Mexican journalist shot dead
Mexico City: Jose Guadalupe Chan, a reporter for a news website in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, has been shot dead, the state's prosecutor and the site Chan worked for said.
Several injured during Iran water protests
Tehran: Several people were injured in the southwestern Iranian city of Khorramshahr when demonstrators protesting against water pollution clashed with police, Iranian state media reported.
Plans to build MH370 memorial put on hold
Canberra: Plans to build a memorial in Australia for the victims aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been put on hold until the wreckage was found, authorities said on Sunday.
China introduces new tariff cuts
Beijing: China on Sunday introduced new tariff cuts covering consumer goods and automobiles to help increase imports. Tariffs on 1,449 taxable consumer goods were reduced from an average rate of 15.7 per cent to 6.9 per cent, including home appliances, food and beverage, cosmetics and medicines.
Hormone intake could change DNA
london: Even small dosage of hormone intake can alter gene expression in a way that also affects the next generation, warns a study. In an experiment with pigs, the researchers demonstrated that the administration of even extremely low doses of an endocrine disruptor chemical —an exogenous substance that has the same or similar effects as endogenous hormone — leads to epigenetic changes in a pregnant sow's DNA.
UK forecaster issues thunderstorm alert
london: Britain's Met Office weather forecasting service has issued its first thunderstorm alert in the agency's 164-year history. The official forecasters say torrential rain, hail and lightning are possible today in parts of southwest England and Wales as a long, dry heatwave persists in much of Britain.