Seniors will get the opportunity to be inspired and get informed at NSW Seniors Week sessions planned by Fair Trading this week. Sessions are on wide ranging topics including scam awareness, shopping rights and living in a retirement village. Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is encouraging seniors to attend events in their local […]
Cannes, March 16 Chinese director Jia Zhangke will be felicitated with the Carosse d’Or prize in May during the Cannes International Film Festival. The prize is given annually by the French Directors’ Association (Societe des Realisateurs Francais) to an international recipient chosen for the innovative qualities, courage and independent-mindedness of his or her work, reports […]
Sanaa, March 16 The Shia Houthi group, which controls the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on Monday released Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and cabinet members after almost two months of house arrest, a government spokesman said. “The release came after efforts exerted by UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, and weeks-long national campaigns by political parties […]
Lausanne, March 16 US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a five-hour discussion with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad here on Monday over Tehran’s long-disputed nuclear programme. They were was joined by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who already met earlier on Sunday […]
Islamabad, March 16 A day after 15 people were killed in a terror attack on two churches in Lahore, a Pakistani newspaper on Monday demanded to know how the country produced so many suicide bombers. “Why has the production of suicide bombers reached the level where they can be dispatched seemingly to any part of […]
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Batting for women’s safety “anywhere, anytime”, an American writer on women’s issues in Hollywood on Monday said banned documentary “India’s Daughter” has opened up discussions on important issues across the globe. The documentary is about the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally assaulted on December 16, 2012, […]
New Delhi, March 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he shared the “pain and sorrow” of all those affected by the cyclone in Vanuatu. “The devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu is extremely unfortunate. I share the sorrow and pain of all those who have been affected. The Ministry of External Affairs […]
Damascus, March 16 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, responding to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks about “reigniting” negotiations with Damascus, said on Monday that his administration was awaiting action and not only statements from the Western powers, Xinhua reported citing the official SANA news service. “We are listening to the statements, but we have […]
Moscow, March 16 A resident of Sevastopol in Crimea, the region which acceded to Russia from Ukraine last year, is suing Google over suspended internet services, Tass news agency reported Monday. Sevastopol’s Leninsky district court accepted Dmitry Mishin’s claim that the internet giant incorrectly implemented the US president’s executive order when it suspended certain services […]
New Delhi, March 16 India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, declined further to (-) 2.06 percent for February from (-) 0.39 percent for the month before thanks to a 14.72 percent drop in the index for petroleum fuels and power, official data showed Monday. Among the other two major indices, the index […]