January2018

The warm-up matches ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 were washed out for a second straight day as it continued to pour across Christchurch. Australia and India, who have won the title three...

China’s Bitmain Technologies is eyeing bitcoin mining sites in Quebec, a company spokesman told Reuters, as expectations of a potential Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrency mining make the energy-rich Canadian province an attractive alternative. China has grown...

Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets nationwide on Thursday to demand that President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski step down over his pardon to former strongman Alberto Fujimori — rallies that ended in clashes between demonstrators and...

The 16th edition of nine-day long Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) began today which will continue till January 20. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith inaugurated the festival at Bangladesh National Museum (BNM) here. Rainbow Film...

India successfully launched 31 satellites on a single mission from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota, officials said. The satellies, including the country’s 100th satellite Cartosat (earth observation sastellite), were launched by state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation...

The debate on using technology to help football referees took a twist on Thursday as the French league suspended its use of goal-line reviews following some “serious dysfunctions”. The goal-line technology (GLT) system, provided by German...

Dutch cyclist Jelle van Gorkom, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was in a coma on Wednesday following a crash which left him with a damaged skull, officials said. The 27-year-old was...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States could “conceivably” return to the Paris climate accord, although he stopped short of signaling any move in that direction. “Frankly, it’s an agreement that I have...

The Libyan Coast Guard reported Wednesday that up to 100 migrants remain missing in the third deadly shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea since Saturday. Now, barely a week into the New Year there already are reports...

Global food prices rose by 8.2 percent in 2017 compared to 2016, the UN’s food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization said that its FAO Food Price Index averaged 174.6 points in 2017,...