Japan ruling bloc election win threatens regional stability: Xinhua
China`s official news agency said on Monday a win for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s ruling bloc in upper house elections posed a danger to regional stability, with lawmakers who favour revising the pacifist constitution holding a "super majority".
Jul 11, 2016, 10:40 AM IST
Storm left by super typhoon Nepartak hits China, disrupts transport
A storm bringing heavy rain to disrupt rail travel in southeast China.
Jul 09, 2016, 15:11 PM IST
China brings construction of world's largest telescope to an end; operations to begin in September!
It has a massive reflector, which comprises of 4,450 panels and covers the same area as 30 football fields.
Jul 04, 2016, 16:29 PM IST
Vietnam removes over 10,000 civil servant's posts
Vietnam has scrapped 10,004 posts of civil servants during the first half of 2016 in a bid to reduce the administrative system`s payroll, an official said on Monday.
Jul 04, 2016, 13:05 PM IST
NASA's Juno all set to reach Jupiter; 'We are ready', say spacecraft investigators
After the main engine burn, Juno will be in orbit around Jupiter.
Jul 04, 2016, 08:48 AM IST
Top Chinese envoy visits Vietnam as South China Sea tension rises
China`s top diplomat met Vietnam`s leadership on Monday. The meeting was aimed at strengthening relations. The trip by State Councillor Yang Jiechi comes amid a Chinese public relations blitz to try to discredit a looming verdict by an international tribunal.
Jun 27, 2016, 17:48 PM IST
7.2 magnitude quake hits South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands
Beijing: An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on Saturday, said the China Earthquake Networks Centre.
May 29, 2016, 00:11 AM IST
120,000 Palestinian refugees flee Syria during war: UN
The Yarmouk camp is a large district in southern Damascus. It has recently become a stage of intense battles between the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
May 13, 2016, 07:03 AM IST
US stocks end mixed amid downbeat data
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 9.38 points, or 0.05 percent, to 17,720.50.
May 13, 2016, 03:52 AM IST
Pakistan closes border with Afghanistan
Thousands of people and many trucks are stranded on both sides of the border, witnesses in the area said.
May 13, 2016, 03:49 AM IST
French government survives no-confidence vote
In a further sign of rising opposition, a group of rebel deputies refused to vote the reform and had sought to submit its own no-confidence motion to oust the government.
May 13, 2016, 03:44 AM IST
US dollar snaps six-day winning streak
The greenback was also supported by recent upbeat remarks from several Federal Reserve officials about the US economy.
May 12, 2016, 06:30 AM IST
1.7 mn Somalis in Puntland, Somaliland need aid: UN
The UN says the drought in the two regional states has impacted lives and livelihoods, compounding an already challenging humanitarian situation.
May 12, 2016, 06:28 AM IST
New NATO division becomes partly functional in Romania
NATO first opened the MND-SE in August 2015. The headquarters should become fully operational by 2018 with some 280 officers, including 75 from other NATO states, working together.
May 12, 2016, 03:13 AM IST
25 killed in Rwanda landslides
Six of the victims were members of the same family.
May 09, 2016, 01:24 AM IST
New York unveils plan to combat Zika threat
Currently 358 patients were confirmed to have contracted the disease in the US of which 40 were reported in New York.
Apr 19, 2016, 15:58 PM IST
SpaceX's Dragon arrives at ISS with inflatable space habitat
The last time six vehicles were docked to the station was back in the space shuttle era, when Discovery visited in February 2011.
Apr 11, 2016, 08:37 AM IST
Watch: New retrievable satellite SJ-10 successfully launched by China!
The experiments investigate how radiation affects genetics and are being conducted to try and make space travel safer in the future.
Apr 06, 2016, 19:05 PM IST
Scientists create antibody cocktail that cures Ebola-infected monkeys
A similar cocktail comprised of two ZMapp antibodies, which are produced in tobacco leaves instead of mammalian cells, protected only two of three monkeys.
Mar 14, 2016, 08:17 AM IST
White House unveils new broadband initiative
The efforts also included a digital literacy pilot project, which will teach the basic skills needed to get people online in libraries, museums and community centres across the country.
Mar 10, 2016, 12:06 PM IST
