January2017

News Hour: Five Indian soldiers were trapped under heavy snow in Kashmir on Saturday just days after another 20 people were killed by avalanches in the disputed territory, a military spokesman said. The soldiers were approaching...

News Hour: The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$ 40 million loan today to improve the sustainability of industrial and artisanal fishing in Peru and to increase the productivity and diversity of the country’s...

News Hour: Wall Street finished a dramatic week with a whimper on Friday, with stocks finishing near flat following a report showing sluggish US growth in the fourth quarter. Analysts said the market was still digesting...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed yesterday a new $109 million financing package for the Muara Laboh geothermal power generation project in western Indonesia. The financing, which was approved in December 2016, is part...

News Hour: The mcr-1 gene—a gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort, and that is transferrable between bacteria—has been found in a wide variety of strains of Escherichia coli in China...

News Hour: Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested early on Thursday after a scuffle outside a New York museum where he was chanting “He will not divide us” during a live-streamed protest against President Donald Trump, police...

News Hour: Novartis published its Corporate Responsibility (CR) Performance Report for the fourth consecutive year, highlighting progress on access and environmental goals in 2016. Building on the company’s long history of corporate responsibility and transparent reporting,...

News Hour: British indie rock band Kasabian will return to England’s Reading and Leeds Festival as headliners after a five-year absence, organizers said on Thursday. The ‘Fire’ and ‘Shoot the Runner’ band, who plan to release...

News Hour: Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, announces the launch of AcrySof® IQ PanOptix® Toric presbyopia- and astigmatism-correcting intraocular lens (IOL) for patients with pre-existing corneal astigmatism undergoing cataract...

News Hour: Actor Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle stressed the collaboration that went into making their Oscar-nominated film “La La Land”, at their first news conference following the release of nominations on Friday. “This was...