Accidents make a nasty night time worse for Actual Madrid
MADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Tuesday night was arguably the most painful defeat Real Madrid have ever suffered in Europe, as Ajax's 4-1 triumph in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium saw Los Blancos crash out of the Champions League and leave them without the chance of...
EU to welcome in precept Italy’s plan to compensate small financial institution bondholders: commissioner
ROME, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) would welcome in principle the idea of a specific fund to compensate small bondholders who were misled while investing with banks, the EU competition commissioner said here on Tuesday. Speaking before the parliamentary...
The Newest: UK lawmakers vote strongly to delay Brexit
LONDON — The Latest on Britain’s departure from the European Union (all times local): 8:45 p.m. British lawmakers have voted to delay Brexit, just 15 days before the country is scheduled to leave the European Union. The House of Commons voted 413-202 Thursday in favor...
Morocco, Serbia to beef up financial cooperation
RABAT, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan Minister of Industry Moulay Hafid Elalamy discussed ways to step up economic cooperation with Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajic on Tuesday. The two sides reviewed the level of bilateral economic relations and vowed to...
Poland’s precedence will not be adopting euro, however elevating dwelling requirements: PM
WARSAW, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki argued Tuesday that maintaining the national currency was better for Poles than introducing the common EU currency. "Our main purpose is not that Poland adopts the Euro, on the contrary, we think...
three submit candidacy for North Macedonian president
SKOPJE, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Blerim Reka, an independent candidate backed by the Albanian opposition in North Macedonia's April 21 presidential elections, has collected all the required signatures to run, Reka's election staff announced on Tuesday. According to a...
Brazil police: faculty attackers imitating Columbine bloodbath
SUZANO, Brazil — Two young men who stormed their former school in southern Brazil armed with a gun, crossbows and axes, killing seven people, were trying to emulate the 1999 Columbine attack in Colorado and had been planning the assault for months, police said...
Distant work will increase time beyond regulation hours for Germans: research
BERLIN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Remote work is generally causing employees in Germany to increase their working hours but only women spend more time on childcare, according to a study published by the Hans Boeckler foundation on Tuesday. Mothers, who are given the...
Younger children with suicidal ideas perceive idea of demise: research
CHICAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Depressed children aged 4 to 6 who think and talk about committing suicide understand what it means to die better than other kids, according to a study posted Tuesday on the website of the Washington University School of Medicine in St....
Bald eagle rescue slows afternoon commute alongside Metro tracks
A bald eagle found injured along the tracks of Metro’s Blue and Silver lines was rescued Wednesday evening, a delicate operation that affected train service during the rush hour commute. An eight-person rescue crew that included animal control officials safely...
Ladies usually tend to ring 999 for his or her husbands than themselves if having a coronary heart assault
Women are more likely to call an ambulance for their husbands if they are showing signs of a heart attack than they are for themselves, a study has found. Doctors say traditional nurturing roles of wives and mothers mean they often put others’ health ahead of their...
Police seize 33 canines, 12 birds from Virginia residence
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Police in Virginia say that they’ve seized 33 dogs and 12 birds from the property of a woman charged with animal cruelty. The Lynchburg Police Department issued a news release saying officers performed a welfare check on the animals Wednesday...
HEALTH NOTES: Imaginative and prescient boosted by video glasses
Digital spectacles that shoot video and display the images in front of the eyes are helping the partially sighted to see better. The £6,000 Oxsight Prism glasses are designed for those with reduced peripheral vision caused by diabetes and glaucoma. Tiny video...
Newer coronary heart valves might let extra folks keep away from surgical procedure
Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies suggest it’s OK and often better to have a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. The results are expected to quickly transform treatment of a problem that affects...
Well being officers ask bereaved dad and mom to donate their youngsters’s organs amid drop in donors
Bereaved parents were asked last night to consider donating their children’s organs after it emerged the rate had not gone up significantly in years. Donations from adults have risen by a fifth since 2004, but the total from children has remained static. Health...
Newborns, aged amongst St. Patrick’s Day crowds in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Born just 3 months ago, Caroline Homans looked as if she might sleep through her first St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday, cradled in her grandfather’s arms as he held a beer in his free hand. A couple of blocks away, 83-year-old Hugh Helmly sat in a...
MPs need to elevate authorized smoking age to 21
The legal smoking age could increase from 18 to 21 under new proposals being tabled by MPs. Experts believe raising the limit would help to stop people trying out cigarettes at a young age. Ministers are considering measures put forward by the All Party Parliamentary...
New Thai authorities could also be unstable, short-lived
BANGKOK — Thailand’s election Sunday is likely to produce a weak unstable government whether it’s a civilian or military-backed party that cobbles together a coalition, setting off a new phase of uncertainty in a country that’s a U.S. ally in Southeast Asia and one of...
Digital sizzling needle remedy may banish heartburn for good
An electronic hot needle treatment that toughens ‘faulty’ muscles in the gullet could banish severe heartburn for good. The one-off 60-minute operation, using a device called Stretta, has already helped some NHS patients avoid major surgery. Many more have been able...
One nurse’s haunting account of working in intensive care the place life hangs by a thread
When I get home from work, my husband asks: ‘How was your day?’ Mostly, I smile and simply say: ‘It was good,’ as if I’d been analysing spreadsheets all day. He doesn’t need to know about the 17-year-old’s brain haemorrhage, or the three dead bodies I had to undress,...