World Bank rolling back safeguards: leaked report
The World Bank may be on the verge of rolling back a wide range of in-built environmental and community protections surrounding its development projects worldwide, and this could in turn threaten community livelihoods across the board, according to analyses of a leaked draft safeguard framework... read more »
Egypt military kills 7 militants in volatile Sinai
An Egyptian military spokesman says troops have killed seven suspected militants and arrested five as part of an ongoing offensive in the volatile Sinai Peninsula where the military has been trying to quell a spreading insurgency by Islamic militants. A statement late Monday on Brig. Gen. Mohammed... read more »
Gaza power plant hit by Israeli tank shells
Israeli tank shells hit a fuel tank of the Gaza Strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, forcing the plant to shut down, a spokesman for Gaza’s electricity distribution company said. A huge cloud of black smoke rose over the coastal city. There was no immediate word of casualties and the Israeli... read more »
Devendro enters quarters, Shiva ousted from CWG
Indian boxer L. Devendro Singh (49kg) advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought win after reigning Asian champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was shockingly sent packing as the pre-quarterfinal bouts of the 20th Commonwealth Games got underway here today. Asian Championships silver-medallist Devendro... read more »
Quality of sperm, not donors’ age matters :IVF
It is the sperm quality of the donor and not his age that matters in the success of fertility treatment with sperm donation, a study says. The age of the sperm donor was of little... read more »
BJP workers controvert against SP govt in Lucknow, collide with police
LUCKNOW : Activists of BJP Yuva Morcha, youth wing of BJP, clashed with police on Monday during their protest over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. The protesters gathered in... read more »
Speed of thought is faster than Light:US scientist
WASHINGTON: A US scientist claims to have found evidence that suggests that the speed of light as described by Einstein’s theory of general relativity is slower than has been thought.... read more »
Woman puts home on fire trying to kill spider with lighter
A woman in Hutchinson, Kansas, is charged with arson after police say she set her home on fire during an attempt to kill a spider, the Hutchinson News reports. 34-year-old Ginny Griffith... read more »
Al Qaeda breakaway group declares Islamic state straddling Syria ...
BAGHDAD—The Al Qaeda breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighbouring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday in the territory under... read more »
