Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) China is planning to lay off 1.8 million workers from the coal and steel sector owing to industrial overcapacity, Minister of Human Resource and Social Security Yin Weimin announced on Monday….
London, Feb 29 (IANS) With the rise in sea levels, costs of climatic damages like floods are also increasing constantly at a higher rate, impacting the coastal regions of the world, says a study. “When…
Jakarta, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indonesian government on Monday deployed 5,000 police personnel to demolish hundreds of buildings in north Jakarta’s red light district of Kalijodo after residents were evicted from the area last week….
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) The trial of two Indo-Canadians, who were charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter, would start on March 1, a media report said. Gurjinder “Gary” Dhaliwal was charged with first-degree murder of…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault…
Wellington, Feb 29 (IANS) New Zealand on Monday announced funding of three New Zealand-China Research Collaboration Centres to boost bilateral science cooperation, the media reported. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said $2 million was…
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been charged with two counts of impaired driving, a media report said. Burnaby RCMP detachment said…
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) A Mars-like laboratory in the driest place on Earth is helping NASA scientists study the limits of life and test drilling and life-detection technologies that might be sent to Red Planet…
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) China’s state-owned Harbin Electric Corporation said it has signed a contract with Pakistan Siddiqsons Energy to build a coal-fired power plant. The new power station, with installed capacity of 350 MW,…
Havana, Feb 29 (IANS) Cigar enthusiasts from around the globe are set to gather in Cuba this week for the 18th edition of the Habanos cigar Festival. The festival is expected to attract more US…
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 114 basis points to 6.5452 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Tokyo stocks rose from the off on Monday as hopes following the G20 finance ministers’ agreement to help stabilise markets, coupled with the yen’s comparative weakness spurred an upbeat market mood….
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a city southeast of College Station in the US state of Texas. The plane, a single-engine…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Britain’s top civil servant will have to face a grilling by a group of members of the Parliament over why pro-Brexit ministers will be prevented from seeing certain government documents. British…
Mogadishu, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed and several others injured in twin expositions in Baidoa town in Bay region of southern Somalia on Sunday, police and witnesses said. Mohamed Olow, a…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 59 others injured in back-to-back explosions in the east of Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry said. “The latest reports said that 23 people…
Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 13 others injured in a car bomb explosion in the capital of Baghdad on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. The incident occurred when a…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) An exhibition of the works of the late Mumbai-based artist Nasreen Mohamedi is being launched at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply The Met, here on Tuesday, supported by…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) A Chinese robotics firm is going to set up a factory to produce a US counterpart’s models in China, the world’s largest market for industrial robots. Hunan-based Cothink Robotics Tech Co….
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 130 Taliban rebels on Sunday gave up fighting, amid the group’s desperate attempt to overrun Maimana city, the capital of Faryab province, a senior official said. “We sincerely welcome…