By Sourabh Kulesh Las Vegas, Jan 5 (IANS) With an aim to deliver tailor-made devices to customers to meet their needs and fit their usage habits, Chinese tech giant Lenovo on Thursday announced a new…
Hanoi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Vietnamese population that has been forecast to grow at a slower pace will hit 100 million people by 2025, according to the Institute of Public Policy and Management (IPPM) on…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) President Barack Obama visited the Congress to ask Democratic legislators to remain firm against Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health reform. As Obama was meeting with Democratic…
Canberra, Jan 5 (IANS) Australia experienced the fourth-warmest year on records in 2016, a year which had extreme weather events and was wetter than average overall, an official report revealed on Thursday. Last year, the…
Brasilia, Jan 5 (IANS) Brazilian Justice Minister said that local authorities were aware of the planned prison breakout in the state of Amazonas but did not inform the federal government, the media reported. On Wednesday,…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) President Barack Obama warned that the US military should be used to protect the country’s security and not to respond to political motivations, an apparent message directed at his successor, President-elect…
London, Jan 5 (IANS) The British government will appoint senior diplomat Tim Barrow as its new ambassador to the European Union (EU), the media reported. The decision to name a new ambassador to the EU…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.03 per cent to open at 3,157.91 points. The smaller Shenzhen Component index opened 0.02 per cent lower…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump will meet top US intelligence officials in New York on Friday to analyse the issue of Russian cyberattacks. Participating in the meeting, among others, will be…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 219 basis points to 6.9307 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade…
United Nations, Jan 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on phone with US President-elect Donald Trump, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. Haq said “this was an introductory phone call during which they had…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US stocks rallied on Wednesday as Wall Street digested minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting released in the afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60.40 points, or 0.30…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal is starting a farewell visit to India on Thursday that will take her to the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru and the Vibrant…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The US dollar fell against other major currencies on Wednesday as investors were digesting the latest Federal Reserve minutes. In late New York trading, the euro rose to $1.0463 from…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed an expert on strategic communications and political research, Raj Shah, as his deputy assistant and research director on the White House…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to voice new doubt about the findings by US intelligence agencies that Russia has intervened in the 2016 presidential election. “Julian…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) US stocks traded higher in the morning session on Wednesday, as investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 47.09 points, or 0.24…
Rome, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) Consumer prices fell in Italy last year for the first time since 1959, according to data released on Wednesday by the national statistics bureau. Prices were down 0.1 percent in 2016…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 4 (IANS) After scathing criticism of the UN, US President-elect Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with Antonio Guterres, its new Secretary-General. The Secretary-General’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters that…
El Vendrell (Spain), Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) Police in northeast Spain on Wednesday arrested Italian drugs baron Francesco Castriotta, who had been on the run since 2010 after skipping house arrest. Castriotta, 43, was arrested by…