Turkey’s Erdogan to make historic visit to Greece, seek better ties on December 6, 2017ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Turkey’s NATO ally Greece on Dec 7th, the first visit by a Turkish head of state to its neighbor country since 1952. The visit is expected to improve bilateral ties and discuss cooperation projects. Experts said that President Erdogan’s visit to Athens is in line with his […]
Storm kills at least seven in Sri Lanka on December 1, 2017COLOMBO: At least seven people were killed and 23 injured when strong winds and heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka since Wednesday night, prompting authorities to issue a severe weather alert. The Disaster Management Centre said the fatalities had been reported from Galle, Gampaha and Badulla Districts while severe destruction had been caused in several areas […]
Indian govt orders probe into dengue treatment of dead child on November 22, 2017NEW DELHI: Indian Health Minister Jagat Nadda ordered a probe into the death of a child suffering from dengue and subsequent allegations of overcharging for treatment by a private hospital, officials said Tuesday. “Health Minister J P Nadda has sought a report in the matter and has also asked health secretary to probe the matter,” […]
East greets the West on November 10, 2017BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting US President Donald Trump on Thursday agreed on maintaining the strategic leading role of head-of-state diplomacy in developing bilateral relations. “Both sides should draw the future roadmap for the development of China-US ties, and increase trust and defuse doubts on major and sensitive issues in line with the […]
Xi-Trump meeting in Beijing to define future China-US ties on November 7, 2017BEIJING: US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday, the first head of state to visit China since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). “We have everything that is required for a state visit, but we want more than that,” Chinese ambassador to […]
Trump heads to Asia amid crisis on Korean Peninsula on November 3, 2017WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will head to Asia later this week, at a time when growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula show no sign of de-escalating. Trump is slated to visit five Asian countries on Nov. 3-14, and Pyongyang’s nuclear program is expected to top his list of topics to be discussed with leaders […]
Africa’s child population to grow by 170m by 2030: UN on October 27, 2017NAIROBI: Africa’s child population is projected to increase by 170 million by 2030, taking the number of the continent’s under-18s to 750 million, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report released on Thursday. UNICEF said the projected expansion in Africa’s child population will necessitate an increase of over 11 million skilled education and […]
India fights hard to save polluted rivers on October 4, 2017NEW DELHI: Rivers of India are often called its lifeline. They are revered and worshipped by people who got their identities in the ancient times by settling near rivers. Till today, many states, now metropolises, are situated on riverbanks, thriving from the resources that it provides them. Water bodies have sustained the country since olden […]
Israeli-Palestinian issue draws less spotlight at UNGA on September 27, 2017JERUSALEM: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has previously dominated the discourse at the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, seemed to be brushed aside this year. Apart from a speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas focusing on the thorny topic, it was almost absent throughout the UN session, except for a brief mention of the conflict […]
Trump move to block chipmaker deal bad for America on September 16, 2017SHANGHAI: US President Donald Trump’s decision to block a Chinese-backed firm from buying a US-based chipmaker this week is detrimental to America’s growth and the global economy, China’s state news agency Xinhua said in a commentary on Saturday. Canyon Bridge Capital Partners’ planned $1.3 billion acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corp was one of the largest […]