Washington, March 5 (IANS) A single injection of an experimental drug may someday protect people from infection with the AIDS virus for up to three months, a US study said Tuesday. The study, published in the US journal Science, showed that the drug called GSK 744LA can protect macaque monkeys from repeated intrarectal infections with the […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actor Brad Pitt says he never thought he would win an Oscar. The 50-year-old picked up the award as a producer for “12 Years a Slave”. “I don’t know where I’m going to put it. I never thought I’d take one home, so I haven’t thought that far in advance,” Pitt […]
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing Ukraine crisis in his meetings with the country’s acting leaders, a UN spokesman told reporters here. “In his meetings, the deputy secretary-general stressed the need for calm and international unity in the pursuit of […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Kurt Cobain’s former roommate is selling the late singer’s belongings on the internet. Items belonging to the Nirvana frontman, who committed suicide and was found dead in his home in Seattle, Washington in 1994, are being sold on Craiglist by a man claiming to have lived with the star in Capitol […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actor Nicholas Hoult will feature in “Kill Your Friends”, a movie based on John Niven’s 2008 book of the same name. The 24-year-old will play an A&R (Artists and repertoire) agent in the film, reports deadline.com. Hoult will star alongside James Piddock, who has been cast as Derek Sommers, managing director […]
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has planned a $3.9-trillion budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which will be used to fund infrastructure upgrading, education and other social programmes, according to the budget plan posted on the website of the White House Tuesday. Obama has budgeted a deficit of $564 billion for 2015, or […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actress Winona Ryder says she is so “out of the loop” that she thought “Fifty Shades of Grey” was about “economy”. The 42-year-old actress admitted she had a bizarre encounter with author E.L. James about her erotic thriller but was left confused about its subject matter, reports contactmusic.com. “This is how […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Women’s doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to make the main draw of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. It turned out to be a bad day for Indian shuttlers at the 104th edition of the championships as all others also lost […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actor Jared Leto might have won an Oscar for his performance in the movie “Dallas Buyers Club”, but he still hasn’t seen the film. The 42-year-old, who picked up best supporting actor for his role as a transsexual AIDS victim in the movie at the 86th Academy Awards, plans to watch […]
Manama, March 5 (IANS) Bahrain has arrested 25 suspects in connection with Monday’s bomb attack that killed three policemen, Xinhua reported citing an interior ministry statement. A remotely detonated bomb exploded Monday night in the Daih village, west of the capital Manama, killing three policemen including an Emirati officer. “These terror acts are premeditated murder and […]