Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s top legislature on Monday reviewed a draft amendment to the Marine Environment Protection Law, imposing more severe penalties for pollution. The draft, submitted by the State Council to the National…
Brussels, Aug 29 (IANS) A bomb blast hit a crime laboratory in Brussels on Monday, Belgian authorities said. According to a report on RTL Belgium news, a car rammed through three fences of the Brussels…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump challenged Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to release “detailed medical records” and said he would have “no problem” releasing his own. “I think that both candidates, Crooked…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s first driverless subway line in Beijing is expected to start operations by the end of 2017, authorities said on Monday. Operations on the line will be fully automatic, including train…
Canberra, Aug 29 (IANS) Australia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday announced the release of an aid worker, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in April. Katherine Jane Wilson, 60, is “safe and well” according to a statement…
New York, Aug 29 (IANS) We may not know it but our brains are actually pretty good at math and they constantly perform complicated calculations to make sense of the world , researchers have found….
Los Angeles, Aug 29 (IANS) The police have confirmed that loud noises thought to be shots at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday night were a false alarm. “Report of shooting at LAX…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA’s Juno, the spacecraft on a Jupiter mission, has successfully completed its first of 36 orbital flybys, coming closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it. The time…
London, Aug 29 (IANS) When Apple made iPad, little did the US tech giant realise that the popular device may work as real-world sedative for kids before surgeries. New research shows that allowing children to…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the upcoming US Presidential elections will give a long-awaited speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday, after postponing it several times. “I will be making a…
Los Angeles, Aug 29 (IANS) Hundreds of people were evacuated from the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday night after police reported of an active shooter in a terminal. The Los Angeles Police Department…
Seoul, Aug 29 (IANS) South Korea’s ruling party on Monday asked military authorities to review special countermeasures including deployment of a nuclear-powered submarine to contain North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). Chung Jin-suk, Saenuri Party…
Singapore, Aug 29 (IANS) Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday announced that the number of people in the city state infected by locally transferred Zika virus has increased to 41. The MOH said of…
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Six scientists who lived like astronauts in an isolated dome for 12 months in Hawaii to explore challenges which a manned mission may face on Mars, have completed one of the…
Bagota, Aug 29 (IANS) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group on Sunday announced a definitive ceasefire, a media report said. “As commander of all FARC military fronts, I order all our units…
Cairo, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed and two injured on Sunday in a massive road accident between a passenger microbus and another vehicle at a desert highway in Egypt, the local…
San Francisco, Aug 29 (IANS) People tend to engage in unpleasant but necessary activities, such as paying bills or doing housework, when they are in a good mood and choose pleasurable activities as a way…
Canberra, Aug 29 (IANS) Three Canadian nationals will face an Australian court on Monday, charged with attempting to import 95 kg of cocaine on a cruise ship, a media report said. Australian authorities arrested two…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) China’s top legislature started to convene its bi-monthly session on Monday, reviewing the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and other matters. The session will also…
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.06 per cent to open at 3,068.46 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.03 per cent lower at…