China threatens to raise tariffs on about $3 billion of U.S. imports
China is considering imposing tariffs on three billion dollars’ worth of US products in retaliation for new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump.The list of products under consideration by China includes pork, wine, fruit and nuts as well as stainless steel pipes.China has asked the US to avoid taking US-China trade relations to a dangerous […]
WHO supports 16 African countries to protect against Listeriosis
Brazzaville:he World Health Organisation has reached out to 16 African nations to provide support for preparedness and response to a listeriosis outbreak that started in South Africa in 2017 but is now threatening other countries on the continent.Nearly 200 South Africans have died since January 2017 as a result of contaminated ready-to-eat meat products that […]
‘Delete’ Facebook, says WhatsApp co-founder amid Cambridge Analytica scandal
Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, late on Tuesday asked users to “delete” the social media platform, Facebook, amid alleged data leakage of its users for political purposes. “It is time. #deletefacebook,” Brian Acton tweeted to more than 23,000 of his followers. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014. Facebook is facing a major backlash […]
Government decides to remove customs duty on export of sugar from its current level of 20% to zero percent
newdehli;-During the current Sugar Season 2017-18, the sugar production in the country is estimated to be substantially higher than the estimated domestic consumption. Sufficient surplus stock of sugar may be available for export. In order to promote exports with the objective of evacuating surplus stocks from the country, the Government has decided to remove customs […]
At least 14 dead as migrant boat sinks off Greece
ATHENS : – Fourteen people, including at least four children, drowned when the small boat they were travelling on capsized in the Aegean Sea, Greek coast guard officials said on Saturday. “At least four more were unaccounted (for),” a coast guard official told Reuters.
Pakistan to skip WTO meet in New Delhi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to stay away from the World Trade Organisation meet in New Delhi next week in protest against alleged harassment of its diplomats in India. India last month invited Pakistan Commerce Minister Pervez Malik to participate in the informal WTO ministerial meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on March 19-20 and Islamabad had initially […]
9 dead as small plane slams into house in Philippines
Philippines — A small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after takeoff north of Manila on Saturday and killed all those onboard and four people on the ground, officials said. The Piper-23 Apache plane took off from the airport in Plaridel town in Bulacan province then crash-landed Saturday for a still-unknown […]
Car bomber kills three in Kabul
At least three people were and four others injured in a suicide bombing here on Saturday, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said. A ministry spokesman has confirmed the attack but did not provide details, saying investigation was underway, reports Xinhua news agency. Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message, saying the […]
Syrian Kurds: Turkish attacks on Afrin kill 20
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria’s seven-year civil war (all times local): Syrian Kurdish forces say that Turkish shelling and airstrikes in the northern Syrian town of Afrin have killed at least 20 civilians. Redur Khalil, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, also says 30 people have been wounded as Turkish […]
Philippines formally withdraws from International Criminal Court
Manilla, March 16 : The Philippines on Friday informed the UN Secretary-General of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Teodoro Locsin, the permanent representative of the Philippines to the UN, tweeted that he had submitted the letter to the Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and shared a […]
