AP, Hanoi British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has urged claimants of the South China Sea to refrain from the use of force and uphold international law in resolving their disputes. “It is our firm view that claimants (of the South China Sea ) should refrain from the threat or use of force and from unilateral…
AP, Seoul North Korea has tried warnings of nuclear attack and racist diatribes to criticize U.S. President Barack Obama. Now it’s turning to Abraham Lincoln. North Korea’s state media have constructed an imaginary letter from the 16th U.S. president that attacks Obama’s “deception” over Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. It is the latest response from…
AP, Bishkek Kyrgyzstan’s president has accepted the resignation of the ex-Soviet nation’s prime minister amid allegations of corruption. Temir Sariyev submitted his resignation Monday after less than a year in office, saying he decided to leave the post to help “preserve stability in the country.” President Almazbek Atanbayev quickly accepted his resignation. Sariyev’s departure comes…
AP, Ankara Five rockets fired from Syria landed in a Turkish border town Monday, wounding at least four people, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. The rockets hit the town of Kilis and at least one of them damaged a house, the Anadolu Agency reported. Several ambulances were sent to the region and the wounded were…
AP, Brussels Belgian authorities have charged two more men with offenses related to the Brussels bombings. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that the suspects, identified only as Smail F. and Ibrahim F., were involved in renting an apartment in the Etterbeek area of Brussels that served as a hideout for the bomber who…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin Dance is an art form that many of us know of- a graceful physical performance, which the brain is able to orchestrate, signaling our muscles and joints on how to move. There are quite a few neural mechanisms related to dance that can offer insight into the human brain and how it’s…
Ridwana Tasnim For a little less than a century, the beautiful Disney characters with their attention-grabbing stories have captured the hearts of every little child out there, leaving them dreaming that someday, one day, they will get to meet these mysterious characters. The only drawback of these fairytales is that they aren’t real. And when…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Something must be wrong, this doesn’t feel right. The missed periods, the insomniac nights, the sweaty palms, passing out on the subway floor, at what point did the alarm bells ring that I need to get check out. I went out to get a diagnosis. My symptoms were cut into pieces and examined…
Marilyn Thipthorpe 15 years ago, in 2001, valiant firefighter Patrick Hardison, lost his face when battling a fire in Mississippi. The roof of the house collapsed on him, and he was buried underneath, by the time he was rescued most of his body was burnt and his face was completely disfigured beyond recognition. He had…
Eshan Maitra The idea of setting video backgrounds to attract more viewers to website have been becoming very popular since 2013. Probably you have seen, online ads don’t just pop up as billboards anymore. It is always some captivating and interesting videos. Many SME businesses have adapted this strategy to boost their websites. They are…