Barack Obama visits mosque
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday made his first visit to a mosque as part of his effort to assure the religious minority of their safety and security and celebrate religious diversity of the country.
Juncker: proposals to avoid Brexit fair for all
Strasbourg (France): The proposed deal to keep Britain in the EU and avoid a “Brexit” after a referendum is “fair” for Britain and its 27 partners, European Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday.
Obama says Britain’s place is in EU
Washington: US President Barack Obama has waded into the boiling debate over Britain’s European Union membership, telling Prime Minister David Cameron his country was best served inside the 28-country bloc.
Haqqani network most capable threat in Af: US
Washington: The dreaded Haqqani network remains the most capable threat to US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, the top American General in the war-torn nation said.
First artificial ‘graphene’ created
Washington: Scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, have created an artificial material with a structure similar to the ‘wonder material’ graphene. Graphene transistors are predicted to be substantially faster and more heat tolerant than today’s silicon transistors and may result in more efficient computers and the next-generation of flexible electronics.
Philippines fail to pass bill relating to Muslims Manila: Philippine lawmakers failed on Wednesday to pass a crucial Bill aimed at ending a decades-long Muslim insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, igniting fears of fresh violence.
georgia executes 72-yr-old prisoner
Washington: The US state of Georgia executed its oldest death row inmate on Wednesday, just days before his 73rd birthday, in a move critics denounced as emblematic of capital punishment’s excesses.
Osama got 9/11 idea from Egypt Air crash
Jerusalem: Osama bin laden got inspiration for the deadly 9/11 attacks from a 1999 plane crash in which an Egyptian airline pilot deliberately downed his plane in the Atlantic Ocean, the al-Qaeda has claimed.
Older dogs have better logical reasoning: study
london: Older dogs may be slower at learning new tricks, but they are better than younger canines at making logical inferences, a new study has found. Using a series of touchscreen tests, researchers studied the effect of ageing on cognitive processes such as learning, memory and logical reasoning in pet dogs of varying ages.