China says slowing economy won't stop anti-pollution efforts
BEIJING - China will not return to its era of pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment despite its slowing economy, the country's environment minister said Friday.
BEIJING - China will not return to its era of pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment despite its slowing economy, the country's environment minister said Friday.
He is the composer behind many famous film scores and now Hans Zimmer turns his attention to his third Kung Fu Panda.
The app-cabs that Kolkatans have come to rely on for safe and hassle-free commuting are fast disappearing from the roads, thanks to the impending assembly polls.
The European Union aims to rehouse thousands of asylum-seekers from Greece in the coming months, officials said on Thursday as EU ministers wrestled with concerns about the legality of a new plan to force migrants back to Turkey.
--> US senators have strongly opposed the use of taxpayers' money for military aid to Pakistan in $700 million sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to the country as they questioned Islamabad's commitment to fight terrorist organisations. However, for their own political reasons the senators did not approve tabling of a resolution suggesting blocking of sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. Even though considered to be procedural...
Sea level rise is likely to be a problem too big to handle as a new study suggests that geoengineers will not be able to pump away the rising tides.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A well-known mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park may have made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.
MORIOKA, Japan - Monks, chanting Buddhist invocations, march through on March 11, 2016, the northeastern Japan city o...
The union movement has launched an eleventh-hour bid to convince the Greens to back out of a deal with the Turnbull Government over Senate voting changes that will likely sweep aside the crossbench micro parties.
The White House says David Cameron has been "as close a partner" as Barack Obama has had, after the president appeared to criticise the PM in a magazine interview.
Labour Day falls on Monday, March 14. Find out what's open, what's not, what's on, how to get around and where to go in case of an emergency.
Hitting out at the BJP-led NDA government, the Shiv Sena on Friday dubbed liquor baron Vijay Mallya as an 'economic terrorist', who fled due to the Centre's feeble policies.
If Karl Platt is getting tired of being told that he is the favourite to win his fifth Cape Epic title, he has not shown it.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker who shepherded a longshot push to abolish the death penalty in conservative Utah said Thursday night he was abandoning the effort, saying he didn't have enough time or votes to pass the…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker who shepherded a longshot push to abolish the death penalty in conservative Utah said Thursday night he was abandoning the effort, saying he didn't …
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker who shepherded a longshot push to abolish the death penalty in conservative Utah said Thursday night he was abandoning the effort, saying he didn't have enough time or votes to pass the measure before a midnight deadline. Death penalty supporters argued Urquhart's repeal would leave prosecutors shortchanged at the bargaining table, where they would otherwise negotiate a plea deal of a life sentence without parole in lieu of execution. Conservative Republicans... Читать дальше...
HENGELO - Stellen die graag een kind willen hoeven niet meer op internet te shoppen of jarenlang op een wachtlijst te staan. De Fertiliteitskliniek in Hengelo is begonnen met inseminaties met donorzaad uit Duitsland.
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull plans to streamline both road and rail transport in cities, allowing people to get anywhere in half an hour.
The US space agency has deployed an advanced technology to precisely measure Earth's orientation and rotation - information that helps provide a foundation for navigation of all space missions and for geophysical studies of our planet.
Delegates take rare opportunity to challenge Beijing policies
Delegates take rare opportunity to challenge Beijing policies
World number one Chen Long became the victim of a second seismic shock in less than 24 hours at the All-England Open when his title defence was upended in the second round.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A longtime confidante of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been confirmed as one of the three final candidates to be Myanmar's next president.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — A longtime confidante of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been confirmed as one of the three final candidates to be Myanmar's next president. Htin Kyaw was approved by a 274-29 vote in the lower house of parliament to be chosen a finalist for a presidential election.
There were no references to Donald Trump's penis Thursday night.
Rather, CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper began the Republican debate by graciously asking the four remaining presidential candidates to refrain from talking over each other, and they listened.
Thursday night, the last time the GOP contenders faced off before the second Super Tuesday, took a much more serious tone covering a wide range of policy issues from trade deals and climate change to Islamophobia and the fight against ISIS. Читать дальше...