Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery export revenue is expected to set a record high of 32.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, some 1.7 billion U.S. dollars higher than that of 2015, despite harsh natural disasters, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday. The country’s farm industry is forecast to see a trade surplus of […]
Macedonia’s ruling party VMRO-DPMNE led by former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski reconfirmed Sunday its win in a national election after the opposition failed to gain enough votes in a rerun in a single station to change the result, local media reported. The VMRO-DPMNE won 150 votes, while the opposition, the Social Democratic Union (SDSM), took […]
Barcelona forward Neymar “is not going to die” if he fails to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or and says he plays the game to be happy, not for individual honors. In an interview published on the official La Liga website on Sunday, Neymar said he was unconcerned at not being named as one of three […]
A new law making casino gambling legal came into effect on Monday, after the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe successfully pushed the controversial bill and related legislation through both chambers of parliament amid staunch political and public opposition. The new law will now make it possible for the government to forge ahead […]
Wearing protective goggles and chin strap and flying through a field of lasers and microparticles, a parrotlet named Obi has helped researchers explain the way animals generate enough lift to fly and reveal that models currently used for the research are faulted. The experiment was designed to compare commonly used models in the literature to […]
Researchers have uncovered a relationship between film temperature and densification in photonic sintering of silver nanoparticle films, namely the use of intense pulsed light, or IPL, to rapidly fuse functional conductive nanoparticles, that may lead to faster production of advanced, flexible electronics. The findings, by engineers with the College of Engineering at Oregon State University […]
At least 19 Brazilians were among the passengers of a boat believed to have capsized in the Caribbean sometime between November and December, local media reported on Sunday. The boat was purportedly carrying illegal migrants attempting to reach U.S. shores, and was last known to be sailing from the Bahamas to Miami, Florida, the report […]
Britain’s longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth, missed her Christmas Day visit to church for the first time in decades because of illness. The church visit on the day is also a traditional family event. The tradition started when the royal household started to spend Christmas at the Queen’s private estate at Sandringham. Concerns about the […]
Peru’s retailers are having a banner year in Christmas sales, as Peruvians spent big at major shopping centers around the country. During the Christmas season, stores selling holiday ornaments, computer games, household appliances, clothing, shoes and food were bustling with shoppers, reflecting the country’s healthy economy. Rosa Mendoza, 35, accompanied by her two children, 11 […]
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