The European Union will take stricter measures on the import of meat from Brazil, an EU official has said here. After a meeting on Wednesday with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi, EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said the measures might include more credentials for meat imports, Xinhua news agency reported. “We need […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said that he is working to build a positive relationship with the US in face of the challenges with its vital trading partner. He said this at a summit of the Tuxtla Political Dialogue and Consensus Mechanism that gathered leaders from 10 countries of Mesoamerica in San Jose on […]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to surpass Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams’ record for the most spacewalks by a female astronaut when Whitson goes on her eighth spacewalk on Thursday, NASA said. Williams has spent a total of 322 days in space on two missions. With 50 hours and 40 minutes, she also holds the record […]
The statue of the “Fearless Girl” that defies the fearsome Wall Street bull will remain in place for another year, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. “Sometimes a work of art captures a moment in history and that’s what’s happened here,” de Blasio said on Monday in reference to Donald Trump becoming the US […]
North Korea has conducted another ballistic missile engine test, US defence officials told CNN. The officials on Monday said the latest engine trial is the third such test using similar technology. The initial assessment indicates that the engine technology could possibly be used in an eventual intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). However, it was not clear […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged a contribution of $54 million to the Interpol Foundation for a Safer World to support seven projects designed to combat global crime and terrorism ahead of a security forum here. The first Unity for Security Forum is being held in partnership with the UAE government from Tuesday to […]
Police investigating the Westminster attack said on Monday that they have found no evidence that killer Khalid Masood had any links with radical Islamist groups such as ISIS or Al Qaeda. In a briefing at New Scotland Yard, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, senior national coordinator for UK Counter Terrorism Policing, said there was also […]
Judge Neil Gorsuch, US President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, may fall short of the votes needed for his Senate confirmation next week, a media report said. Gorsuch, 59, needs 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle required of high-court confirmations in the Senate, but Republicans, who hold just 52 seats, may not have the […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed Republican lawmakers from the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus for the failure of a Republican healthcare plan to replace former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, after blaming Democrats for the loss on Friday. “Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth […]
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised here on Sunday. Thousands of people joined rallies nationwide, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over corruption allegations, BBC reported. At least 500 other protesters were detained in the capital and across the country. In a tweet after […]