Helsinki, May 8 (IANS) Stuart Parkin, a physicist who has enabled vast increase in digital storage, received the 2014 Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki Wednesday. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto presented the prize, which is worth one million euros (1.39 million U.S. dollars), to Parkin in the Millennium Pavilion, a makeshift guest hall specially designed for the […]
Gaza, May 8 (IANS) The Hamas authorities Wednesday executed two Palestinians convicted of being collaborators with Israel in the Gaza Strip, an official statement said. The statement from the Hamas-run interior ministry said that the two informants had guided the Israeli military to the locations of Palestinian resistance, government security establishments and metal workshops, Xinhua reported. […]
Abuja, May 8 (IANS) China and Britain have offered to deploy their advanced tracking technologies to support Nigeria’s security agencies engaged in the search and rescue operation of abducted schoolgirls, a spokesperson said Wednesday. China has offered to assist in the effort to rescue the abducted girls, Xinhua quoted Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Wednesday notified the Congress of his plan to drop Russia from a programme that allows duty-free imports of certain goods, known as the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the White House said. In a message to the Congress, Obama said it is “appropriate” to withdraw Russia’s designation as […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US embassy in Yemen is closed to the public for the time being in response to a string of attacks on foreign diplomats in the past two months, the State Department said Wednesday. “Due to recent attacks against Western interests in Yemen, we have temporarily suspended operations of our embassy in […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Wednesday met with Georgian Minister of Defence Irakli Alasania to discuss the situation in Ukraine, according to the US Defence Department. “The two leaders discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. They reviewed the efforts by allies and partners in the region to reinforce international commitments and to […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Three Indian-Americans along with 11 others have been sworn in as members of a presidential commission charged with working to improve the quality of life of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs will advise President Barack on innovative ways to engage AAPIs across the country and to […]
Washington, May 8 (IANS) The US oil prices soared after an official report showed US crude oil inventories had plunged. US crude inventories dropped 1.8 million barrels to 397.6 million barrels for the week that ended May 2, Xinhua quoted the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistics arm of the US Department of Energy, as saying […]
London, May 8 (IANS) Do not junk your singing or classical music training class as there is a healthier side to it. Just half an hour of simple music training daily increases blood flow to a particular area of brain that processes language skills. According to researchers at the University of Liverpool, a brief musical training […]
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Five militants were killed and three injured as clashes continued between two factions of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan, Pakistani media reported Thursday. The fighting erupted between the groups led by Sheher Yar and Khan Said alias Sajna in Shawal, a mountainous area near Afghan border, Tuesday and continued Wednesday, […]