New Delhi: The South Asian Network of the German government’s Goethe-Institut Sunday announced a fully funded fellowship to further boost cultural relations with India and create cultural leaders.
The fellowship, named ARThinkSouthAsia, in its first edition has selected 17 fellows from across the region, the Goethe-Institut said.
The fellowship is designed to help develop skills, knowledge, networks [...]
Baghdad: The Iraqi city of Baquba was hit by four bomb blasts Wednesday, police said – including one targeting ambulances carrying the wounded from the two earlier attacks.
Police and medics told DPA that the attacks, which came amid a spike in violence ahead of Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary elections, killed at least 33 people and [...]
New Delhi: The US should ensure that the “latest tranche” of military aid to Pakistan is used only for countering the Al Qaeda and the Taliban, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Thursday.
“Given our bitter past experience of how Islamabad used such aid against India, Washington should ensure that the latest tranche of military aid is [...]
Washington: The US government has reported that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan.
The earthquake occurred at 0201 IST Saturday and was centred 81 km east of Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, the US Geological Survey reported.
USGS initially estimated the magnitude at 7.3.
Los Aageles: The University of Southern California (USC) has announced it will set up a new science and technology centre to study life below the earth’s surface.
The university will use a $25-million grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the centre for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, Xinhua reported Saturday.
“Our mission statement is [...]
Frankfurt: Pilots went on strike Monday at Lufthansa, knocking out 3,200 flights according to the company’s skeleton timetable.
The four-day work stoppage will be the biggest stoppage labour disruption in the German airline’s history.
In preparation, Lufthansa was trying to reschedule passengers onto jets flown by non-union staff and offering refunds to passengers who must cancel trips.
There [...]
Washington: Star golfer Tiger Woods Friday broke his silence months after a sex scandal disrupted his career and marital life and said he was deeply sorry for cheating on his wife.
“I am deeply sorry for my selfish behaviour. I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. What I did was not acceptable and I am [...]
Washington: The US government has confirmed that one of its top diplomats for Latin America will participate in a new round of talks on immigration issues with Cuba in Havana this week.
“The discussions will focus on how best to promote safe, legal, and orderly migration between Cuba and the United States,” the State Department said [...]
Kuala Lumpur: The sultan and the regent of Malaysia’s Pahang state will grant an audience to a part-time model who has expressed a wish to meet them before being caned for drinking in public.
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno will undergo her caning sentence after her audience with them, the state’s Religious Department director Abdul Manan Abdul [...]
Kuwait City: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that Iran is “moving toward a military dictatorship”, saying the top posts in the country are being “supplanted”.
Speaking to students of the Carnegie-Mellon University branch in Doha Monday, Clinton said Washington is open to “engagement” with Iran, but, at the same time, it will not [...]