Stroke patients at 70% higher risk of dementia: Study
London, Aug 31 (IANS) People who have suffered a stroke are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, a new study has revealed. Around a third of dementia cases are thought to be potentially…
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Coca Cola to buy coffee chain Costa for $5.1 bn
London, Aug 31 (IANS) The Coca Cola Company on Friday said it will buy British coffee shop chain Costa for $5.1 billion, diversifying further from its soft drink roots, according to a Dow Jones report….
China ignores UN concerns over detention camps in Xinjinag
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) China on Friday ignored the UN’s grave concerns over the mass detention of Uighur Muslims in its restive Xinjiang province and said these reports were yet to be…
4 killed in US civilian plane crash
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Four people were killed when a civilian aircraft crashed at US Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, authorities said. The Beechcraft B60 aircraft crashed on Thursday morning in a remote area…
WFP starts distributing emergency aid to Ebola victims
Goma (DR Congo), Aug 31 (IANS/AKI) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has launched the distribution of emergency food aid to patients and others affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
Governments must not forget human drama of migration: Italy
Vienna, Aug 31 (IANS/AKI) Nations should never fail to recall the personal drama affecting migrants who leave their homelands, Italy’s Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi has said. “We should never forget the individual human dramas,”…
Harvard-Google AI model to predict quake aftershock sites
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) The Harvard University has teamed up with Google to develop a machine learning-based model to predict aftershock locations post a quake. It may help in the deployment of emergency services…
4th Bimstec summit concludes
Kathmandu, Aug 31 (IANS) The Fourth Bimstec Summit concluded here on Friday after issuing an 18-point Kathmandu Declaration. The details of the declaration will be made public soon, an official said. The member states also…
Seven killed in US bus crash
Houston (US), Aug 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in New Mexico in the US when a tractor-trailer crashed head-on with a nearly packed bus, officials said. “We do expect the number to…
Apple dominated global smartwatch market in Q2 2018
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) Apple continued to dominate the smartwatch market with a 41 per cent share as global smartwatch shipments grew 37 per cent Year-on-Year in the second quarter of 2018, a Counterpoint…
Prasad meets Pichai, seeks Google’s involvement in empowering Indians
San Francisco, Aug 31 (IANS) India seeks greater involvement of Google in digital inclusion programmes including “Digital Village” initiative to empower millions of people in the country, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has told…
Trump threatens to intervene in Justice Department, FBI
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned the Department of Justice and the FBI that he will intervene if they failed to do their jobs. The President on Thursday lashed out at the…
Martian skies clearing, hope for Opportunity Rover: NASA
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) With skies clearing over Opportunity Rover’s resting spot in Mars, NASA believes that the solar-powered rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatically initiate recovery procedures –but only if it is…
Panasonic to move its European headquarters out of UK
Tokyo, Aug 31 (IANS) Japanese technology company Panasonic will move its European headquarters outside of the United Kingdom on October 1, before the country leaves the European Union, a move known as brexit, in 2019,…
John McCain’s coffin reaches Washington DC for 3-day tribute
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) The coffin of US Republican Senator John McCain, who died on August 25 at the age of 81, arrived here on Thursday for three tribute-filled days, including his burial at a…
China says Trump’s tweets are from alternate universe
Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) A leading Chinese newspaper on Friday made a scathing attack on US President Donald Trump for his repeated accusations against China on Twitter adding that his messages are from an alternative…
Brazil’s Lula can appear in pre-election polls
Brasilia, Aug 31 (IANS) Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court has rejected a request to keep former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva out of opinion polls in the lead-up to the October presidential race. Judge Tarcisio…
UN alarmed by China’s Uighur camps
United Nations, Aug 31 (IANS) The UN has said it is alarmed by reports of the mass detention of Uighurs in China and called for the release of those held on a counter terrorism “pretext”….
6 years jail for Australian for espionage in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Aug 31 (IANS) A Cambodian court on Friday convicted Australian filmmaker James Ricketson of spying and sentenced him to six years in prison. Ricketson, 69, was arrested on June 3, 2017 in Phnom…
Google Assistant goes bilingual
Berlin, Aug 31 (IANS) Google Assistant will now be able to understand and speak more than one language at a time, the company announced on Friday. With the annual tech show IFA 2018 kick-starting here,…