New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to congratulate her, an official said Thursday. “The US secretary called up Sushma Swaraj late last night (Wednesday). He congratulated her and the party (BJP) on its election victory,” Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson, ministry of external affairs told IANS. […]
Moscow, May 29 (IANS/EFE) Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with French counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris June 5, a day before attending a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings operation in World War II. “The two leaders will discuss major international and bilateral issues, including the crisis in Ukraine,” Russian presidential […]
Rio de Janeiro, May 29 (IANS) The head coach of Brazil’s national football team has voiced praise for star striker Neymar who according to him has emerged a stronger and more mature player after his first season at Barcelona. “Neymar is better now than during last year’s Confederations Cup, when he led Brazil to victory by […]
Buenos Aires, May 29 (IANS/EFE) An Argentine woman suffering from leukemia used Facebook to find her father after nearly two decades without contact so that bone marrow donation tests can be performed on him, media reported. Malen Gaynor,39, resident of Buenos Aires, decided to search for her father after being hospitalised two weeks ago for cancer. […]
Madrid, May 29 (IANS/EFE) Chemists Avelino Corma Canos of Spain and Mark E. Davis and Galen D.Stucky of the US will share the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, the foundation that bestows the prizes in the name of Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe has announced. The three men are specialists in the […]
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) The Chinese yuan weakened 11 basis points to 6.1705 against the US dollar in its central parity Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China’s foreign exchange spot market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two percent from the central parity rate each trading day, Xinhua […]
“A few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow, and we stood on top,” stated Sir Edmund Hillary about his final climb – the first by mankind – to the top of the Everest, a feat accomplished exactly 61 years ago on May 29, 1953. Come 2014, the snow on the ascent […]
Los Angeles, May 29 (IANS) Fashion Designer Tom Ford’s luxury sneaker collection will go on sale in the US this autumn. The 52-year-old designer has created a selection of high and low-top models, available in leather and velvet with white rubber soles, which are set to go on sale exclusively at the Tom Ford stores in […]
Berlin, May 29 (IANS) Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Wednesday that his country should become a European country under the newly elected President Petro Poroshenko. Visiting Yatsenyuk was invited to a dinner by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at her Chancellery in Berlin, Xinhua quoted a statement posted on the website of the German government as […]
Kabul, May 29 (IANS) Afghan government Wednesday welcomed US president’s plan to keep about 9,800 troops after 2014 in Afghanistan but virtually withdrawing all by the end of 2016. “The United States government announced that, within a schedule, it will reduce to zero the number of its combat troops in Afghanistan. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan […]