| Murdoch quits as News International director |
LONDON, July 22: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as a director of News International, the group that owns The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun, in a move that has fuelled speculation that he is preparing to sell off his British newspapers.
In an email sent on Saturday, staff at The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun were told that the 81-year-old Murdoch remained “... |
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| UN chief working for peaceful solution in Syria |
BRIJUNI (CROATIA), July 22: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said he is working with UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan to push for a peaceful solution in Syria while also being in contact with regional and international leaders.
After meeting Croatian President Ivo Josipovic here in Brijuni, the UN chief on Saturday expressed his concerns about the Syrian situation at a ... |
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| Russian rights activists refuse to comply with NGO law |
MOSCOW, July 22: Russia’s two largest rights organizations will not comply with the law that classes them as “foreign agents”, the NGO’s heads said hours after President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial bill.
Putin signed on Saturday a law forcing non-government organizations engaged in political activity with foreign financing to be branded as “fore... |
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| Malaysia to evacuate citizens from Syria |
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22: Malaysia is removing its citizens from Syria following the fast deteriorating security situation in that country, according to Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman.
In a statement, the minister said, the decision to bring the students back was a precautionary measure to ensure their safety and to avoid any untoward incidents, Xinhua reported.
“The ... |
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| Putin signs WTO accession protocol: Kremlin |
MOSCOW, July 22: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Saturday a federal law that authorises the protocol for Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Kremlin said.
The protocol on Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Agreement, the foundation document for the WTO, was signed in Geneva on December 16, 2011, following nearly 18 years of negotiations... |
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| Google CEO's absence causes concern |
LONDON, July 22: Google CEO Larry Page was again absent from a company meeting that raised concerns about his health and how it will affect the internet giant, a media report said.
Page missed the company’s quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday. He has also not been at any of Google’s public events in the last month and skipped the annual stockholders meeting, the D... |
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| Soft drinks make it harder to lose weight: Study |
LONDON, July 22: Avoid soft drinks, as they could alter the way your body burns fuel and make it harder still to lose weight, says a study.
“This study proves our concerns over sugary drinks have been correct. Not only can regular sugar intake acutely change our body metabolism,” said Hans-Peter Kubis of Britain’s Bangor University, who led the research.
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| Flirting may help women be liked, not trusted |
LONDON, July 22: Some women’s habit of flirting at workplace holds the possibility of them being viewed as more likeable among men. But, at the same time, it can make them appear more manipulative and less trustworthy, says a lifestyle study. Set out to discover if flirting could be an asset in business negotiations, the US researchers were surprised to find that it came at the bottom of ... |
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| US family finds crab with Osama's face |
LONDON, July 22: An American family claims to have found a crab whose belly has a striking resemblance to Jesus Christ as well as slain Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. John Canfield’s family from Washington state went on a trip near Everett, when they captured the crab on video, the Daily Mail reported. According to the mynorthwest.com website, the family was unloading a pot of crabs into ... |
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| 30 human skeletons found in Philippines |
MANILA, July 22: Security forces in the Philippines on Sunday unearthed 30 skeletal remains of people allegedly slain by rebels in a murderous purge of suspected military spies in the 1980s, Xinhua reported. The remains found in the northern province of Quezon were of people killed by the rebel New People’s Army, military spokesman Maj Harold Cabunoc said. They were discovered by a farmer wh... |
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| Woman finds Statue of Liberty sexually fulfilling |
LONDON, July 22: A 27-year-old British woman has flown to New York four times to see the Statue of Liberty as she finds it “sexually fulfilling”. Amanda Whittaker from Leeds says she is in love with the 151-feet statue, The Sun reported. “It was like lightning between us. It was sexually and emotionally fulfilling. Libby satisfies my lovemaking needs,” she said. After her f... |
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