Beijing, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Beijing cinema theatres will issue about 900,000 coupons to moviegoers from Sep 1 to encourage them to watch patriotic films. Af...More

Islamabad, Aug 27 (Xinhua) At least six people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency, media reports said Thursday. ...More

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday opened the Nazrul Complex beside the Dhaka University Central Mosque to mark the 33rd death anniversary of poet Kazi Naz...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Heat fosters the formation of a potentially dangerous toxic substance in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) killing honey bees who had the syrup, says a new...More

Kathmandu, Aug 27 (IANS) Nearly two dozen protesters were arrested Thursday for torching copies of a controversial Supreme Court judgment that has ordered the second-highest offic...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Researchers believe they have developed one of the first forms of genetic therapy to nip inherited diseases in the bud. Specifi...More

Jakarta, Aug 27 (DPA) An Indonesian teacher has been suspended after she allegedly burned her students with matches to make a point that hell is much hotter than match fire, a med...More

Helsinki, Aug 27 (DPA) Nokia, the world's largest maker of handsets, is to offer a mobile financial service for mobile phone users, including those who lack a bank account. ...More

Frankfurt, Aug 27 (DPA) A US federal court has ordered Europe's biggest software maker, SAP AG, to pay $138.6 million to Versata Software Inc for violating the American group's pa...More

Shanghai, Aug 27 (Xinhua) HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited, a joint venture set up by HSBC and the Beijing-based National Trust, opened for business in Shanghai Thursday, marki...More

Kabul, Aug 27 (Xinhua) A dozen Taliban fighters were killed by security forces when they entered a hospital in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, a statement said Thursday. ...More

Tokyo, Aug 27 (DPA) The fall of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) appears almost certain, with a newspaper poll Thursday forecasting it would win just 100 seats in the...More

Toronto, Aug 27 (IANS) Bollywood is set to steal the limelight at the Toronto International Film Festival starting here Sep 10. For the first time, the w...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) Allowing teens to work too many hours at the wrong place can derail their sexual health by prompting them to bed older partners. This is one of the key f...More

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) A novel tool named Dermastream, devised by researchers, heals recurring bed sores and chronic ulcers speedily. Dermastream prov...More