More than 40 installations are to light up London in one of the biggest ever light shows, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Thursday. Streets, buildings and public spaces will be illuminated during the Lumiere London festival which is expected to attract millions of visitors to the British capital next January. The event takes place between […]
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the Fukushima Prefecture and northeast Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. However, no tsunami alerts or damage to the nuclear power plant were reported, Efe news said. The quake was registered at 9.11 a.m. at a depth of 40 km with an epicentre located […]
US President Donald Trump’s oldest son and the chairman of his 2016 campaign will testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee about alleged Russian interference in the elections, the panel said on Wednesday. Donald Trump Jr. and Paul Manafort are on a list of witnesses scheduled to appear on July 26, Efe reported. The […]
Though the population worldwide protected by tobacco control measures has grown almost five-fold than ten years ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday called on countries to do more to prioritize these life-saving policies. In a latest report on the global tobacco epidemic, the WHO said about 4.7 billion people, or 63 per cent […]
US Senator and former Republican presidential candidate John McCain was diagnosed with a brain tumour, his office has said. On July 14, the 80-year-old senator underwent an operation at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix to remove a blood clot from above his left eye, which has been known to be associated with a primary brain […]
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday predicted Asia’s economy to expand faster in 2017; South Asia to remain the fastest growing of all sub-regions and India to achieve a 7.4 per cent growth due to strong consumption. In its latest report, the ADB projected a 5.9 per cent growth for the developing Asian economy riding […]
Saying that its Q3 results were negatively impacted by Apple’s contract manufacturers not paying royalties, chip giant Qualcomm on Thursday reported its revenue down 11 per cent over the previous year. The third quarter fiscal 2017 revenue stood at $5.37 billion, beating analyst estimates of $5.26 billion. Qualcomm’s net income was down 40 per cent […]
More than half of the terror attacks in the world in 2016 took place in five countries, including India and Pakistan, a senior US counter-terror official has said. Justin Siberell, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, in a media briefing on the release of the Country Reports on Terrorism by the US State Department, also said that […]
Flying in the face of Pakistani denials, the US has not minced words in saying how numerous terrorist groups, including the LeT and JeM, continued to operate from Pakistani soil in 2016, and how LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist, freely addressed large gatherings. The US State Department, in its Country Reports on […]
The multi-storey office complex of Ghana’s Parliament in Accra caught fire late on Tuesday, with no one reported dead or hurt. The fire, which started while Members of Parliament were still going about their busy schedules in the chamber of the house, was on the east wing of the 10th floor of the 12-sotrey office […]