Nicosia, March 28 (IANS) An outgoing UN envoy in Cyprus said Thursday that the island’s economic crisis may be a blessing in disguise regarding a peace deal eluding Greek and Turkish Cypriots for many decades. Alexander Downer, a former foreign minister of Australia who served as UN secretary general’s personal advisor in Cyprus for seven years, […]
Washington, March 27 (IANS) In a path-breaking discovery, researchers have engineered a bacterium to synthesise pinene – a hydrocarbon produced by trees that could potentially replace high-energy fuels in missiles and other aerospace applications. With improvements in process efficiency, the biofuel could supplement limited supplies of petroleum-based high-energy fuel like ‘JP-10’ and might also facilitate development […]
Washington, March 27 (IANS) An influential body of Indian-American physicians is pressing US lawmakers on several issues including how to continue to provide healthcare to patients while being rewarded in a just and sustainable way. Other issues raised by members of the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) at its legislative day reception Wednesday […]
London, March 27 (IANS/EFE) Elvis Presley had a genetic heart defect that may have contributed to his premature death, a British documentary series reported, citing a DNA analysis of a sample of the singer’s hair. The producers of the documentary, airing Wednesday on Britain’s Channel 4, said the sample of hair belonging to “The King of […]
Paris, March 27 (IANS/EFE) Airbus received an order Wednesday from state-owned China Aviation Supplies Holding Company for the purchase of 70 aircraft at a catalogue price of more than $10 billion, the France-based plane maker said. The order, officially announced during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, includes 43 A320 medium-range jets at a catalogue […]
Brussels, March 27 (IANS) The European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday that European is working “very decisively” on reducing dependency on energy coming from “difficult spots”. He made the remarks at a press conference after the EU-US summit and called the Ukraine situation a “wake-up call” for the European energy security and that the […]
Brussels, March 27 (IANS) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday that he will join in the call of US President Barack Obama for additional measures to enhance collective defence. Rasmussen made the remarks after meeting with Obama, who is paying a visit to Belgium, saying their collective defence includes updated and further developed defence […]
Canberra, March 27 (IANS) The search and recovery operation for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 resumed Thursday with six military aircraft, five civil aircraft and five ships in the Australian Search and Rescue Region, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. HMAS Success, the second largest ship of the Royal Australian Navy, remains in the search area […]
Rome, March 27 (IANS) Water contaminated from an illegal toxic dump has been distributed over the course of years to residents of a large area in central Italy, the Italian Higher Institute for Health (ISS) said in a report Wednesday. “The contaminated water was distributed over a vast territory and to about 700,000 people, without control […]
Moscow, March 27 (IANS) Russia does not plan to deploy Mistral-class helicopter carriers in the Black Sea, Russian Navy said Wednesday, Xinhua reported. “There are no corrections to the earlier plans to deploy the Mistral-class helicopter carriers with the Pacific Fleet. No decisions to deploy these vessels in Black Sea have been made,” Interfax news agency […]