Putin to visit China to sign bilateral agreements
Moscow, June 20 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on June 25 when he plans to sign a series of bilateral agreements, the Kremlin said in a statement on…
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China throws cold water on India’s NSG hopes
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 20 (IANS) In a blow to India’s NSG hopes, China said on Monday that the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was still divided over admitting the country and that New Delhi’s…
Anti-Trump delegate faction says it’s raising cash
File photo :Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, June 20 (IANS) A faction of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump is pitching a last-ditch effort to stop the party’s presumptive presidential nominee on…
New technology developed to create clean hydrogen fuel
New York, June 20 (IANS) With an aim to tackle one of the world’s biggest energy challenges — clean fuel for transportation, researchers in the US have developed a new technology to make clean hydrogen…
13 killed in Kabul suicide attack
KABUL, June 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Afghan security force members inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, June 20, 2016. Fourteen Nepalese citizens were killed and nine people were injured…
OPEC daily basket price closes higher
Vienna, June 20 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of 13 crudes rose to $44.18 a barrel on Friday, compared to $44.03 on Thursday, according to the OPEC Secretariat. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes…
Procrastinators more likely to have insomnia
New York, June 20 (IANS) People who tend to put things off are more likely to develop insomnia — a sleep disorder characterised by difficulty in falling or staying asleep, says a study. The researchers…
China’s Sunway-TaihuLight named world’s fastest supercomputer
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) China’s new supercomputing system Sunway-TaihuLight was on Monday named the world’s fastest computer at the International Supercomputing Conference in Germany. The National Supercomputing Centre was also unveiled simultaneously in China’s Jiangsu…
Over 65 mn people displaced in 2015: UN
Geneva, June 20 (IANS) Over 65 million people were forcibly displaced by the end of 2015 — compared with 59.5 million 12 months earlier, according to an annual report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)…
S Korea tightens security of US airbases after IS threats
Seoul, June 20 (IANS) South Korea has strengthened security around US airbases after the country’s spy agency reported that the Islamic State (IS) terror group has included the US facilities in the country as its…
China to seek Indian yoga experts’ help to train varsity teachers
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Yoga has gained immense popularity in China over the years, so much so that the government has approached Indian experts of the discipline to train teachers in the…
Overweight adolescents at high risk of heart failure
London, June 20 (IANS) Men who are overweight in their adolescence are at an increased risk of heart failures in their middle age, reveals a new study. Heart failure, which relatively occurs around the average…
Massive giant planets found in star cluster
London, June 20 (IANS) Scientists have discovered unexpectedly high number of giant exoplanets in a cluster of stars called Messier 67 that is about the same age as the Sun — indicating that our solar…
Britain to resume rice imports from Fukushima
London, June 20 (IANS) Britain is set to become the first European Union (EU) country to resume rice imports from Fukushima prefecture in Japan, which experienced one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. From…
Six-year-old Australian girl donates inheritance to save tigers
Canberra, June 20 (IANS) A six-year-old girl from Canberra has been given the naming rights of a tiger cub at the Australia Zoo after she donated the inheritance from her grandparents to a “Wildlife Warrior”…
Iran thwarts major terrorist plot
Tehran, June 20 (IANS) Iran has thwarted one of the biggest terrorist plots in Tehran recently, the intelligence ministry said on Monday. “The anti-Islamist Takfiri group had schemed to carry out a series of bombings…
Nepal condemns Kabul suicide attack
Kathmandu, June 20 (IANS) Nepal has reacted with grief and shock to a bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday in which a suicide bomber blew up a mini bus killing 14 Nepali…
China cracks down on foreign-inspired TV shows
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) In an effort aimed at promoting domestic originality, China’s media regulator has issued a directive limiting imported TV shows and remakes. With authorised remakes of foreign TV reality shows gaining popularity…
Eight civilians killed in Afghan blast
Kabul, June 20 (IANS) Eight civilians were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on Monday, an official said. “The blast ripped through the main square of Faizabad city in…
How women murderers are different from male perpetrators
London, June 20 (IANS) While the majority of cases of deadly violence are committed by men, women too have had their roles in acts of crime. But the women who commit deadly violence are different…