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Climate change causes acute water shortage in Ghana
Accra, Feb 18: Parts of Ghana are reeling under acute water shortage as taps have stopped running and raw water sources are drying up. A combination of drought and illegal mining activities as well as unsafe environmental practices has…
India must fix dates for foreign secretary talks soonest: Pakistan
Islamabad, Feb 18: Islamabad on Thursday urged New Delhi to finalise the dates of foreign secretary-level talks as early as possible following the Indian policy statement "not to link talks with the progress on Pathankot attack".
Both…
Brazil confirms 508 cases of microcephaly
Brasilia, Feb 18: Brazil has registered 508 cases of microcephaly since October 2015, when the country declared a public health emergency over a rising microcephaly incidence caused by the Zika virus. These cases occurred in over 200 towns.…
Obama to visit Cuba in March
Washington, Feb 18: US President Barack Obama is set to visit Cuba in March, a move which would make him the first sitting US president to step foot on the island in over 80 years, the media reported on Thursday. The White House is expected…
Oli’s visit will be highly successful: Indian envoy
Kathmandu, Feb 17: Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's upcoming visit to India will be highly successful and bilateral relations will be normalised after the visit, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae said on Wednesday. Oli will be…
Taliban child soldier recruitment surges
New York, Feb 17: Taliban forces in Afghanistan have added scores of children to their ranks since mid-2015 in violation of the international law, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. New Human Rights Watch research shows that the Taliban…
Former UN head Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93
Cairo, Feb 17: Former United Nations secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at a hospital here on Tuesday, officials said. He was 93. UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed him as a "respected statesman" and a "memorable leader who rendered…
US-led airstrikes kill 15 civilians in Syria
Damascus, Feb 17: At least 15 civilians were killed on Tuesday when warplanes with the US-led anti-terror coalition struck areas under the Islamic State (IS) control in Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah, a monitor group reported.…
PM Oli donates salary to rebuild Kathmandu’s landmark Dharahara
Kathmandu, Feb 17: Launching a campaign to reconstruct the Dharahara, also known as Bhimsen Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks that came crashing down during the devastating quake last April 25, Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has…
Plastic bag use down 30 percent in China
Beijing, Feb 17: The number of plastic bags consumed in China's stores and supermarkets decreased by one-third in 2015 from that in 2007, a year before the government imposed restrictions on the use of such materials.
Citing surveys from…