Toronto | 1 day ago
Bombardier's profits dip despite robust metro demand
Toronto, Sep 2 - Bombardier, a world leader in metro rail cars and aerospace business, said Wednesday that orders for its business jets still remain slack despite signs of global recovery. But demand for its metro cars remains strong, the company said, reporting a 27 percent drop in its quarterly profits.The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation - has just placed additional orders for 40 rail cars at a cos ... read more

Berlin | 1 day ago
Germany charges Austrian with spying for Russia
Berlin, Sep 1 - German federal prosecutors Wednesday charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with espionage, alleging he fed Russian security services with details of helicopter designs, officials said.A statement from the federal prosecutors' office said that Harald Alois S. is suspected of working for the Russian SVR agency between 1997 and 2002, and had procured technical information on civil and mi ... read more

Berlin | 1 day ago
No vuvuzelas, please, we sing in Europe: UEFA
Berlin, Sep 1 - The noisy vuvuzela trumpet which featured prominently among fans at the World Cup football in South Africa was Wednesday outlawed by the ruling body UEFA for its events such as Euro 2012 qualifiers, the Champions and Europa League.UEFA said in a statement it had told its 53 member federations that the vuvuzela 'may not be brought into stadiums at matches in UEFA competitions' in an ... read more

Berlin | 3 days ago
Scientists urge world to adopt rare surnames
Berlin, Aug 30 - Two scientists have proposed a worldwide fight to push back common surnames, suggesting in a German academic journal that the custom of always naming children after their fathers must stop.Harald Jockusch and Alexander Fuhrmann warned that rare surnames were dying out while too many Chinese were named Wang, too many English speakers were named Smith and too many Germans were named ... read more

Los Angeles | 4 days ago
Indian-origin Archie Panjabi wins Emmy
Los Angeles, Aug 30 - Indian origin British actress Archie Panjabi, who starred in films like 'Bend it like Beckham' and 'East is East', has bagged the best supporting actress in a drama series for her role in 'The Good Wife' at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards here.Panjabi was pitted against the likes of Rose Byrne -, Sharon Gless -, Elisabeth Moss and Christina Hendricks - and co-star Christine Ba ... read more

Berlin | 4 days ago
Mosquitoes themselves may one day become anti-malaria `syringes'
Berlin, Aug 30 - A team of German scientists may have discovered a 'needle-free' malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes - effectively using mosquitoes themselves as 'syringes'.If successful, the new treatment could dramatically reduce the nearly one million deaths caused from malaria every year. The treatment is not aimed at travellers, because it protects agains ... read more

Berlin | 4 days ago
Merkel seeks 10-15 years extension for nuclear plants
Berlin, Aug 30 - Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for Germany's nuclear power plants to be given an extension of 10 to 15 years past their current legal shutoff date in about 2022.The options of shutting down, continuing with or extending the life of the country's reactors has proved a hot political issue, dividing the last three government coalitions in Berlin. Merkel's Christian Democratic ... read more

Berlin | 7 days ago
Liverpool, Man City progress, but Aston Villa fall
Berlin, Aug 27 - Liverpool came back from a goal down to defeat Turkish side Trabzonspor to make sure of a place in the group stage of football's Europa League.They were joined by Premier League side Manchester City, but Aston Villa crashed out in a 3-2 home to defeat to Rapid Vienna Thursday. Italians Juventus meanwhile overcame Austrians Sturm Graz 1-0 thanks to an Alessandro del Pierro goal in ... read more

7 days ago
Israel asks Germany to act against fugitive Nazi criminal
Jerusalem, Aug 26 - Israel has asked Berlin to re-examine the case of a Nazi war criminal who fled from a Dutch jail to Germany in 1952, an Israeli Justice Ministry Spokesman confirmed Thursday.Born in Holland, the 82-year-old served in the ranks of the SS during World War II and after the war was tried in the Netherlands and sentenced to death for the murder of 11 civilians. His sentence was late ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 7 days ago
Rahul Gandhi wins over tribal hearts in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 - Taking a leaf out of John F. Kennedy's book, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi struck a personal chord with thousands of tribals in Orissa Thursday when he greeted them in the local language and congratulated them for winning a major battle against the Vedanta group's bauxite mining project in their area.'Apana mananku samasthan ku juhar -,' Gandhi said in Oriya while a ... read more