The European Union will take stricter measures on the import of meat from Brazil, an EU official has said here. After a meeting on Wednesday with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi, EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said the measures might include more credentials for meat imports, Xinhua news agency reported. “We need […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said that he is working to build a positive relationship with the US in face of the challenges with its vital trading partner. He said this at a summit of the Tuxtla Political Dialogue and Consensus Mechanism that gathered leaders from 10 countries of Mesoamerica in San Jose on […]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to surpass Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ record for the most spacewalks by a female astronaut when Whitson goes on her eighth spacewalk on Thursday, NASA said. Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space on two missions. With 50 hours and 40 minutes, she also holds the record […]
Patients who need the most support will save as much as $200 a week on public hospital parking fees under changes to be introduced by the NSW Government. Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Health Minister Brad Hazzard have today announced that more patients and carers will be able to access hospital parking concessions from July 2017. […]
Receivers stand a chance to win over 60 exciting prizes including motorbikes Jalandhar (March 15, 2017) – MoneyGram a global provider of innovative money transfer services, announced ‘Vaisakhi 2017’ campaign in the presence of Harbhajan Singh, famous Indian cricketer. With the campaign, MoneyGram aims to create excitement among its customers in Punjab and bring joy to their Vaisakhi […]
Chinese technology major Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun on Monday said India was one of the important markets for the company and it aims to create 20,000 jobs in the next three years. In his address at the Economic Times Global Business Summit 2017, Lei said that the company has made major strides in a very […]
The statue of the “Fearless Girl” that defies the fearsome Wall Street bull will remain in place for another year, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. “Sometimes a work of art captures a moment in history and that’s what’s happened here,” de Blasio said on Monday in reference to Donald Trump becoming the US […]
North Korea has conducted another ballistic missile engine test, US defence officials told CNN. The officials on Monday said the latest engine trial is the third such test using similar technology. The initial assessment indicates that the engine technology could possibly be used in an eventual intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). However, it was not clear […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged a contribution of $54 million to the Interpol Foundation for a Safer World to support seven projects designed to combat global crime and terrorism ahead of a security forum here. The first Unity for Security Forum is being held in partnership with the UAE government from Tuesday to […]
Police investigating the Westminster attack said on Monday that they have found no evidence that killer Khalid Masood had any links with radical Islamist groups such as ISIS or Al Qaeda. In a briefing at New Scotland Yard, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, senior national coordinator for UK Counter Terrorism Policing, said there was also […]