Hong Kong, June 7 (IANS) The authorities here on Tuesday culled 4,500 chickens at a wholesale poultry market after suspending the live poultry trade in their efforts to contain the spread of the H7N9 virus…
Ankara, June 7 (IANS) Seven police personnel and four civilians were killed with over 30 others injured on Tuesday in an attack targeting a police vehicle in Turkey’s Istanbul city. A bomb-laden car was detonated…
Dhaka, June 7 (IANS) An elderly Hindu priest was brutally killed on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Bangladesh, police said. Ananta Gopal Ganguly was attacked by a group of three people armed with knives while…
New York, June 7 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment, an American video game developer, to integrate login and Facebook Live video streaming into the Battle.net online game service and the…
New York, June 7 (IANS) Daughters born to overweight mothers who also developed gestational diabetes are significantly more likely to experience an earlier onset of one sign of puberty, a new study has found. The…
New York, June 7 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter is all set to change its consumer product boss Jeff Seibert, who took over company’s core product team last September, a media report said. Seibert, who co-founded…
New York, June 7 (IANS) Pandas do not like it hot and rising temperatures can also put pressure on their food supply by eliminating vast amounts of bamboo plants, researchers say. “Higher climate temperatures would…
Kiev, June 7 (IANS) Police in Ukraine has arrested a French citizen suspected of planning terror attacks to coincide with the Euro 2016 European football championship. The countrys state security service on Monday said: “The…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence at Mathura in which 29 people, including two police officers, died while members of…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence at Mathura in which 29 people, including two police officers, died while members of…
AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) New York, June 7 (IANS) While unhealthy weight gain after menopause may put you at increased risk of breast cancer, a lot may…
Amman, June 7 (IANS) Jordan arrested an attacker who earlier in the day killed five intelligence personnel, the media reported. Jordan’s Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani on monday said it seems a…
Seoul, June 7 (IANS) South Korea’s environment ministry on Tuesday banned sales of Japanese automaker Nissan’s Qashqai model for alleged emissions fabrication. The ministry said that it ordered Nissan Korea, the local unit of the…
United Nations, June 7 (IANS) The global threat emanating from Islamic State (IS) remains high, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said in a report. The continued military pressure exerted in Iraq and Syria by international…
Sydney, June 7 (IANS) At least four people have died and three remain missing due to the massive storm that hit Australia’s east coast. The waves and a massive king tide have eroded 50 metres…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) From a bronze Ganesh to a Jain figure of Bahubali, the US has returned more than 200 pieces of rare cultural artefacts to India during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra…
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…