Australia says white supremacists being watched
Sydney, March 22 (IANS) Australia said on Friday that it was keeping a watch on white supremacists, a week after an attack against two mosques …
Protests rock Algeria for fifth consecutive week
Algiers, March 22 (IANS) Thousands of Algerians took to the streets for the fifth Friday in a row to demand the resignation of the country’s …
Scientists convert plant waste into jet fuel
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) Chinese scientists have developed a method that could convert plant scraps from agriculture and timber harvesting into high quality jet fuel, …
Tencent to bolster its Cloud gaming business
San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) China’s Internet powerhouse Tencent would deploy more resources to enhance its Cloud gaming business, a senior executive from the company …
Buses collide in Ghana, at least 50 dead
Accra (Ghana), March 22 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and several others injured on Friday after two buses collided head on in Ghana …
Buses collide in Ghana, over 50 die
Accra (Ghana), March 22 (IANS) Over 50 people were killed and several others injured on Friday after two buses collided head on in Ghana, media …
Google Pay listed as payment option on eBay
San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) Keeping up with the online-purchasing habits of the millennials and Gen Z, US-based e-commerce platform eBay has added Google Pay …
Pyongyang pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) North Korea on Friday withdrew from a joint liaison office near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with South Korea, which was opened …
Ardern receives death threats on social media
Wellington, March 22 (IANS) The New Zealand Police said on Friday that it was probing death threats sent to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on social …
OIC FMs meet over anti-Muslim violence
Istanbul, March 22 (IANS) The Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states met here on Friday on how to respond to …
Syria slams Trump for Golan Heights remarks
Damascus, March 22 (IANS) The Syrian government on Friday slammed US President Donald Trump’s remarks about accepting Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, a part …
Finland probing Nokia phones sending data to China
Helsinki, March 22 (IANS) Finland’s data protection watchdog is investigating Nokia phones’ owner HMD Global after reports claimed that its devices mysteriously sent data to …
Ahead of ‘Shazam’, Snapchat’s new AR Lens is here
San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) Ahead of the release of a Warner Bros. feature film “Shazam”, photo-messaging app Snapchat has created a voice-activated Augmented Reality …
LinkedIn adds in-app meeting planner features
San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn has added new options to facilitate planning in-person meet-ups without having to switch from its …
7 dead after man ploughs car into crowd in China
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) A man was shot dead by the police on Friday in China after he ploughed his car into a crowd, killing …
WeChat introduces in-app gaming tab
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) The China-based messaging and payments platform WeChat is adding an in-app mini-gaming platform to let users play basic games like Tetris, …
Microsoft’s new device to store digital info as DNA
San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) Tech major Microsoft has successfully developed an end-to-end automated DNA storage device that can translate digital information into DNA and …
Brazil ex-President arrested on corruption charges
Rio De Janeiro, March 22 (IANS) Brazil’s former President Michel Temer was arrested on corruption charges, the media reported on Friday. The arrest on Thursday …
China chemical blast toll increases to 47
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) The death toll from a blast that ripped through a chemical plant in China’s Jiangsu province has increased to 47, with …
LG Uplus, Nvidia partner for Cloud gaming
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has said it would launch Nvidia’s GeForce NOW Cloud gaming platform for Internet Protocol …
Google honours Bach with first AI-powered Doodle
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Want to create your own music? Try Google’s first ever Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Doodle, dedicated to celebrate the birth anniversary …
New Zealand mourns Christchurch victims
Wellington, March 22 (IANS) Hundred and thousands of people across New Zealand came together in a national day of reflection on Friday to mark a …
‘Rising South-South Cooperation no excuse to cut aid’
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) Enhanced South-South Cooperation among developing countries fuelled by the rapid economic growth of some in their ranks should not be …
EU OKs Brexit delay after talks with May
Brussels, March 22 (IANS) The European Union (EU) has agreed on a plan to delay the Brexit process that avoids the UK crashing out without …
Trump announces pick for Chief Technology Officer
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Michael Kratsios as the country’s Chief Technology Officer, a post that has …
Guaido aide accused of leading terrorist cell
Caracas, March 22 (IANS) The Venezuelan government has accused the detained chief of staff of self-proclaimed interim head of state Juan Guaido of leading a …
44 dead after blast rocks industrial park in China
Nanjing, March 22 (IANS) Death toll has risen to 44 and 90 others were seriously injured after an explosion ripped through an industrial park on …
93 people dead as ferry sinks in Iraq: Minister
Baghdad, March 22 (IANS) The death toll of the ferry sinking incident in Tigris River in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Thursday rose to …
Death toll from Iraq ferry sinking rises to 71
Mosul (Iraq), March 22 (IANS) At least 71 people died, including 12 children, when an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river in Mosul during …
Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that it is time for the US to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied …
Italy’s Salvini to skip lunch with China’s Xi
Rome, March 22 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s far-right Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said that he will not attend a lunch in Rome with China’s …
Facebook stored users’ passwords in ‘readable’ form
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) Facebook on Thursday said it has fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users’ passwords were stored in plain …
12 kids among 55 drowned in Iraq river ferry mishap
Mosul (Iraq), March 21 (IANS) As many as 55 people were drowned, including 12 children, as an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river near …
Saudia told to compensate passenger for flight delay
Jeddah, March 21 (IANS) A court has ordered Saudi Arabian Airlines or Saudia to compenstate a passenger and his family with about $16,430 because their …
Chinese President leaves for Italy, Monaco, France
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Thursday for state visits to Italy, Monaco and France. Xi was invited to pay …
New Zealand bans assault rifles after terror attack (Third Lead)
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban on all military-style semi-automatics and assault rifles, six days after …
Facebook brings quoted message replies to Messenger
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) To help people not lose the threads of conversations on Messenger, Facebook has introduced the quoted message reply feature on …
GDC: Intel to introduce new processors in Q2
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) Computer chipmaker Intel on Thursday said that it will introduce a portfolio of high-performance mobile processors to power the laptops …
Idai storm kills at least 360 in southern Africa
United Nations, March 21 (IANS) Cyclone Idai may be one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, said a UN …
Facebook unveils new VR headset Oculus Rift S at GDC
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) Facebook has unveiled Oculus Rift S, a new version of its PC headset Oculus Rift, at the ongoing Game Developers …
New Zealand outlaws assault rifles
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) Military style semi-automatic weapons (MSSA) and assault rifles are to be banned in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on …