Jerusalem, May 19 (IANS) The Israeli government Sunday approved a plan worth of about 14.5 million dollars to strengthen economic ties with the Pacific Alliance and other Latin American countries, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said. The plan includes reopening the Israeli embassy in Paraguay, setting up two new commercial attaches’ offices in Chile and Peru, cooperating […]
Rio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 18 injured, most of them seriously, when their bus overturned Sunday in Brazil’s Ceara state, police said. The bus carrying 41 people departed from Boa Viagem municipality at 7 a.m. for the state capital Fortaleza, where it was scheduled to reach at 11.20 […]
Brussels, May 19 (IANS) Belgium will send an assistance mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina on the request of the authorities in Sarajevo, Belgian deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders said Sunday, in the wake of recent floods. Access to drinking water has turned a major problem there following last week’s floods in the region. The government’s partners supported the […]
Cairo, May 19 (IANS) At least nine people were killed when a minibus fell into a river in Egyptian governorate of Minya Sunday, killing at least nine people, state media reported. The accident occurred after the bus driver lost control of the wheel, leading to the accident, Xinhua reported. The minibus was carrying 15 passengers from […]
Washington, May 18 (IANS) In a scene straight from a sci-fi movie, scientists are now planning to park an asteroid near the earth in the space to shield our planet from stray asteroids. NASA scientists have been evolving measures to avoid asteroids on a collision course with earth. One such technique is the gravity tractor method […]
Cairo, May 18 (IANS) An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 126 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 10 years in prison for violence during protests in July 2013. They were accused of storming police stations and inciting violence last July following Morsi’s ouster, Xinhua reported. The charges also included membership of the Muslim Brotherhood which […]
Athens, May 18 (IANS) Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Sunday voiced confidence about the country’s exit from a painful four-year debt crisis, as the first round of local elections got underway. “In a democratic manner and with unity we are exiting the crisis,” Xinhua quoted the conservative leader as saying, after he voted at the southern […]
Kabul, May 17 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed Saturday in separate blasts in Afghanistan, an official said. In one attack, one civilian was killed and 12 injured when a bomb attached to a motorcycle went off in northern Takhar province, the official told Xinhua. Five militants were killed early Saturday, when a bomb they […]
Ankara, May 17 (IANS) The toll in Turkey’s coal mine disaster rose to 299 after 15 more bodies were recovered from the mine in the western town of Soma, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Saturday. Rescue teams entered parts of the mine that were previously inaccessible due to a fire after the blaze was largely […]
London, May 17 (IANS) You may have some images of the dreaded Dracula’s castle in your mind – the 13th-century fortress in Transylvania called Bran Castle. It is another thing the castle did not actually belong to Dracula but to the Habsburg royal family. The Romanian government has now placed an $80 million (Rs.470 crore) bid […]