New York, Jan 3 (IANS) Apple’s upcoming iOS 10.3 beta operating system is rumoured to be coming come with ‘Theater mode’ which will be accessible via a ‘popcorn-shaped’ icon in control centre, a media report…
Brasilia, Jan 3 (IANS) A 17-hour uprising at a prison in Brazil claimed the lives of at least 56 prisoners over the weekend, authorities said. Authorities initially reported 60 fatalities, but Amazonas state authorities reported…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) A British man has been killed fighting the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria, according to officials. Ryan Lock, 20, from Chichester, West Sussex, travelled to join Kurdish forces known…
Los Angeles, Jan 3 (IANS) British singer Rebecca Ferguson says she is ready to perform at US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration plans if they will allow her to sing the protest song “Strange fruit”. Ferguson…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Facebook courted another controversy after an art historian claimed it blocked a photo of Italy’s famous Neptune statue for being “sexually explicit”. The social media giant later termed the censorship a…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) US President-elect complained on Tuesday that TV channel CNN has used his ‘worst’ picture ever as the cover art for a new book about the 2016 Presidential election. His tweet said:…
Kathmandu, Jan 3 (IANS) Nepal’s trade deficit surged by 87.44 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to same period the last year as imports increased substantially. According to…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) South Korean police on Tuesday issued an extradition order to get back the daughter of the so-called “female Rasputin”, the woman at the centre of the country’s biggest corruption scandal, after…
Hong Kong, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen appeared in the court on Tuesday for the start of his trial on corruption charges. Tsang was seen emerging from a minivan…
Beijing, Jan 3 (IANS) Twenty-five Chinese cities are on red alert due to severe air pollution, officials said on Tuesday. This is the first red alert issued in the new year in China, following similar…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) South Korea authorities on Tuesday said that the latest bird flu outbreak that has forced the culling of more than 30 million chicken and other poultry nationwide since November is almost…
New York, Jan 3 (IANS) In its Chinese New Year promotion, Apple has announced an one-day sale to offer free Beats Solo3 wireless headphones to all customers who purchase a select Mac or iPhone in…
New York, Jan 3 (IANS) Alcohol addiction can increase the risk of heart attack, atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure along with other risk factors like diabetes and high blood pressure, a study has found….
Nay Pyi Taw, Jan 3 (IANS) The Myanmar government on Tuesday blamed fabricated stories and incorrectly captioned pictures for creating misunderstanding about Rakhine state to the rest of the world. The Information Committee of the…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) Barely three months after one of its rockets blew up on the launchpad – destroying a $200 million Facebook satellite with it – SpaceX has said that it plans to try…
Jerusalem, Jan 3 (IANS) Israeli police have interrogated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption allegations, a statement said. Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said the interrogation ended at around 23.00 (local time) on Monday, Xinhua news…
Jerusalem, Jan 3 (IANS) A former Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Jerusalem who was convicted of smuggling arms for Palestinian militants has died aged 94, a media report said on Tuesday. Monsignor Hilarion Capucci, who…
Dhaka, Jan 3 (IANS) Hundreds of shops were gutted as a fire broke out at a market here in Bangladesh on Tuesday morning. The blaze destroyed goods and property at diplomatic enclave Gulshan, and was…
Damascus, Jan 3 (IANS) Several rebel groups have said they were freezing talks on planned peace negotiations with the Syrian government, citing “major violations” by the government forces to an ongoing ceasefire. The rebels on…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday responded on Twitter to North Korea’s threats, stating that Pyongyang would not develop a nuclear weapon that could endanger US security. Trump was responding…