Premier and Science Minister Colin Barnett today welcomed more than 250 international scientists and engineers to Western Australia to attend the 2014 SKA Engineering Meeting in Fremantle. The meeting is an important milestone for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, with more than 80 different institutions and companies from around the world coming together to […]
Australia’s biggest football tournament will kick off in just 100 days and the people of NSW are being encouraged to unite for the Asian Cup. NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres said the AFC Asian Cup was a great opportunity for sport to bring communities together while they enjoyed world class football. “The […]
Baku, Sep 30 (IANS) Nine people, including three women, were killed in a road accident in Azerbaijan when a wedding motorcade car had a head on collision with another car Monday, police said. The accident took place in Goychay region, Xinhua reported. Four people were killed on the accident site while six seriously injured were rushed […]
Los Angeles, Sep 30 (IANS) Oscar winning British actor Ben Kingsley has had to miss out on chef David George Gordon’s chocolate tarantulas because he’s allergic to shellfish. Gordon cooked up bug delicacies and served them from a truck at the red carpet screenings, delighting many stars and film fans with how tasty he could make […]
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday described terrorism as the greatest danger, as he called for the world to come together to challenge its menace. He also outlined the steps taken by him in India to make governance easier, to invite foreign investments and provide skills to the Indian youth to become […]
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington for his summit with US President Barack Obama. He is set to have his first meeting with Obama later Monday evening at a private dinner in the Blue Room of the White House.
London, Sep 30 (IANS) Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld says that young designers have ego problems. “Most of the designers, especially the young ones, have ego problems. I couldn’t care less. The label is the label and I try what I can do,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted the 81-year-old as saying. “If you’re not detached you mess everything up. […]
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for his summit with US President Barack Obama Monday saying India and US should think of what they can do together for the whole world even as they agree to disagree on some issues. India and US do not have to be comfortable with all […]
United Nations, Sep 30 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday congratulated Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on his inauguration as the new Afghan president and called for a new Afghanistan government’s formation at the earliest. Ghani was sworn in Monday, marking the first ever peaceful power transition in the history of the conflict-ridden country. “The secretary-general notes the […]
Moscow, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 bodies, mostly of civilians, were taken to the morgues of Donetsk and other cities in eastern Ukraine now controlled by pro-Russian rebel militias after they were retrieved from mass graves, the insurgents said Monday. “Currently there are about 400 bodies in morgues, 350 of which are of civilians, and many […]