Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) English supermodel Naomi Campbell’s tweet congratulating “malaria” for winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral on social media. Campbell was apparently meaning to wish Pakistani girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai , but the message backfired when she wrote the word “malaria” instead of Malala, Dawn online reported Saturday. “Congratulations malaria […]
Cairo, Oct 11 (IANS) A radical group that is thought to be affiliated with the Al Qaeda has announced the formation of a new Islamic State (IS) group in the Arabian peninsula, a media report said Saturday. In its first online statement, the group threatened the Houthi Shias and the Yemeni army, urging Sunnis to stay […]
Madrid, Oct 11 (IANS) Teresa Romero, the 44-year-old Spanish nursing auxiliary infected with the Ebola virus, remains in a critical but stable condition, according to the latest reports Saturday. Romero, the first person to become infected with the virus outside of Africa, is being treated on the sixth floor of the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid, […]
Cairo, Oct 11 (IANS) Farah Dakhlallah, British foreign office spokesperson, has said that Egypt can play an important role in combating extremism by securing the Libyan borders and banning arms smuggling as well as realising national reconciliation in Libya. Dakhlallah told Egypt’s state-run news agency MENA that Britain was backing the UN efforts aimed at a […]
Canberra, Oct 8 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Wednesday expressed “frustration and anger” at “preachers of hate” who come to Australia to incidte hostility, saying he will move to ban them. Abbott said on Sydney radio Wednesday that he wanted to set up a “red card” system to stop these “hate preachers” getting visas to […]
United Nations, Oct 8 (IANS) The UN Security Council Tuesday condemned the targeted attack on peacekeepers in Mali in which one personnel was killed. The Senegalese peacekeeper was killed when United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Kidal was hit by rocket fire, Xinhua reported. “The members of the Security Council called […]
Lisbon, Oct 8 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered Portugal’s growth forecast Tuesday to one percent during 2014. The IMF had estimated in April that the Portuguese economy would grow by 1.2 percent, Xinhua reported. Exports have driven a turnaround for Portugal in recent times, which outstripped other eurozone members in the fourth quarter last […]
Munich, Oct 6 (IANS) The Munich Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, has attracted over six million visitors from all over the world this year. According to the organisers, there are 100,000 less visitors this year compared to last year, Xinhua reported. A total of 6.5 million litres of beer have been consumed. Munich Mayor Dieter […]
New York, Oct 6 (IANS) A modified form of the drug niclosamide – now used to eliminate intestinal parasites – may hold the key to battling Type 2 diabetes at its source, says a study. The drug used in the study is a modified form of a medication that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in […]
Canberra, Oct 6 (IANS) The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Monday announced that the underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished March 8, has resumed. The GO Phoenix, a Malaysian government contracted ship, is the first of the three vessels that arrived in the search zone and the fleet will spend around a year […]