Hanoi, Oct 23 (IANS) Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), was elected the country’s President on Tuesday. Trong was elected at the ongoing sixth session of the…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan Hong Kong, Oct 23 (IANS) US-based chip maker Qualcomm Technologies on Tuesday announced a series of collaborations with ecosystem leaders to boost the growth of wearables such as smartwatches, kid watches,…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) NASA has brought Hubble Space Telescope’s seven-year old backup gyroscope (gyro) back to life, after the spacecraft entered safe mode due to a failed gyro earlier this month, the US space…
San Francisco, Oct 23 (IANS) The Google News app appears to be using too much background data for some Android users due to a bug, The Verge reported. Google seems to be aware of the…
Manila, Oct 23 (IANS) Facebook has shut down 95 pages and 39 accounts that supported Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte for violating the the social media giant’s spam and authenticity policies. Most of these pages, including…
Riyadh, Oct 23 (IANS) Saudi Arabia kicked off on Tuesday a three-day investment conference that has been overshadowed by the withdrawal of dozens of top business and world leaders over the kingdom’s role in the…
Baghdad, Oct 23 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in Iraq’s Mosul city on Tuesday, the military said. The blast took place in the morning…
Jakarta, Oct 23 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir, who is in Indonesia on an official visit, said on Tuesday that the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be thoroughly investigated and…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) Two US Navy warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a show of force that comes amid heightened Washington-Beijing tensions. The USS Antietam, a guided missile cruiser, and the USS Curtis…
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been informed that transactions of more than 100 billion Pakistani rupees ($77 billion) have been carried out through 107 fake bank accounts, the authorities said on Tuesday….
San Francisco, Oct 23 (IANS) Ahead of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 28, Facebook has removed 68 Pages and 43 accounts associated with a Brazilian marketing group for using fake accounts…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 23 (IANS) Amid the bleeding trade war with the US, China has removed an over five-year-long ban on the import of Indian rapeseed oil meal. China is the biggest consumer…
By Brajendra Nath Singh Macao (China), Oct 23 (IANS) Macao is not only about gambling, casinos and luxury entertainment. Its Portuguese past mingles with the present to create a unique architecture, history and culture that…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that the country needs to build a wall fast to protect its borders from Central American migrants. During a “Make America Great Again” rally in Houston…
Tokyo, Oct 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA),…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has said that five of its most valuable artefacts, once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls, were fake and…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan Hong Kong, Oct 23 (IANS) US-based chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies on Tuesday unveiled here the Snapdragon 675 system-on-chip (SoC) to boost gaming and camera experience in mobile devices. The latest addition to…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) An “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane is nearing the Pacific coast of Mexico, bringing in the potential for life-threatening storm surge, wind and torrents of rain, according to weather authorities. The…
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria conducted two strikes against two “command centres” that were operating inside mosques in Abu Kamal district in less than…
Beijing, Oct 23 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday officially opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge that connects mainland China with Hong Kong and Macau, during a ceremony in the city of Zhuhai. The…