Manchester United humble Bayer Leverkusen in Champions League
Berlin – Bayer Leverkusen suffered heavy debacle on home soil as Manchester United cruised to a 5-0 win in group A of the Champions League Wednesday. David Moyes’ men secured their berth in the knockout stage following a dominant and clinical display on the road at the BayArena, Xinhua... read more »
Obama calls Saudi king over Iran: White House
Washington – US President Barack Obama Wednesday called King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to discuss the negotiations over Iranian nuclear programme. The kingdom had expressed unhappiness over Washington’s policies toward Egypt, Syria, and Iran. During their telephone... read more »
Falling in love on movie set was awkward: Boswoth
Los Angeles – Actress Kate Bosworth says she found it weird to fall in love with her now husband Michael Polish when they met on the sets of 2013 movie “Big Sur”. Directed by Polish, the movie featured Bosworth as Willamine. Although both of them were unclear about their feelings... read more »
UN urges aid for typhoon-hit farmers in Philippines
United Nations – The UN agriculture agency has called for assistance for Philippine farmers in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, a UN spokespe! rson here said. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) cautioned that ” immediate assistance from the international community for farmers in... read more »
Pakistan begins work on civil nuclear power plant
Pakistan has broken ground on what will be the country’s largest civil nuclear power plant, which is being built with help from China. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the... read more »
Japan sets up new panel for national security
Japan on Wednesday created a National Security Council, giving the prime minister’s office greater authority over security matters. The law approved by parliament would give Premier... read more »
Kerala CPI-M plenum for introspection, says Karat
Palakkad – Inaugurating the three-day meeting of the Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist here Wednesday, party general secretary Prakash Karat said the plenum would... read more »
Why hurry in announcing poll dates, asks Bangladeshi daily
Dhaka – The Bangladesh poll schedule “cannot be said to have been properly thought through”, said a leading daily which observed that the announcement was made in... read more »
Kanchi seers, all accused let off in Sankararaman murder
Chennai – A Puducherry court Wedne! sday acquitted all the accused in the high-profile Sankararaman murder ! case in which two seers of Kanchipuram Sankara Mutt Jayendra Saraswathi and... read more »
