Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops
AFP, United States :Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: more hungry bugs. Rising temperatures will stimulate insects’...
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Ex-Australian PM resigns from parliament, govt loses majority
Reuters, Sydney :Australia’s former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its...
China says it is helping Afghanistan with defence, counterterrorism
Reuters, Beijing :China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it was supporting Afghanistan’s defence and counterterrorism efforts, a day after Beijing denied a plan to...
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Israel expects 90,000 Indian tourists in 2018-19PTI, Kolkata Israel is expecting 90,000 Indian tourists in 2018-19, up from 60,000 who visited it in 2017-18, a...
China rejects US lawmakers’ sanctions call over Muslim camps
AP, Beijing :China said Thursday that U.S. lawmakers were wasting taxpayer money by urging President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials allegedly...
Suu Kyi won`t be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, Stavanger :The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said...
Iran can abandon nuclear deal if needed: Khamenei
Reuters, London :Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday cast doubt on the ability of European countries to save Iran’s 2015 nuclear accord with...
Shut down in Kashmir ahead of Supreme Court hearing
AFP, Srinagar :A general strike and curfew brought Indian-administered Kashmir to a standstill Thursday ahead of a landmark Supreme Court hearing centred on the region’s...
Trump warns he may ‘instantly’ restart war games with S Korea
AP, Seoul :President Donald Trump warned that he could “instantly” restart war games with South Korea, stepping up pressure on the North amid growing doubts...
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China denies planning military base in AfghanistanReuters, BeijingChina on Wednesday denied that it planned to build a military base in Afghanistan, after a Hong Kong...
Citing free speech, Trump seeks dismissal of Stormy Daniels defamation case
Reuters, New York :Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by adult film actress Stormy Daniels,...
Despair for Australian farmers as worst drought kills livestock
Reuters, Tamworth : In better times, the dam on farmer Kevin Tongue’s property is three meters (yards) deep with water. It’s now been empty for three...