A French restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul was the target of a New Year's Day bombing on Friday, officials said.
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IMAGES from Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Friday
Dawood Ibrahim is wanted in India to face the law of the land for carrying out serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 in which scores of people were killed and injured.
Headline-grabbing is part of Terry Gou's business plan.
Employees asked to work from home... cancelled travel plans... curtailed meetings... Caution and precaution dominate Corporate India's response to Covid-19.
The project will have seven partners: the European Union, Japan, the United States, Russia, South Korea, China and India.
During the first of the three presidential debates in Cleveland, Ohio, Trump and Biden clashed over each other's personality, past record, family and their visions.
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army tried to enter the Indian side in two areas--Finger Four and Finger Five-- twice.
'In Chinese perception, India is strategically getting closer to United States and some Chinese analysts fear perhaps one day it may become a part of American arrangements against China.'
Rediff.com brings you glimpses of the violent protests that has rocked Acapulco in southern Mexico.
Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
"Built on what was a series of islands, the city's historic downtown core is particularly vulnerable," the NYT said.
Hyundai has started to build one of two new factories planned for China.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, February 20, irritated the Chinese government so much that it summoned the Indian ambassador to register its protest against Modi visiting a territory China claims as Southern Tibet.
If want to look at the world's most beautiful places, scroll down now. The winners of the fifth International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, with stunning shots documenting everything from magical mountains to glistening lakes and dark, forbidding forests. There were almost 3,000 entries from photographers around the globe, leaving the judges with a headache to whittle them down. Adam Gibbs from Canada has been revealed as the 'photographer of the year' (an award based on a folio submission of at least four images) with his hauntingly beautiful shots of woodland scenes around Vancouver Island. Here's a selection of the photos that caught the judges' eyes.
Breakdancing, considered one of the pillars of hip-hop culture, will also make its Asian Games bow in 2022, two years before it features in the Olympics for the first time in Paris.
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by Reuters photographers.
"Knowledge of and access to products, such as condoms, can help minimise possible harm to teenagers."
Europe reigns supreme among the world's most innovative nations.
He said RSS men were planted in each ministry.
Held over because of heavy rain that drenched parts of southern China over the weekend, Berdych maintained his composure through another frustrating weather interruption to win in straight sets.
After failing to deliver when it mattered most, India's ace archer Deepika Kumari blamed her mediocre showing in the 4-5 defeat to Russia in the quarter-finals of the women's recurve competition at the Rio Olympics on windy conditions.
The action followed concerns about the spread of the deadly flu-like SARS virus which originated in China.
Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei has enjoyed double good fortune at Melbourne Park this week.
The share of adults who say the economy is 'very good' (30 per cent) has tripled in the past three years, it added.
What might be useful is targeted assistance to those sectors and individuals that are disproportionately affected, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
The AIMIM chief also said Adityanath was speaking the language of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he was ignorant about history.
Rajapaksa has blamed India, the United States and European countries for his humiliating defeat.
And it happens in Nagaland.
'As the infection source has not yet been cut off, numbers of confirmed and suspected SARS cases remain high,' Wang Qishan said.
'If a student can't get to school, the school will get to you. Even people with low reading abilities can be taught via videos.' 'Companies and students will be linked to their universities from the beginning and not towards the end of their course.' 'Digitalisation in education will be of enormous impact. Higher education must be closely linked to the demands on the future workforce.'
'If a student can't get to school, the school will get to you. Even people with low reading abilities can be taught via videos.' 'Companies and students will be linked to their universities from the beginning and not towards the end of their course.' 'Digitalisation in education will be of enormous impact. Higher education must be closely linked to the demands on the future workforce.'
The company has also been exploring the possibility of opening a factory in Mexico.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Xiaomi has unveiled its flagship Mi5 handset, priced at Rs 24,999.
The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States
