2000-year old moat unearthed in China
Beijing: The moat of a 2,000-year-old city has been excavated in north China’s Hebei Province. The 70-meter-wide and 4-meter-deep moat surrounds Wuyuan City and has helped determine the limits of the city walls.
Myanmar detects first Zika infection
Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s Government said on Thursday that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country’s first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects.
Gandhi’s birth anniv remembered in Egypt
Cairo: Egypt’s 2011 revolution that toppled long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak from power was Gandhian in “spirit and practice”, an Indian expert said at a roundtable here to discuss the relevance of his ideas in modern day Egypt.
Ireland rejects Brexit court challenge
london: The first legal challenge against the UK’s decison to leave the European Union was today rejected by the high court in Northern Ireland which ruled that Brexit can happen without lawmakers giving it final approval, dealing a blow to opponents of the historic move.