Emerging nations press developed countries to step up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by...
BONN Nov 09 (TNS): Emerging nations pressed developed countries on Wednesday to step up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to kick-start the...
25,000 schools closed in India due to acrid air blanketing north
New Delhi Nov 09 (TNS): Schools closed across large swathes of north India on Thursday as pollution hit hazardous levels for the third day,...
Anti-corruption purge not to affect businesses, Saudi Arabia reassures investors
RIYADH Nov 08 (TNS): Saudi Arabia has reassured investors that a sweeping anti-corruption purge would not affect businesses, including those with ties to arrested...
Quebec veil ban challenged by Muslim, civil rights groups
MONTREAL Nov 08 (TNS): Muslim and civil rights groups on Tuesday challenged a Quebec ban on officials or anyone receiving public services from covering...
In test of woolly creatures’ face-recognition skills, sheep recognize Barack Obama, Emma Watson from...
PARIS Nov 08 (TNS): Sheep learnt to recognize Barack Obama after being shown his photo a few dozen times, said a study Wednesday which...
India launches probe into incident involving IndiGo airline staff manhandling a passenger
NEW DELHI Nov 08 (TNS): A video allegedly showing security staff of India’s IndiGo airline manhandling a passenger went viral on Monday, prompting the...
Trump issues stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
SEOUL Nov 08 (TNS): US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that...
Setback for Trump: Democrats win bitter Virginia governor’s race
Democrats also swept the other top statewide Virginia races, winning the offices of lieutenant governor and attorney general, and gained seats in the Virginia...
British court sentences Pakistani woman for being willing participant in money laundering
LONDON Nov 08 (TNS): A Pakistani woman on Tuesday was sentenced to four and a half years of prison because of money laundering and...
‘Jinnah Chair’ to be established at London School of Economics, Pakistan to do the...
LONDON Nov 08 (TNS): The London School of Economics (LSE) has welcomed the announcement by prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi that Jinnah Chair will...
