Tokyo, April 7 (IANS/EFE) The US will deploy two more destroyers equipped with anti-missile systems in Japan prior to 2017 in response to the recent provocations by North Korea, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday. In response to North Korea’s “pattern of provocative and destabilising actions” that violate UN resolutions, Hagel – at a Tokyo […]
Los Angeles, April 7 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell’s girlfriend Lauren Silverman, who gave birth to their son son Eric in February, flaunted her incredible post-baby body in a leather dress for a night out. It seems Lauren has wasted no time in regaining her pre-pregnancy figure, as she proved by slipping into a bodycon leather […]
Kigali, April 7 (IANS) The survivors of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda appealed Sunday to Western countries to apprehend genocide fugitives ahead of Monday’s event to commemorate 20 years of the event. “I lost all my family during the genocide but the people who mercilessly killed them are moving freely in France and Belgium. I […]
Amman, April 7 (IANS) Jordan will issue $1 billion in Eurobonds before June, as the country seeks to benefit from the present low interest rate, the government said Sunday. The US-guaranteed Eurobonds will be issued in international markets as the interests rates are likely to increase in the second half of this year, Finance Minister Umayyah […]
Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women Pru Goward today announced an eight week amnesty period for public housing tenants to report any undeclared income so their rent can be calculated correctly. Public housing tenants pay rent based on their income, so it is important that tenants are honest with the Government. […]
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Minister for Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts today announced the removal of retail price regulation from the electricity market, which will deliver greater competition and deliver lower electricity prices for many NSW households and businesses from 1 July 2014. Mr O’Farrell said more than a million customers currently on a […]
Tehran, April 7 (IANS) A top Iranian negotiator has expressed optimism that Iran and the six world powers involved in nuclear talks with the Islamic republic may start drafting their final agreement next month, Press TV reported Sunday. “We hope that in the upcoming talks we would be able to bring the views closer and narrow […]
Kiev, April 7 (ITAR-TASS/IANS) Protesters in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk have seized the building of the regional state administration, chanting slogans and waving flags of pro-Russian public organisations in their hands. About 2,000 people gathered in Donetsk’s central Lenin Square Sunday to voice their support for the officers of the Berkut riot police who […]
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The BJP, Congress and CPI-M Sunday urged the Election Commission (EC) to ensure the chief electoral officer of West Bengal pays attention to opposition grievances. Accusing the electoral office here of failing to promptly redress their grievances of violation of Model Code of Conduct, the three political parties complained to Chief Election […]
Sirsa (Haryana), April 6 (IANS) Questioning the BJP over not releasing its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the party was only blowing balloons into the air that will soon burst. “The Bharatiya Janata Party has not been able to even release its manifesto when the elections are going […]