New York, May 30 (IANS) Which mode of transportation makes you happier – Metro, bus or auto? Forget those this weekend and try riding a bicycle to gain maximum happiness on the way. Investigating how emotions like happiness, pain, stress, sadness and fatigue vary during travel and by travel mode, researchers have found that bicycling is […]
United Nations, May 30 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has mourned the death of celebrated African American poet and author Maya Angelou, saying the UN owed her a debt of gratitude for a poem she wrote for the world body’s 50th anniversary. “The United Nations owes her a particular debt of gratitude for her poem ‘A […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS) Are you going to order solar panels made in China? Scan European players too as solar panels made in China have a higher overall carbon footprint and are likely to use substantially more energy during manufacturing than those made in Europe, a study shows. The report from Northwestern University and the US […]
Tegucigalpa, May 30 (IANS/EFE) The host of a programme on a radio station in Honduras was found fatally shot, a spokesman for the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner told Efe. The killing of Hernan Cruz, 52, brings to 43 the number of media workers slain in Honduras since 2003, the spokesman said. Cruz was discovered […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had an “informal” and private lunch together at the White House, media reported. The meeting was not on the president’s official agenda Thursday, but the White House confirmed the lunch after a journalist with People magazine reported Clinton’s presence via Twitter. […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked whistleblower Edward Snowden to “man-up” and return to the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Kerry Wednesday said that Snowden is no patriot, should come home and face justice and that there is no honour in what he has done. Secret National Security […]
London, May 29 (IANS) Coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilisation of part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has begun, a study shows that the Antarctic ice sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought – at the end of last ice age. The shrinkage of the vast ice sheet […]
London, May 29 (IANS) Searching for the elusive fountain of youth? Begin Tai Chi classes as the traditional Chinese martial art and sport exercises may have anti-aging benefits. Tai Chi has been found to be beneficial in raising the numbers of an important type of cell in young people who were tested to discover the benefits […]
Seoul, May 29 (IANS) Lebanese Ambassador to South Korea Jad Saeed El-Hassan was killed in a car accident Thursday, a media report said. El-Hassan’s car crashed into the back of another vehicle in central Seoul at around 12.08 p.m., Xinhua reported. The accident occurred while the diplomat was being taken to a hospital.
London, May 29 (IANS) Know why your kitten asks for more food as the mercury drops and chill settles in? They too, like humans, need comfort food in the winter. Cats eat more during the winter and owners should give their pet more food during this time, research has found. “Cats, like many humans are more […]