Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US embassy in Yemen is closed to the public for the time being in response to a string of attacks on foreign diplomats in the past two months, the State Department said Wednesday. “Due to recent attacks against Western interests in Yemen, we have temporarily suspended operations of our embassy in […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Wednesday met with Georgian Minister of Defence Irakli Alasania to discuss the situation in Ukraine, according to the US Defence Department. “The two leaders discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. They reviewed the efforts by allies and partners in the region to reinforce international commitments and to […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Three Indian-Americans along with 11 others have been sworn in as members of a presidential commission charged with working to improve the quality of life of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs will advise President Barack on innovative ways to engage AAPIs across the country and to […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US oil prices soared after an official report showed US crude oil inventories had plunged. US crude inventories dropped 1.8 million barrels to 397.6 million barrels for the week that ended May 2, Xinhua quoted the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistics arm of the US Department of Energy, as saying […]
London, May 8 (IANS) Do not junk your singing or classical music training class as there is a healthier side to it. Just half an hour of simple music training daily increases blood flow to a particular area of brain that processes language skills. According to researchers at the University of Liverpool, a brief musical training […]
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Five militants were killed and three injured as clashes continued between two factions of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan, Pakistani media reported Thursday. The fighting erupted between the groups led by Sheher Yar and Khan Said alias Sajna in Shawal, a mountainous area near Afghan border, Tuesday and continued Wednesday, […]
Beijing, May 8 (IANS/EFE) The Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has trained a group of macaques to help protect an air base close to Beijing. These monkeys have been put here to take care of the huge flocks of birds that pose a threat to flights. According to China’s Air Force […]
Beijing, May 8 (IANS) China’s foreign trade volume declined 0.5 percent year-on-year from January to April to $1.32 trillion, data showed Thursday. Exports decreased 2.3 percent year-on-year, while imports went up 1.4 percent during this period, Xinhua quoted the General Administration of Customs as saying. The trade surplus stood at $35.24 billion, down 41.4 percent from […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) The Indian Embassy here has awarded the new contract for providing Visa/OCI/PIO/Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Certificate application support services to the Cox & Kings Global Services Pvt. Ltd. The new service provider will be operational from May 21, a day after the current service provider, BLS International Ltd. closes all its operations […]
Washington, May 7 (IANS) Ukraine’s border guard has received a large percentage of the US-funded equipment it had requested, a Pentagon spokesman said. Steven Warren told reporters Tuesday that the Pentagon recently provided funding to Ukraine for locally purchased equipment, Xinhua reported. “To date,” he said, “using Cooperative Threat Reduction funds, Embassy Kiev has purchased and […]