Peru president wins confidence vote over corruption reform
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra scored a major victory for his government’s anti-corruption policies Wednesday, winning a ...
Sudan protesters reject talks after 108 killed in crackdown
Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday turned down an offer by the ruling military council for talks and demanded justice for a ...
No country meeting global goals for gender equality: study
No country is on track to achieve the gender equality called for in the United Nations’s development blueprint, a report ...
India at 95 on maiden Gender Index
India ranked 95th out of a total 129 countries in the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Gender Index, which measures ...
Regular sports less prone to emotional stress later in life
Washington D.C. , Jun 5: The famed adage ‘All work and no play, makes Jack a dull’ has now been backed by science.
A new ...
World Bank cuts global growth forecast for 2019 to 2.6%
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 5 : In light of numerous factors pertaining to escalated trade tensions around the globe in recent months, ...
Nepal looks to limit Everest access after deaths
Under pressure after a deadly season on traffic-clogged Mount Everest, Nepal is considering tightening access to the world’s ...
China issues travel waning to citizens visiting US
Beijing [China], June 4 : China on Tuesday issued a travel warning for its citizens visiting the United States amid a spiralling trade ...
Ebola cases in DR Congo break 2,000 mark
DR Congo’s health ministry said it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal, since the ...
Trump vows ‘phenomenal’ trade deal with outgoing British PM
US President Donald Trump promised a “phenomenal” post-Brexit trade deal with Britain as he met outgoing Prime Minister ...