Tegucigalpa, May 30 (IANS/EFE) The host of a programme on a radio station in Honduras was found fatally shot, a spokesman for the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner told Efe. The killing of Hernan Cruz, 52, brings to 43 the number of media workers slain in Honduras since 2003, the spokesman said. Cruz was discovered […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had an “informal” and private lunch together at the White House, media reported. The meeting was not on the president’s official agenda Thursday, but the White House confirmed the lunch after a journalist with People magazine reported Clinton’s presence via Twitter. […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked whistleblower Edward Snowden to “man-up” and return to the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Kerry Wednesday said that Snowden is no patriot, should come home and face justice and that there is no honour in what he has done. Secret National Security […]
London, May 29 (IANS) Coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilisation of part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has begun, a study shows that the Antarctic ice sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought – at the end of last ice age. The shrinkage of the vast ice sheet […]
London, May 29 (IANS) Searching for the elusive fountain of youth? Begin Tai Chi classes as the traditional Chinese martial art and sport exercises may have anti-aging benefits. Tai Chi has been found to be beneficial in raising the numbers of an important type of cell in young people who were tested to discover the benefits […]
Seoul, May 29 (IANS) Lebanese Ambassador to South Korea Jad Saeed El-Hassan was killed in a car accident Thursday, a media report said. El-Hassan’s car crashed into the back of another vehicle in central Seoul at around 12.08 p.m., Xinhua reported. The accident occurred while the diplomat was being taken to a hospital.
London, May 29 (IANS) Know why your kitten asks for more food as the mercury drops and chill settles in? They too, like humans, need comfort food in the winter. Cats eat more during the winter and owners should give their pet more food during this time, research has found. “Cats, like many humans are more […]
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) Chinese hospitals would add more beds to cope with an expected baby boom as a result of the country’s loosened one-child policy, an official said Thursday. The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) will promulgate a set of measures to boost the capacity of health institutions to cope with the annual […]
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) At least two soldiers were killed and three injured Thursday in a landmine blast in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, a media report said. The landmine was planted along a roadside in Nosher Fort, Dawn online reported.
Beijing, May 29 (IANS) China’s stock index futures opened higher Thursday with the contract for settlement in June, the most actively traded, opening 12.4 points higher at 2,175.4. The contract for settlement in July went up 10 points to open at 2,163. The September contract opened 13 points higher at 2,170, and the December contract gained […]