New York, March 7 (IANS) If we can learn to control the motivational centres of our brains, will it lead us toward healthier, more productive lives? Using a new brain imaging strategy, Duke University scientists…
Tunis, March 7 (IANS) At least 22 people, including 13 militants, were killed in Tunisia when a group of gunmen stormed into the military barracks near the Libyan border. Five civilians and four security personnel…
Seoul, March 7 (IANS) Geopolitical risks in the Korean Peninsula, caused by the North Korean nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, will not have a significant impact on the South Korean economy, a Seoul financial…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on March 9 for talks on security cooperation and to witness military exercises, officials said here on Monday….
Peshawar, March 7 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) factional group Jamatul Ahrar, in…
London, March 7 (IANS) If you are bogged down by notifications sent by the known but deceased people in your timeline on Facebook, do not get surprised by this news. According to researchers, the social…
New York, March 7 (IANS) Being confident is one thing and being overconfident quite another. Researchers have found that those who think intelligence is fixed and unchangeable tend to be more overconfident. “Such people tend…
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) Seven people were jailed in China’s Hunan province on Monday for poisoning endangered birds and trafficking their carcasses for meat. The People’s Court in Yueyang city sentenced one of the seven…
New York, March 7 (IANS) A new browser extension makes reactions expressed on social networking site Facebook a little more fun by allowing users to react to news through a wide range of emojis featuring…
New York, March 7 (IANS) A diet rich in a fatty acid that is essential for nutrition and found in grapeseed and other oils but not in olive oil may lower the risk of heart…
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) A senior official of the Tibet region on Monday expressed his firm opposition to Dalai Lama’s expected visit to Taiwan. “We strongly oppose anyone who is in power (in Taiwan) to…
Canberra, March 7 (IANS) A gunman who killed one person and injured two others at a Sydney industrial unit shot himself after a six-hour siege, police said. The police surrounded the site after a man…
Brussels, March 7 (IANS) Turkish and EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. The EU aims to stem the flow of…
Seoul, March 7 (IANS) South Korea and the US on Monday began their largest annual war games as North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong-un warned of a nuclear strike against the US following a nuclear…
Kabul, March 7 (IANS) At least 15 members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed in airstrikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, the government said on Monday. “Acting upon confirmed intelligence…
New York, March 7 (IANS) A team of US engineers has developed a new flexible “meta-skin” which can be tuned to reduce the reflection of a wide range of radar frequencies to cloak an object….
Tokyo, March 7 (IANS) In an important step towards development of green energy, Japanese researchers have developed a new prototype of a turbine to efficiently harness energy from ocean currents. In various experiments to test…
Vienna, March 7 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of thirteen crudes rose to $32.34 a barrel on Friday, from $31.61 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes…
London, March 7 (IANS) An analysis of palm-sized stone grinders used around 7,000 years ago in North Africa shows that ancient communities resisted new farming practices because of their highly mobile style of life. Giulio…
The ruins of a recently discovered wine cellar in a Canaanite palace that dates back to approximately 1700 B.C., near the modern town of Nahariya in northern Israel. Researchers found 40 ceramic jars, each big…