Washington, June 15 (IANS) The US Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has won the primary of the District of Columbia by a comfortable margin. Despite having secured the nomination last week after her…
New York, June 15 (IANS) South Korean smartphone giant Samsung sold the most number of smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of the year and is expected to sell 320 million smartphones by the end…
New York, June 15 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter has invested $70 million in popular music streaming service SoundCloud, a move that may push Twitter’s stalled growth and engagement with its over 300 million users. According…
Washington, June 15 (IANS) US president Barack Obama is slated to welcome Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday at the White House. The White House announced the meeting will take place behind closed…
Sydney, June 15 (IANS) A British Muslim cleric who believed death is a compassionate sentence for gay people, has had his Australian visa cancelled and left the country, officials said on Wednesday. Australian Immigration Minister…
Tokyo, June 15 (IANS) Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe on Wednesday submitted his resignation following his involvement in a political funds scandal, an official of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said on Wednesday. Masuzoe submitted…
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2016 (Xinhua) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she campaigns at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, the United States, May 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong/IANS) Washington, June 15…
Beijing, June 15 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.97 per cent to open at 2,814.69 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 1.05 per cent lower at…
Pennsylvania, June 15 (IANS) Eduardo Vargas (15 and 43 minute) and Alexis Sánchez (50 and 89 minute) hit two goals each to register a 4-2 win over Panama at the Lincoln Financial Field here. Panama…
Beijing, June 15 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 210 basis points to 6.6001 against the US dollar Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System….
Canberra, June 15 (IANS) Australia’s Parkes Observatory telescope has discovered a molecule which displays key attributes associated with life, in a breakthrough set to help scientists solve the mystery of biology in space. Chirality, or…
Washington, June 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the Republican-controlled Congress to reinstate the ban on assault weapons in the wake of the shooting in a gay bar in Orlando in which…
Rio De Janeiro, June 15 (IANS) Dunga was sacked as coach of Brazil on Tuesday after the team’s early elimination from the centenary edition of the Copa America. The 52-year-old and national team coordinator Gilmar…
Tehran, June 15 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday said that if the US leaders want to break the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the nuclear deal, the Islamic republic…
Baghdad, June 15 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Tuesday continued clashes with the Islamic State (IS) terrorists around the IS stronghold in the city of Fallujah and others areas in Anbar province. The troops freed…
Paris, June 15 (IANS) Hundreds of masked youth taking part in a protest against labour reforms clashed with police on Tuesday, injuring 26, most of them police officers, according to local media reports. Twenty policemen…
Paris, June 15 (IANS) A list of targets, including journalists and the police, was found in the house of the police officer who was stabbed to death on Monday night by an Islamic State (IS)-linked…
Saint-Étienne (France), June 15 (IANS) Portugal and Iceland were the final two sides to get their Euro 2016 campaigns underway and on Tuesday they played a 1-1 draw at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium here. Portugal…
Moscow, June 15 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his wish to restore relations with Russia in a recent letter of congratulation to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday’s Russia Day. “On behalf…
Singapore, June 15 (IANS) About 400 people in Singapore on Tuesday held a vigil for victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, in which 50 people, including the shooter, were killed…