Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) Alibaba, China’s biggest online trader, on Wednesday reached an agreement with the top economic planner to expand e-commerce in rural areas. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will work with…
Berlin, Feb 17 (IANS) The Indian film industry has been asked to increase its presence at the prestigious Berlinale, the Berlin Film Festival, as a gateway to an expanded European viewership. Indian Ambassador Gurjit Singh…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Debates on the British Empire’s legacy gets sidetracked on whether it was “good” or “bad”, instead of focussing on its enduring effects such as shaping many vibrant cities across the…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) State-controlled oil giant Petrobras said on Tuesday it brought a new offshore platform with the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 6 million cubic…
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2016 (Xinhua) — Soldiers escort Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias “El Chapo”, upon his arrival to the hangar of the Attorney General’s Office, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 8,…
Doha, Feb 17 (IANS) Four top global oil producers agreed on Tuesday to freeze oil production in order to boost the slumping oil prices. The agreement followed a meeting in Doha between the energy ministers…
Cairo, Feb 16 (IANS) Former UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at a hospital here on Tuesday, BBC reported. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali was admitted to the hospital with a broken pelvis, the report said….
(151016) — MANILA, Oct. 16, 2015 (Xinhua) — Philippine boxing world champion and congressman Manny Pacquiao shows his certificate of candidacy for senator at the Commission on Elections building in Manila, the Philippines, Oct. 16,…
Geneva, Feb 16 (IANS) The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said 84,320 refugee and migrant maritime arrivals have been recorded in Europe since the beginning of the year. The vast majority (78,333 arrivals)…
Beijing, Feb 16 (IANS) China’s Guizhou province is expected to evacuate over 9,000 residents for the protection of the world’s largest radio telescope before its completion in September, authorities said on Tuesday. The evacuation is…
Beijing, Feb 16 (IANS) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will establish a supply chain education centre in China’s Ningbo city, which houses the world’s largest port by cargo tonnage, said the city’s education bureau…
Mexico City, Feb 16 (IANS) United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Mendez on Monday called on Mexican authorities to carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into last week’s deadly prison riot. The…
Tehran, Feb 16 (IANS) First cargo train from China to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday, indicating a milestone in reviving the “Silk Road”, which has opened a new chapter of win-win cooperation between China…
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) Russia is shipping S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said on Monday. “The agreement for the delivery of S-300 systems has been…
Havana, Feb 15 (IANS) Cuba’s biotechnological industry is developing a long-term strategy to turn cancer into a manageable chronic disease, health experts have said. The island country currently has 28 medical products registered or in…
Sarpreet Kaur, a volunteer with the World Sikh Organization, delivers boxes of cupcakes, Toronto, Feb 15 (IANS) Members of Toronto’s Sikh community on Sunday delivered dozens of pink boxes containing cupcakes, and chocolates to four…
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS/EFE) Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Rokneddin Javadi announced on Sunday that his country has increased its oil production by 400,000 barrels per day after the lifting of international sanctions against the Islamic…
Jovan Damjanovic, president of World Roma Organisation New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Following External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj terming people of the Roma community spread across the world children of India, an international conference here…
Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) Tianqin, China’s domestic gravitational wave research project initiated by the Sun Yat-sen University in July 2015, is awaiting governmental approval. The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced its ground-breaking discovery…
United Nations, Feb 13 (IANS) An international inquiry to determine responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict has narrowed down its initial targets from 116 to five, said a report. The…