Published On: October 7, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
HONDURAS, Oct 7: An imposingly tall giraffe, powerful African lions and proud Bengal tigers are among the many highlights of a zoo -- created by wealthy drug traffickers -- that is like a Garden of Eden in the green mountains of Honduras.
Published On: September 30, 2018 12:10 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
Sept 30: The world's nations will gather at a UN conference in South Korea on Monday to review and approve a 20-page bombshell -- distilled from more than 6,000 scientific studies -- laying out narrowing options for staving off climate catastrophe.
Published On: September 30, 2018 11:45 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
JAPAN, Sept 30: A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan's mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain could trigger landslides and floods.
Published On: September 28, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one.
Published On: September 25, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
UNITED STATES, Sept 25: Ford is looking at speeding up plans to build more Lincoln models in Chinese plants amid the growing trade war with the United States that has made US exports less attractive, a senior executive said Monday.
Published On: September 25, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
CHINA, Sept 25: China said on Tuesday it was impossible to hold trade talks with the United States while Washington is imposing tariffs that are like "holding a knife to someone's throat".
Published On: September 21, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
AFGHANISTAN, Sept 21: Moments after Afghan journalist Samim Faramarz wrapped up his live report on the latest suicide attack in Kabul, a car bomb exploded just metres away, killing him and his cameraman Ramiz Ahmadi.
Published On: September 18, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
BRAZIL, Sept 18: Brazilians are as worried as ever about getting shot while driving, but have less money in a stagnant economy to spend on protecting themselves.
Published On: September 17, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
MEXICO, Sept 17: Mexico marks the anniversaries Wednesday of two deadly earthquakes: one that devastated the country last year, claiming 369 lives, and another that killed more than 10,000 people on the same date in 1985.
Published On: September 14, 2018 07:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
SOUTH AFRICA, Sept 14: The mutilated carcass of a female white rhino, who had given birth just months ago, lay rotting on a hill beside a road that meanders through South Africa's Kruger National Park.
Published On: September 14, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
UNITED STATES, Sept 14: Zero fossil fuel energy, zero gas-guzzlers on the road, zero waste, zero CO2 emissions -- dozens of cities, regions and companies made "zero" pledges Thursday at a global climate summit in San Francisco.
Published On: September 7, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
BELGIUM, Sept 7: A black woman who presents the weather forecast on a Belgium public broadcaster posted an emotional video Thursday which quickly went viral calling out the torrent of racist abuse she has received since appearing on television.
Published On: September 5, 2018 11:14 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
SAUDI ARABIA, Sept 5: Saudi Arabia will punish online satire that “disrupts public order” with up to five years in prison, the public prosecutor said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks down on dissent.
Published On: September 2, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
ARGENTINA, Sept 2: Argentina's Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne heads to Washington on Monday to thrash out a hastily revised loan deal with the International Monetary Fund to help revive South America's second-largest economy.
Published On: September 2, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 2: The United States military has decided to cancel over $300 million (Rs 2,130 crore) in aid to Pakistan as Islamabad has failed to take action against militant groups, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
Published On: September 1, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
CHINA, Sept 1: China on Friday took issue with a UN report that called on Beijing to release ethnic Uighurs detained “under the pretext” of counterterrorism, saying its findings had “no factual basis”.
Published On: August 31, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
HONG KONG, Aug 31: Asian markets sank Friday as the China-US trade row burst back into view with a report that Donald Trump wants to impose tariffs on $200 billion of goods as early as next week.
Published On: August 29, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.
Published On: August 29, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
MYANMAR, Aug 29: Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis.
Published On: August 29, 2018 10:13 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday.