Sydney, April 1 (IANS) Australia’s former ambassador to the US has said the nation’s recently released defence strategy paper would need to be re-written to reflect more on self-reliance should US republican front-runner Donald Trump…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 1 (IANS) Myanmar’s House of Nationalities (Upper House) on Friday approved the bill designed to pave the way for appointing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as a consultative figure to…
New York, April 1 (IANS) Internet giant Google on Friday rolled back its April Fool’s Day prank that it played by introducing “send + drop the mic” feature in Gmail for its users that let…
Nicosia, April 1 (IANS) At least 27 refugees, among them six women and three children, were saved overnight from a drifting Turkish-registered fishing boat off the coast of Cyprus, authorities said on Friday. Cyprus’s Defence…
Ankara, April 1 (IANS) At least 15 suspected members of Islamic State militant group were arrested by Turkish police in tourist city of Izmir. Several Izmir police teams were sent on Friday morning to catch…
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) China’s special representative for Korean peninsula affairs Wu Dawei will pay a visit to Japan in early April, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said on Friday. While in Japan, Wu will…
Singapore, April 1 (IANS) A giant floral chandelier, which is believed to be the world’s largest of its kind, was put up ahead of the upcoming Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) on Friday. The floral chandelier,…
Suva, April 1 (IANS) Cuba is willing to offer assistance to Fiji in areas of common interest and strengthen existing diplomatic ties, a Cuban envoy said here on Friday. Mario Alzugaray, Cuba’s non-resident ambassador to…
United Nations, April 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended a joint China-US presidential statement that the world’s two major greenhouse gas emitters will sign the ambitious Paris climate agreement in April. The two countries…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 1 (IANS) Indian state-run company Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) has bid for fuel trade with Myanmar, the media reported on Friday. Myanmar Petroleum Products Enterprise (MPPE) offered the tender to cooperate…
London, April 1 (IANS) Forgetting can be the result of an active deletion process in the brain rather than a failure to remember — a mechanism that helps us adapt our behaviour according to the…
New York, April 1 (IANS) If would-be mothers remain physically active during pregnancy, they may have children who are exercise-friendly — a habit that persists in later adulthood, say researchers. In the study over female…
New York, April 1 (IANS) Drinking black, decaf or even instant coffee daily can lower the risk of developing colorectal cancer, finds a study. Moderate coffee consumption, between one to two servings a day, was…
Seoul, April 1 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry on Friday said North Korea has been sending disruptive signals to jam global positioning system (GPS) in the country. Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-Gyun said North Koreas’s…
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) Construction on a logistics complex that will deepen bilateral trade between China and Pakistan began in Xinjiang on Friday. According to the government, the project that began in Tashkurghan Tajik county…
Washington, April 1 (IANS) A defiant North Korea and global terrorism were the main focus of talks at the fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in Washington. The two-day biennial summit opened here on Thursday night…
Toronto, April 1 (IANS) If power bills form a major chunk of your spending during the peak summer and winter months, researchers offer certain tips that can help you breathe easy. A study, published in…
San Jose, April 1 (IANS) Luxury electric car maker Tesla Motors, the facility of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited in Silicon Valley last year, has identified India as a market for one of its…
New York, April 1 (IANS) Asia, the continent that houses roughly half the world’s population, will face a “high risk of severe water stress” by 2050 if the current environmental, economical and population growth persists,…
Seoul, April 1 (IANS) North Korea on Friday fired off a ground-to-air missile into its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The short-range missile, which flew about 100 km, was launched…