Beijing, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The use of hotels and factories as clandestine prisons where thousands of people — mostly women — are tortured to prevent their complaints against the government from coming to light has rapidly increased in China, an organisation Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said Tuesday. In a report entitled, “We’ll Beat You to […]
Geneva, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Tuesday that it will begin clinical trials Nov 1 in Switzerland of one of the two anti-Ebola vaccines currently under development. WHO Assistant Director-General Marie Paule Kieny said the reason that the trials, set to be held at Lausanne, Switzerland, were important was that they include […]
Siliguri, Oct 21 (IANS) Just days after two elephants were electrocuted, two more pachyderms were found dead in northern West Bengal Tuesday, forest officials said. According to the officials, a sub-adult elephant was found dead in a paddy field in Upper Kalarabari near Morahat village of Banarhat. The carcass of a female elephant was found lying […]
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 28 militants were killed when the Pakistani army launched an air strike in the country’s northwest tribal town of Datta Khel Tuesday, military said. In a statement, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the mouthpiece of the Pakistani army, said that the operation was launched in Datta Khel area of North […]
Madrid, Oct 21 (IANS) Spanish nursing auxiliary Teresa Romero was pronounced cured of the Ebola virus disease according to World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines after the results of a second test confirmed Tuesday that she no longer had the virus in her blood. The 44-year-old, who Oct 6 became the first person outside of Africa to […]
Brussels, Oct 21 (IANS) The mayor of the town of Vilvoorde in Belgium, Hans Bonte, has ordered the closure of the local gurdwara, Guru Nanak Sahib, for one month. Belgian media Tuesday charged that the Sikh temple “appears to operate as a magnet for Indians staying in Belgium illegally”. The Flanders news and radio VRT website […]
Vatican City, Oct 19 (IANS/EFE) Pope Francis Sunday beatified Paul VI during a heavily attended Mass in St. Peter’s Square, at which he said of the pope who closed the Second Vatican Council that “he led the Church with wisdom and a vision of the future”. The pontiff said that Paul had noted that the Church, […]
Beijing, Oct 19 (IANS) China and France Sunday agreed to join hands to combat the “unprecedented” spread of Ebola in western Africa. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius met in Beijing Sunday, and they had an in-depth exchange of views in this regard, Xinhua reported. According to a joint press release […]
Kathmandu, Oct 18 (IANS) At least 39 climbers died while hiking on a key Nepali route after it was hit by a major snowstorm and avalanches earlier this week, BBC reported Saturday citing officials. Over 350 stranded people have been rescued from the area. Nepalese, Indian, Israeli, Canadian, Slovak and Polish trekkers are among the dead. […]
Manila, Oct 17 (IANS) Two German hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf group have been released, said a senior Philippine military official Friday evening. Gregorio Pio Catapang, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said the hostages were released at around 8.50 p.m. and received medical check-up half an hour later at a military camp, […]