report. The report –…
Colombo, Aug 29 (IANS) Sixty-two people have died and over 42,000 were infected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka in the first eight months of this year, health officials said on Thursday. As of…
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Aug 29 (IANS) In a remarkable discovery, a “complete” skull belonging to an early human ancestor of Lucy’s species that lived 3.8 million years ago has been discovered in Ethiopia. The 3.8-million-year-old…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Despite the escalating tensions over Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani officials will meet on Friday to discuss the Kartarpur Corridor project. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammed Faisal said that both sides will…
Tehran, Aug 29 (IANS) Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi ruled out the possibility of any negotiations between Tehran and Washington unless the latter is back to the Iranian 2015 nuclear deal, known as the…