Ottawa [Canada], November 30 (ANI): Amid the tensions between the two countries, Canada has extended a security review of the Chinese takeover of a strategically important Canadian gold mining company worth USD 165 million.
According to the South China Morning Post, the federal review of China's state-owned Shandong Gold Mining's takeover bid of TMAC Resources has been extended for another 45 days. TMAC Resources, which i

Canada extends security review of Chinese firm

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): As the search operations continue even over 50 hours after Commander Nishant Singh who went missing after a MiG-29K fighter trainer jet of the Indian Navy met with an accident over the Arabian sea on November 26, Indian Navy on Sunday said that some debris of the aircraft has been located.
"In the search operations for Commander Nishant Singh whose MiG-29K fighter jet crashed on Novem

Debris of aircraft located during search operations

By Ajit K DubeyNew Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a special rescue mission in which a group of 50 Indian scientists including those who tested Covid-19 positive were brought back in a special C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft from a Central Asian country.
The Indian scientists were in the Central Asian republic on official assignment as part of agreements between India and that 

IAF rescues COVID positive scientists from Central Asia

A ship management company is in talks to free three Greek sailors kidnapped earlier this month by pirates off the Nigerian coast, Athens' Merchant Navy Ministry said Sunday.Three of the five-strong crew were snatched from the Togo-flagged bunkering vessel Stelios K after the attackers boarded it on November 16.Now Royal Ship Management, which owns the fuel tanker ship, is in talks for the hostages' releas

Greek ship crew held hostage after Nigeria kidnapping

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Children take photos of parrots during a parrot-training show in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, Nov. 27, 2020. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)A visitor skis at Shijinglong Ski Resort in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Aerial photo taken on Nov. 28, 2020 shows the scenery

Xinhua Photos of the Day (Nov. 29)

Riley Patterson's 26-yard field goal with 10:53 left in the game Saturday night lifted Memphis to a 10-7 American Athletic Conference win over Navy in Annapolis, Md.

The Tigers (6-2, 4-2 AAC) tied a season low for points and rushed for only 75 yards against an opponent that was allowing 244.3 yards per game against the run, but maintained their hopes of playing in the AAC title game.

Quarterback Brady White completed 18

Memphis survives missed opportunities to beat Navy

Mount St. Mary's will face Maryland in a Sunday matinee in College Park, Md., as the coronavirus pandemic makes for some unusual scheduling.

The Mountaineers (1-1) lost 73-67 in a neutral-site game with Navy on Saturday in College Park's Xfinity Center, and now get a crack at the weekend's hosts,a matchup that historically has not gone well for The Mount. The visitors are 0-9 all-time against the Terrapins, including 0-8

Mount St. Mary's seeks first-ever win against Maryland

Jamari Wheeler posted career highs with 18 points and four 3-pointers to lead a balanced attack as Penn State pulled away for a season-opening 86-65 victory over visiting VMI on Saturday in University Park, Pa.

Izaiah Brockington added 15 points, eight rebounds and three steals for the Nittany Lions, who had Wednesday's original season opener with Drexel canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Seth Lundy, Myreon Jones and Sam

Wheeler leads Penn State over VMI in season opener

Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday advocated for strengthening the multifunctionality of the country's self-defence forces against the backdrop of the fight against coronavirus, and the growing importance of space and cyberspace in the country's defence.
"The security situation surrounding Japan is becoming more and more strained. It is necessary to take countermea

Japan PM for strengthening multifunctionality of defence

Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 28 (ANI): India, Sri Lanka and Maldives on Saturday reviewed the current maritime security environment in the region, exchanged views on common security threats and agreed to expand the scope of cooperation to include issues such intelligence sharing and terrorism.
During the meeting, the three countries exchanged views on common security threats and agreed to broad base cooperation in issues

India, Sri Lanka, Maldives review current maritime security

London [UK], November 28 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggests that people who are suffering from diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with COVID-19.
The study, published today in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice by King's College London, identified for the first time the risk associated with diabetic retinopathy and COVID-19.
Diabetic eye disease 

Diabetic eye disease associated with five-fold COVID risk

Kannur (Kerala) [India], November 28 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane on Saturday said that terrorists across the border are making desperate attempts to infiltrate into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and disrupt normal democratic processes.
"With the ongoing situation on our western borders, terrorism continues to be a serious threat, and that is not abating in spite of all efforts made. There are terroris

Terrorists making attempts to infiltrate J-K: Army Chief

Iran's supreme leader has called for retaliation in the wake of the assassination near Tehran of the country's top nuclear scientist.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for "following up on this crime and certainly punishing those responsible," in a post on his official website on November 28.The same day, Iranian President Hassan Rohani accused Israel of acting as a "mercenary" for the United States in connect

Iran Accuses U.S., Israel In Killing Of Top Nuclear Scientist

WASHINGTON - The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charges at the U.S. base in Cuba.Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakistani with diabetes and a heart condition, had two things going for him that he didn't have at previous hearings: a favorable legal developme

Biden Win Means Some Guantanamo Prisoners May be Released

Staff members drive Tesla Model 3 vehicles out of a vessel at Zeebrugge port, Belgium, Nov. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)Some 7,000 sedans manufactured in Tesla's Gigafactory in Shanghai, China are destined for Europe in two shipments. The first batch, about 3,600, has arrived. The second shipment is scheduled to reach Europe in early December, Xinhua has learned. BRUSSELS, Nov. 28

First shipment of China-made Tesla sedans reaches Europe

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Search operations continue even over 40 hours after Commander Nishant Singh went missing after a MiG-29K fighter trainer jet of the Indian Navy met with an accident over the Arabian sea on Thursday.
Naval assets such as the P-8I surveillance aircraft and Indian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules special operations aircraft among others have been pressed into the search operation.
Another

Search operations continue for missing Navy pilot

Crew members of Tansuo-1 wave goodbye at Nanshan port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)HAIKOU, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), onboard the scientific research ship Tansuo-1, returned to the port in the city of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on Saturday morning, after completing its ocean expedition.The subm

China&#039;s new manned submersible back after ocean expedition

An evening in a bar in the Soviet Union could - and often did - end in a mass brawl, while dissidents would be spied on in cocktail bars and pickpockets and prostitutes would vie to take advantage of foreigners. Don't ever think that Soviet life was as boring as some say... Bars for foreigners with pickpockets and prostitutesImposing arches with marble columns, carved ceilings with stuc

Where did foreigners & Russians go for a drink in the USSR

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - The Philippines, an old American ally in Asia, is changing its view on whether to scrap a key U.S. military pact, as it explores new ways of benefiting from U.S. defense aid without isolating its newer superpower friend, China, analysts and officials say.Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte this month announced that cancelling the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) would be suspended for another s

Philippines Looking to Reverse Course on Scrapping US Military Pact

Several months after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, SMW Partners was hired to lobby the White House on behalf of two high-profile clients from the former Soviet Union: one of Ukraine's richest tycoons and a Kremlin-controlled company building a controversial natural gas export pipeline to Europe.SMW Partners had only been set up in early 2017 by Trump transition executive committee membe

Come February, Will Trump-Linked Lobby Firms Be Shown The Door?

Baghdad [Iraq], November 30 (ANI/Xinhua): A Katyusha rocket Sunday hit an oil refinery, causing a fire in Salahudin province north of Baghdad, a provincial police source said.
The incident took place in the evening when the rocket landed inside the al-Siniya refinery and set a huge fire without causing human casualties, Col. Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua.
Firefighters rushed to the scene to contain the fire of the refinery

Rocket hits oil refinery in Iraq's Salahudin

The Red Army understood that it was capable of beating the Wehrmacht way back in November of 1941, when they managed to free Rostov-on-Don from Nazi Germany's forces.As we know, the result of the Red Army's counterattack outside Moscow in winter 1941-1942, the German 'Operation Typhoon' - aimed at seizing the Russian capital - fell through completely. As a result, the Wehrmacht was thrown back several hundred ki

The Soviets FIRST major WWII victory over the Nazis

Seattle running back Chris Carson is expected to return from a sprained foot when the Seahawks visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday.

Carson has missed the past four games while recovering from the injury. Coach Pete Carroll said the 26-year-old ran well in Saturday's practice.

"He looks really good," Carroll said afterward. "He looked explosive and in great shape. He's got fresh legs. ... You could tell. He could fee

Seahawks RB Carson to return after 4-game absence

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, on Saturday invited foreign investors, developers and businesses to be a part of India's renewable energy journey.
In the valedictory address at the third RE-INVEST 2020, the Union Minister said that India is progressively becoming a favoured destination for investment in renewables as in the last six years, over USD

Pradhan invites investors for India's renewable energy

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Naresh Jain, an alleged hawala dealer who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case related to international hawala transactions, has moved a bail petition in a Delhi court.
The lawyer representing Jain had earlier stated that voluminous documents with whom the accused has no concern have been got signed from him by force, and on the basis of those signatures, the statem

Alleged hawala dealer Naresh Jain moves bail plea

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Air India's subsidiary company Alliance Air on Saturday delayed one of its flights to Delhi from Jaipur by half an hour as it waited for "retrieved organs donated by a woman to save four lives."The retrieved organs along with a team of doctors and paramedics staff were to be flown to the national capital, the airline said on Sunday.
"The retrieved organs to be transported

Flightdelays by 30 mins for transportation of live organ

Manama [Bahrain], November 29 (ANI): Under the Vande Bharat mission, an Air India flight from Bahrain to Chennai departed from Bahrain International Airport on Sunday, informed the Indian Embassy in Bahrain.
The Embassy informed in a tweet that the flight carries 142 passengers including four infants, under the air bubble arrangement between India and Bahrain.
"VandeBharatMission Air India Flight AI 1986 from Bahrain to C

Flight departs from Bahrain to Chennai under VBM

Washington [US], November 29 (ANI): Hollywood star Ben Affleck, girlfriend Ana de Armas enjoyed a family-filled Thanksgiving weekend together.
According to People Magazine, after being in New Orleans to film reshoots for their upcoming thriller 'Dark Water', the couple returned to Los Angeles together to see Affleck's kids for Thanksgiving, a source told the outlet.
Affleck, who shares daughters 14-year-old Violet and 11-

Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas spend first Thanksgiving together

The Boeing 737 Max began flying commercially in May 2017 but has been grounded for over a year and a half following two crashes within five months. On October 29 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 took off from Jakarta. It quickly experienced problems in maintaining altitude, entered into an uncontrollable dive and crashed into the Java Sea about 13 minutes after takeof

Boeing 737 Max: why was it grounded, what has been fixed and is it enough?

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Nov. 26 (PIA) - Children involved in armed conflict are seen by the law as victims and to be treated as such upon rescue or surrender.During Kapihan sa DavNor yesterday, November 25, 2020, Renee Boy Binondo, Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children XI (RSCWC-XI) Regional Coordinator, said that children involved in armed conflict have rights as they are victims."Children involved

Children in armed conflict are victims, entitled to protection

Australian citizens stranded overseas due to COVID-19 and flight caps, feel abandoned by the Morrison Government, writes Candice Dix.THE THING about being Australian is, we don't leave anyone behind. Right?I reckon our politicians have forgotten that.Like many Aussies, I was initially relieved when the Morri

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