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 […]
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 […]