Casualties feared as blast rocks Afghan japanese Jalalabad metropolis
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A powerful blast rocked Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, after a group of militants took position in a building next to Jalalabad airport and begun firing on Wednesday, a local official...
Highlight: Macron’s attraction for European renewal attracts blended reactions
PARIS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Will French President Emmanuel Macron's recipe for a "European Renaissance" bode well? Can his project of a new Europe based on greater integration tread water on the nationalists' momentum ahead of a "decisive" EU ballot? In a newspaper...
Riders on all Metro traces slowed St. Patrick’s Day weekend
Single tracking slows riders on all lines St. Patrick’s Day weekend, with the most significant delays scheduled on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines. Blue, Orange and Silver line trains are scheduled every 24 minutes each Saturday and Sunday with single tracking...
U.S. providers sector expands at barely quicker tempo in Feb.
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. non-manufacturing sector continued to expand in February at a slightly faster pace compared to the previous month, the Institute for Supply Management(ISM) said Tuesday. The non-manufacturing index (NMI), which gauges the...
China to boost general innovation functionality in Larger Bay Space: official
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China will take measures to improve the overall innovation capability in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, an official said Wednesday. An international sci-tech and innovation center will be built between Hong Kong and...
Honda recollects 1.2M extra automobiles with harmful air baggage
DETROIT — A type of Takata air bag inflator once thought to be safe has now come under scrutiny after a crash and explosion in Maryland injured the driver of a Honda minivan. The incident forced Honda on Tuesday to recall about 1.2 million vehicles in North and...
Vietnam’s bike import rises 41.5 pct in 2 months
HANOI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent 114 million U.S. dollars importing motorbikes, components and spare parts in the first two months of this year, surging 41.5 percent against the same period last year, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade...
Researchers develop quick methodology to transform algae to biocrude
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Algae contains rich fatty acid which can be extracted and turned into a sustainable form of fuel known as biocrude oil. But researchers had not found an economically viable way to produce it in large quantities until a new jet mixer was...
U.S. SEC orders BB&T to return over 5 mln USD to buyers
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that BB&T Securities agreed to return millions of dollars to retail investors and pay a penalty to settle charges that a firm it owned misled its clients about the...
Kylie Jenner searching for ‘greater circle of buddies’ after BFF Jordyn Woods betrayed her
After being betrayed by her closest confidant, Kylie Jenner is reportedly looking to expand her social circle. The 21-year-old has been getting out more since things went south with her former best friend Jordyn Woods in the wake of the latest Tristan Thompson...
4-hour A&E ready restrict ‘will likely be scrapped THIS YEAR’
The NHS plans to scrap its target of seeing nine out of 10 A&E patients within four hours later this year. Currently, the four-hour measure is used to assess how well hospitals are performing. But waiting times are at their worst level since the benchmark was...
Assaults may reverse positive factors in Congo’s Ebola battle, says WHO
GENEVA — Attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo threaten to reverse the gains being made against the current outbreak of the deadly virus, the director-general of the World Health Organization said Thursday as a fourth assault on a health center was...
May YOU deal with the stress of working in a busy A&E division?
A nerve-racking game has given an insight into a day in the life of staff working in a busy NHS accident and emergency department. The interactive role-play game Crisis Point: A Day in A&E lets people take on the roles of different staff in the hospital and react...
First feminine Grand Canyon Nationwide Park superintendent resigning after cleared of making hostile work setting
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — First female Grand Canyon National Park superintendent resigning after cleared of creating hostile work...
FDA Retains Secret Database Of Medical System-Associated Accidents And Malfunctions, Report Claims
An internal Food and Drug Administration database hides reports of medical device-related injuries and malfunctions away from the public eye. Surgeon's Stapler Failure After a surgical stapler accidentally locks up during a routine appendectomy he was helping with,...
A GP is seeing much less sufferers ‘feeling rotten’ after encouraging greens and yoga on her weblog
A GP inundated with patients 'feeling rotten' started a blog encouraging them to eat vegetables and do yoga on her blog. Dr Laura Coia, 40, found that she was bombarded with people wanting treatment for anxiety, fatigue and weight problems. But she was reluctant to...
1st feminine superintendent of Grand Canyon park steps down
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The first female superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park resigned Thursday, less than three years after she took the helm of one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. Christine Lehnertz’s resignation comes months after she was...
Colon Most cancers Changing into Extra Widespread In Younger Adults
The number of cases of colon cancer, a disease typically found among older adults, is rapidly increasing among younger adults. Scientists are "baffled and perplexed" by the rising trend of colon cancer among younger adults who were born in the 90s. Moreover, the...
Junk meals’s speedy affect in your cells
Slipping out of your diet into a junk food rut has a near-immediate impact on blood vessels at the cellular level, alarming new research found. Eating burgers, pizzas and sausage rolls over a short period can trigger hardening of the arteries - by rapidly changing...
Tucker Carlson abandons plan for studio close to Maine dwelling
BRYANT POND, Maine — Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he’s scuttling plans for a TV studio near his vacation home in rural Maine because of publicity. Carlson planned to buy an old town garage and transform it into a studio under a deal that called for him to pay...