Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country and the European Union do not have problems that cannot be solved. To get back to a multifaceted partnership, the approach of unilateralism should be abandoned and there should be true respect for each other, according to an article of Putin, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. […]
A new message from an Islamic State spokesman has called on the groups’ followers to carry out attacks in the US and Europe during the Islamic month of Ramadan beginning early June. The 31-minute audio clip was distributed on Twitter via accounts that usually post the terrorists’ updates, but it has not been confirmed whether […]
A schoolgirl boarding-house in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai was burnt down late Sunday, killing 17 girls, injuring five others while two girls were missing, a local newspaper quoted police as reporting on Monday. According to the Nation newspaper, the fire broke out at the boarding-house of Pithakkiart Witthaya School in Wiengpapao district at 11 p.m. […]
India’s campaign in the third edition of Rendez-Vous — a Roland-Garros event — ended on a sour note as both Adil Kalyanpur and Mahak Jain failed to make it to the finals of their respective categories. While Adil finished second in his group following a loss against Minseom Lim of South Korea and a walk-over […]
Ever wondered why your just-cleaned clothes don’t smell as fresh as you had hoped? Researchers from a British university blame it on certain organic compounds which must be removed to make clothes smell good. However, as consumers attempt to make eco-friendly choices, these compounds can’t always be washed out on an eco-friendly 20 degrees Celsius […]
In its bid to stop Google employees from leaving the company and begin their own ventures, Indian-born top executive Sundar Pichai has announced the company plans to set up a startup incubator within Google. According to Forbes, the incubator, dubbed ‘Area 120’, is a new approach – part incubator and part new take on the […]
Support for gay marriage in the US has reached a new record high with 61 percent Americans saying that same-sex unions should be recognised by the law as valid, a poll revealed. According to the poll issued by research company Gallup on Thursday, this is the highest rate recorded in relative since 1996. US public […]
A translation mistake of EgyptAir’s press release about finding wreckage of the missing flight MS804 has caused misunderstanding, a source from EgyptAir told Xinhua. An EgyptAir source said the Arabic version of a press statement on the “possibility of finding parts of the missing airplane” was mistakenly translated into English by EgyptAir’s official Facebook page, […]
Two Chinese J-11 tactical jets carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a US EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in over the South China Sea, a US defence official said. The Chinese jets came within 50 feet of the US aircraft at one point, the official told CNN. The incident took place […]
Russia is being forced to look for ways to neutralise threats to its national security due to deployment of the NATO anti-missile shield in Europe, President Vladimir Putin said after the alliance launched a missile defence site in Romania. “Now, after the deployment of those anti-missile system elements, we’ll be forced to think about neutralizing […]