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Sperm donation gaining greater acceptance in India
Sperm donation is starting to gain greater acceptance in India, as some young men in India have found that it is a way to earn some easy pocket ...
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French President Francois Hollande to sign gay marriage bill into law today
gay marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution cleared the bill on Friday. The ...
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Resona in Malaysian bank tieup for Asian expansion
Resona Holdings Inc., the nation’s fifth-largest bank by market value, is poised to tie up with Malaysia’s Public Bank Bhd. as part of its efforts to expand in Asia. Resona will sign an agreement with Malaysia’s third-biggest lender on Monday to serve Japanese companies looking to enter the country and borrow in the local currency, President Kazuhiro Higashi said in an ...
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France’s first Asian cabinet minister a rising force
France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ...
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Asian giants as key partners
The significance of China-India relations is strategic and its impact global because both are large developing countries and emerging markets, Premier Li Keqiang told visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Beijing on May 10. On his return to New Delhi, Khurshid said: "India and China have to collaborate for the Asian century." Giving shape to this vision should ...
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Worlds largest flower blooms for first time in seven years
Titan arum , the plant that grows at a rate of around 10cm a day during its flowering phase, reached a height of 187cm when it bloomed. It produces a variety of obnoxious odours ranging from rotting meat, dung and rancid cheese to a nauseating gaseous stench. The flower typically grows once every seven and 10 years after which it is in full splendor for only 48 hours before starting to die. Its ...
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One dead dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the Muslim-majority ...
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South America contraception up to 79 Middle Africa 19
Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ...
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Malabar civet may have become extinct
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in the first study of the world's most unique, threatened mammals and amphibians released on Friday said the civet's population status was presently unknown. The species was thought to be nearly extinct by the late 1960s and declared possibly extinct a decade later. But it was rediscovered in 1987. "There were further reports of the species in ...
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Srinivasan in America’s second highest court
Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC circuit court, America's second highest. Described as "trailblazer" by US ...
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On India visit Li to discuss Dalai’s ‘anti-China’ acts
Li Keqiang will raise the issue of the Dalai Lama's "anti-China activities" during his tour of India from May 19. Beijing had earlier sought assurances from New Delhi that it would check such activities on Indian soil, and India has blocked anti-China demonstrations. A Chinese scholar confirmed to TOI on condition of anonymity that Li will raise the Dalai Lama issue. ...
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Thailand Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence
Three years ago, the world saw soldiers shooting protesters and parts of Bangkok going up in flames. But instead of investigating and prosecuting those responsible, successive Thai governments and the army have politicized efforts for justice and are now backing an amnesty bill that would let everyone off the ...
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India urges Lanka to honour transfer of power to provinces
Northern Provincial Council elections in neighbouring Sri Lanka, India has explicitly warned the government there not to take any step which undermines its own commitment to the 13th Amendment and the island nation's "expressed intention to build upon it". Alarmed by reports that a key ally of ...
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World Briefing | Asia Political Prisoners Freed in Myanmar
President Thein Sein pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States. A member of the ...
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Europe investors bow to Africa Asia in U.S. real estate deals
The panel analyzing capital investment in U.S. real estate, from left, were: John R. Miller, Charles H. Fedalen Jr., Christopher R. Ludeman, J. Michael Stedman and Jon H. ...
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Asia Stock Index Poised for Weekly Gain as Japan’s Topix Climbs
Asia’s benchmark stock index is poised for a second weekly advance after Japan’s Topix Index rebounded near a 2008 high as leasing companies rallied on a report prime minister Shinzo Abe will encourage the practice to to revive capital spending. Orix Corp., which provides leasing and loans, jumped 9.5 percent in Tokyo. Mizuno Corp. (8022) surged 19 percent after the Japanese ...
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Taiwan thanks China for condemning PH over fisherman’s death
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responsible for relations with China Thursday urged Beijing to stay out of the row the island has with the Philippines over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea. The council thanked Beijing for condemning Manila’s behavior, which the council described as ';belligerent, irrational and ...
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The Kim regime is despotic deadly and deeply rational. It will not
Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, calling its leaders ';mad';, ';rogue'; or ';tinpot'; (The Economist has been known to do this too.) In fact, North Korea is the world’s most rational despotic regime: a highly successful Communist absolute monarchy. Kim Jong Il, son of the country’s Stalinist founder, Kim Il Sung, failed as a ...
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SLeone China sign huge infrastructure deal AFP News
China has signed a $6 billion mining and construction deal with Sierra Leone, which the west African nation said Thursday would boost an economy still recovering from an 11-year civil war. The private China Kingho Group will build a $1.7 billion north-south railway stretching 250 kilometres (155 miles), an industrial park, a deep water port for the transportation of ore to China, and a ...
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Greek leader stresses culture in talks with China’s premier
Prime minister Antonis Samaras of economically troubled Greece met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday, hailing the contributions to global civilisation of their respective cultures. Samaras was greeted at the Great Hall of the People with military honours that included armed guards, a marching band and a 19-gun salute. Inside the hall, he told Li the two countries share ';common ...
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After Fighting Over Mountains India and China Lock Horns in the
In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering a tense three-week standoff between the two Asian giants that ended only after both sides backed down from their wind-swept Himalayan posts and returned to the pre-existing status ...
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China graduates face tough job market as youth unemployment rises
Across Asia, young and well educated people entering an increasingly competitive job market. In China alone, the number of college graduates will reach an estimated 6.9 million this year. Youth unemployment in Asia is among the lowest in the world, but according to the International Labour Organisation it is getting tougher for young people to find jobs. In China, there are so many new ...
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China banks buy net $34.3 billion FX for clients in April
Chinese banks bought more foreign currency than they sold for clients in April, with net purchases of $34.3 billion in over-the-counter transactions, figures from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange(SAFE) showed on Friday. The figure marked the eighth straight month of net purchases, reinforcing signs of capital inflows, though they eased from March’s net purchase of $44.6 ...
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Australian coal miners face China cap
China’s new leadership seems to have a new slogan – ';control coal'; – and Australia’s coal exporters underestimate their resolve to cap consumption of the fossil fuel at their peril, a Chinese researcher says. China’s leaders under President Xi Jinping say they plan to enforce a target of limiting annual coal use to 4 billion tonnes – about half ...
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KFC Loses Its Touch in China Its Biggest Overseas Market
Last week, Yum! Brands (YUM), which owns KFC, reported that sales at stores in China open for at least a year fell 29 percent in April as concerns about the safety of its chicken and the spread of avian flu had customers steering clear of KFC restaurants. The company predicted the publicity fuelling the revenue collapse would be ';relatively short-lived,'; but bird flu fears ...
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