Le Brassus (Switzerland), Feb 19, The silence in the room is interrupted by a barely audible rustle as the man with the white coat picks up a tiny object with a pair of tweezers and his sleeve brushes against the table. The surroundings are as sterile as an operating theatre and with the dexterity of a brain surgeon Dominique Burdet inserts the minute component into one of the most complicated watch movements ever invented.
Cairo, Feb 19, Nearly half of Egypt’s children live on less than $2 a day, a new study by Unicef, the UN agency for children, said in a report published Thursday.
Washington, Feb 18, US President Barack Obama was to hold a long-awaited meeting Thursday with Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, rebutting China’s threats that the encounter would further harm ties between the two powers.
Washington, Feb 18, John F. Kennedy’s many love affairs included a relationship with the Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post that started right before his 1953 marriage to Jackie and ended more than two years later.
New York, Feb 18, Major US stock indices advanced Wednesday after a slew of positive economic data from the US.
Washington, Feb 18,The US Federal Reserve has grown slightly more optimistic about the pace of the US economic recovery, leading some members to ponder raising interest rates and shrinking the central bank’s massive balance sheet in the near future.
New York, Feb 18, China, one of the veto-wielding UN Security Council permanent members, does not believe Iran has short-term capability to make nuclear weapons, the International Crisis Group said in a study released Wednesday.
Washington, Feb 18, Tiger Woods Friday will make his first public statement since a car accident unleashed a series of revelations about infidelity and halted his illustrious golfing career.
Berlin, Feb 17, Iranian authorities have refused to give permission to one of the nation’s leading leading movie directors to leave the nation to be an honorary guest at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale announced Tuesday.
Wellington, Feb 16, India is a priority relationship for New Zealand, Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday in welcoming Rahul Gandhi, great-grandson of his country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.