Incheon (South Korea), Oct 4 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won met a high-level North Korean delegation Saturday twice before the visiting officials returned home after the Incheon Asian Games’ closing ceremony. Chung met the North Koreans before the closing ceremony started. They met again after the 16-day regional sports extravaganza ended, officials said in […]
Athens, Oct 4 (IANS) Greece Saturday strongly condemned British national Alan Henning’s murder by the Islamic State (IS) militants, following the release of his beheading’s video. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Evangelos Venizelos in a statement called the abhorrent murder of Alan Henning Friday “another irrational act of barbarity and another heinous crime” perpetrated […]
Beijing, Oct 4 (IANS) A total of 1,215 new dengue fever cases were found in China’s Guangdong province Friday, authorities said Saturday. The total number of dengue fever cases in Guangdong has climbed to 18,866, including four deaths — three in the provincial capital Guangzhou and one in the neighbouring Foshan City, Xinhua quoted provincial health […]
Geneva, Oct 3 (IANS) The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Friday said it has provided food assistance to more than 430,000 people affected by the Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Under the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, WFP said it is ramping up its contribution to the humanitarian effort, Xinhua reported. […]
Washington, Oct 3 (IANS) The US visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “extremely successful” and his summit talks with President Barack Obama gave both leaders an opportunity to share their vision for the bilateral relationship and energized the strategic partnership, the White House said. During the private dinner that Obama held on Sep 29 […]
Monrovia, Oct 3 (IANS/EFE) Liberian authorities will take legal action against a citizen infected with the Ebola virus for lying under oath, a media report said Friday. Thomas Eric Duncan is currently being treated in the US following his arrival on a flight from Liberia in September. Liberian authorities asserted that Duncan will be prosecuted upon […]
Hong Kong, Oct 3 (IANS/EFE) Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong Friday scuffled with those opposing their movement in two of the four districts where the protesters have been gathered for almost a week. The altercations occurred in the crowded shopping area of Mong Konk and in Causeway Bay frequented by tourists from the Chinese mainland. Witnesses […]
London, Oct 3 (IANS) Even if you are young and drink alcohol only during the weekends, that could be enough to harm your reproductive health as researchers have found that drinking just five units of alcohol a week could affect sperm quality of young men. The researchers also found that higher the tally of weekly units, […]
Stockholm, Oct 2 (IANS) Stefan Lofven, head of the Social Democratic Party, was Thursday voted by parliament to be the new Swedish prime minister. Lofven got 132 “yes” votes in the 349-seat Parliament, with 49 “no” votes, 154 abstentions while 14 other members were absent, Xinhua reported citing Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. The 154 abstentions came […]
Sydney Oct 2 (IANS/EFE) A 23-year-old surfer lost one of his arms and his other hand in a shark attack Thursday at a beach near Esperance in Western Australia, official sources reported. The youth was attacked in the waters off the Wylie Bay beach and was immediately rushed to hospital in the city of Esperance, from […]