Amid warnings from the European Council that the British exit from the European Union will have serious geopolitical consequences, US President Barack Obama on Friday urged that Brexit be a smooth transition. Speaking prior to a NATO Summit scheduled for July 8-9, Obama spoke of the strength and importance of the US-EU relationship, describing the […]
South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday pledged to promote bilateral ties with India in various fields. Speaking in Pretoria after meeting visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Zuma said the visit “has certainly further strengthened the already warm historical relations between the two countries, and has taken cooperation to a higher level”. Modi arrived from […]
It is time to say goodbye to tactile keys. Canadian mobile maker BlackBerry has parted ways with its most successful device of its times — BlackBerry Classic. According to Ralph Pini, chief operating officer and general manager for devices at BlackBerry, the company will no longer manufacture BlackBerry Classic. “For many years, Classic (and its […]
In a bid to regain footing in the social media landscape, Micro-blogging site Twitter has appointed Bret Taylor — former chief technology officer at Facebook and an ex-Google employee who helped build Google Maps — to its board. Bret Taylor co-founded a social networking startup called Friendfeed, Re/Code reported on Wednesday. “Bret brings to our […]
As NASA’s Juno probe entered the orbit of our solar system’s largest planetary inhabitant after a five-year journey, Google celebrated the scientific milestone with a doodle that says “Juno reaches Jupiter”. “A NASA satellite built like a tank is settling into polar orbit around Jupiter, the mysterious gas giant two doors down from Earth,” Google […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to his US counterpart Barack Obama in honour of the American Independence Day on July 4, the Kremlin said on Monday. In the message, Putin signaled he wanted the US and Russia to resume a positive relationship, CNN reported. “The history of Russian-American relations shows that when we […]
British business confidence has fallen sharply in the aftermath of the vote to leave the European Union (EU), a new research revealed. The share of businesses that reported feeling pessimistic about the British economy doubled in the week after the Brexit vote on June 24, according to the YouGov and the Centre for Economics and […]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi Australian model and celebrity chef Sarah Todd runs her own restaurant in Goa and spends at least six months in India every year. The cookery expert, who has debuted on Indian television with “Serve It Like Sarah”, says she was blown away not just by the diversity of food in […]
The Japanese government on Saturday said that seven of its nationals were killed in the terror strike in the Bangladesh capital, local media reported. The victims were identified through photographs and belongings, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, citing Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. At least eight Japanese citizens were among the hostages taken by about […]
Thousands of demonstrators marched through Central London on Saturday to protest against “Brexit” — Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) — and demanded that the country maintain close ties with the continent. With banners and EU flags thousands of people, many of them non-British, marched from Park Lane to Parliament square, where they chanted […]