Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved launching of the “Green Pakistan Programme” whereby over 100 million trees will be planted all across the country, the media reported on Saturday. The idea,…
Washington, March 5 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it will separately identify the Chinese yuan in its quarterly survey of the composition of foreign exchange reserves (COFER) from October 1. Currently, the currencies…
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) Heavy smog that has shrouded parts of northern China will ease on Saturday due to a cold front. The National Meteorological Centre (NMC) said a cold front has helped reduce the…
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China’s population will be about 1.42 billion by the end of 2020, according to the draft outline of a five-year plan released on Saturday. China had a population of 1.37462 billion…
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China aims to create at least 10 million new urban jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 4.5 percent this year, according to a government work report delivered by…
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China targets economic growth rate of 6.5 to 7 percent in 2016, and an average annual growth rate of at least 6.5 percent through 2020, according to a government work report…
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China on Saturday announced the country’s lowest defence budget increase in six years in the wake of rising economic headwinds and last year’s massive drawdown of service people. According to a…
New York, March 5 (IANS) The US stocks traded in a narrow range on Friday, as investors digested the newly-released jobs report for indications of the economic conditions and the course of the US Federal…
New York, March 5 (IANS) The US stocks traded in a narrow range on Friday, as investors digested the newly-released jobs report for indications of the economic conditions and the course of the US Federal…
Osaka (Japan), March 5 (IANS) China beat Japan 2-1 in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games women’s football qualifier here on Friday. Japan, which lost to Australia and drew with South Korea in previous matches, ranked…
Osaka (Japan), March 5 (IANS) China beat Japan 2-1 in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games women’s football qualifier here on Friday. Japan, which lost to Australia and drew with South Korea in previous matches, ranked…
Chicago, March 5 (IANS) Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as the US dollar showed weakness. The most active gold contract for April delivery rose $12.5,…
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has documented a total of 3,081 civilians killed in Yemen since March 26, 2015, a UN spokesman told reporters here…
Madrid, March 5 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 rose 0.5 percent on Friday to close at 8,811 points, up from the 8,767 points of Thursday. Share values were up 5.5 percent in the…
New York, March 5 (IANS) Oil prices rose on Friday as newly-released jobs US report came out better-than-expected. Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, topping market expectations, and the unemployment rate was…
Moscow, March 5 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called for resuming quickly the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva. “The sides called for a quick…
New York, March 5 (IANS) The US stocks ended higher on Friday after volatile trading, with all three major indices on a four-day winning streak, as investors sifted through the upbeat jobs report for indications…
Paris, March 5 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday showed united front to handle migration crisis after differences on how to curb migrants flows likely to strain ties between…
Kolkata/Aden, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…
Aden/Kolkata/Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…