Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Friday warned that the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea will have serious consequences. Obama called the nuclear test a “provocation” and reiterated that the…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Over 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution globally with China and India being the worst-hit, a report claimed. According to the report,…
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Children with emotional parents are more likely to be successful, a study has found. The research found that a caring and emotionally attentive environment is liable to be a long-term game-changer….
London, Sep 9 (IANS) While the link between lifestyle and genetic factors with diabetes is well established, researchers have now found that long-term exposure to higher levels of traffic-related air pollution may also put you…
London, Sep 9 (IANS) When young teenagers reach puberty, both girls and boys tend to experience a rapid drop in the number of calories that they burn, finds a new study. The research, that also…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) NASA on Thursday launched its first mission to bring back samples from a potentially dangerous asteroid that could collide with Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft…
Phnom Penh, Sep 9 (IANS) A court in Cambodia began trial of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Friday for his “refusal to appear” in a prostitution case. Security has been tightened at the court…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) A local court on Friday acquitted a 41-year-old woman who was accused of forcing her husband to have sex with her, the first case in the country for a wife to…
Tokyo, Sep 9 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said the nuclear test conducted by North Korea was unacceptable and would be protested. Abe also said that Japan would liaise closely on the…
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) A 13th century Maya document regarded with scepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960s is not only genuine but is…
Havana, Sep 9 (IANS) About 758 million adults around the world have never learned to read or write, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has said. Speaking at a ceremony here marking…
By Nury Vittachi Cop: You were doing 20 kilometres an hour over the speed limit. Me: Yes, but you’re standing there telling me this on a planet spinning at 1,000 kilometres an hour moving around…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear test, its fifth and the “most powerful” test so far, Yonhap news agency reported. The North Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station…
Freetown, Sep 9 (IANS) The president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Isha Johansen, her deputy and the organisation’s Secretary General, were arrested after they were questioned by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Alhassan Kargbo,…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 9 (IANS) Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras has announced that it is selling off Nova Transportadora do Sudeste, its subsidiary responsible for operating 2,700 km of pipelines in the south of…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 9 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will pay an official visit to the US soon, said an official announcement on Friday without specifying the date. Expected in days,…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) South Korea’s military said North Korea may have conducted the “most powerful” nuclear test so far on Friday after an artificial earthquake was detected at a site where its fourth nuclear…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Concerned over the growing battery explosion fears in Samsung’s premium device Galaxy Note 7, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a warning not to charge or switch on Note…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has reiterated that she will not put US ground troops into Iraq and Syria in the military campaign against the Islamic State (IS) militant group. “I’ve…
Ankara, Sep 9 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed to continue efforts to achieve a truce in Syria’s Aleppo, a statement said. The two leaders in a…