Washington, June 7 (IANS) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates necessary to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in the November elections, according to a count carried out by…
Beijing, June 7 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 121 basis points to 6.5618 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Beijing, June 7 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.07 percent, at 2,936.28 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.03 percent higher at 10,365.82 points, Xinhua news…
Tokyo, June 7 (IANS) Tokyo stocks gained from the off on Tuesday as a solid showing on Wall Street overnight bolstered sentiment to buy as did the yen falling against the US dollar. The 225-issue…
New York, June 7 (IANS) US stocks ended higher as investors digested US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s comments on the country’s economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 113.27 points, or 0.64 percent, to…
Rio de Janeiro, June 7 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain have agreed to release center-back Marquinhos for this year’s Olympic Games football tournament, the Brazilian starlet said. The 22-year-old, who is currently with Brazil’s squad for the…
Toronto, June 7 (IANS) Canada’s main stock market in Toronto rose to a nine-month high as commodity price gains helped boost the index’s heavyweight energy sector and base metal miners, although gold miners pulled back…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the US on the fourth leg of his five-nation tour, met the heads of US think tanks here. “Probing the minds of those who…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a function here during which Indian idols lying in the US have been returned to India. “Restoring India’s cultural heritage: PM @narendramodi attends ceremony for return…
New York, June 7 (IANS) Oil prices rebounded as investors worried about plummeting Nigerian production after a militant attack in Nigeria. The West Texas Intermediate for July delivery on Monday added $1.07 to settle at…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the Arlington memorial here, where the bodies of American soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country have been laid down to rest….
New York, June 7 (IANS) The US dollar declined against most major peers after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen failed to signal the timing of further interest rate-hikes. In late New York trading on Monday,…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the US from Switzerland on the fourth leg of his five-nation tour. Air India One touched down at Joint Base Andrews a little before…
New York, June 7 (IANS) US stocks traded higher in the morning session on Monday as investors awaited US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech scheduled for midday after a weak jobs report. By noon,…
Hanoi, June 6 (IANS) India and Vietnam are looking at deepening defence cooperation, an official statement said on Monday after Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar met his counterpart here. Parrikar, who arrived here on an…
New York, June 6 (IANS) Perceptual downgrading of attractive persons who can turn out to be potential threats may help in sustaining relationships from temptation and keep couples from cheating on one another, finds a…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, June 6 (IANS) Right from when they got married in 2008, this couple, both in the Maharashtra Police, dreamt of together ascending Mt. Everest, the tallest peak in the world, and…
Rome, June 6 (IANS/AKI) A court in southern Italy on Monday sentenced a Calabrian priest to four years in jail for paying for sex with minors. The court in Reggio Calabria found Father Antonello Tropea,…
Mosul (Iraq), June 6 (IANS/AKI) Militants from the Islamic State group executed 19 Yezidi girls who refused to be sex slaves by burning them alive inside iron cages, news site ARA News reported. The victims…
Damascus, June 6 (IANS) A woman has been chosen as Syria’s new parliament speaker on Monday for the very first time, in a historic move for the war-torn country. Hadiyeh al-Abbas secured an uncontested victory…