Sebi may consider proposal to allow foreign entities in commodity mkts
New Delhi, Sep 14: With an aim to deepen the commodity derivatives market, regulator Sebi is likely to consider a proposal to allow ...
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos commits $2 billion to help homeless, pre-schools
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc’s founder and the world’s richest person, on Thursday said he will commit $2 billion to helping ...
Colombian zoo celebrates birth of endangered spider monkey
A zoo in Colombia is celebrating the birth of a baby spider monkey, a rare species in danger of extinction.
The monkey was born on ...
Bangladesh says it won’t assimilate Rohingya Muslims
Hanoi: Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees permanently, its foreign secretary said ...
IWC vote backs aboriginal whale hunts — with new quotas
The International Whaling Commission on Wednesday cast a rare strong vote in favor of whale hunting — but strictly for small ...
UN commission calls on rebels to leave cities in Syria’s Idlib
A UN commission on Wednesday called on rebel groups in Syria’s Idlib province to leave urban areas to protect civilians from any ...
Putin proposes Russia, Japan sign historic peace treaty
President Vladimir Putin suggested Wednesday that Russia and Japan sign a peace treaty this year, ending World War II hostilities ...
EU must grasp world role as U.S. retreats, Juncker says
The European Union must flex its muscles as a world power, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday, as he spoke ...
US teens prefer remote chats to face-to-face meeting: study
American teenagers are starting to prefer communicating via text instead of meeting face-to-face, according to a study published ...
More than 30,000 displaced in Syria’s Idlib in latest offensive – U.N.
OCHA chief, Mark Lowcock
BEIRUT/GENEVA : More than 30,000 people have so far fled their homes in northwest Syria since Syrian ...