CANBERRA, April 4 (Xinhua) — Australia’s leading scientific research agency has lamented the outdated regulations relating to medical and pharmaceutical research, claiming that many contracts are being taken overseas because of the political “red tape” in Australia. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have outlined their plans for a clearer “roadmap” […]

WASHINGTON, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — In a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump offered his full support to Russia in responding to an attack in St. Petersburg Metro, the White House said. Trump spoke with Putin to condemn the attack and expressed “his deepest condolences to the […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at least 10 people had been killed and 37 others were injured in an explosion of an unknown explosive device with destructive elements in St. Petersburg. The explosion took place around 14:40 in a train carriage on the runway between the metro […]

ISLAMABAD, April 4 (NsNewsWire) — Pakistan on Monday summoned an Indian envoy over a recent cross-border firing that killed one civilian, the Foreign Ministry said. The Director General on the South Asian desk at the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violation by the […]

BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) — Beijing upgraded its alert for air pollution to orange Monday afternoon, the second highest warning. The smog, affecting Beijing and adjacent Tianjin and Hebei, is forecast to last until Friday. Beijing had issued the yellow alert early Monday morning, but the density of hazardous fine particle matter PM2.5 continued to […]

NAIROBI, April 3 (Xinhua) — Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship with 11 crew members on board off the coast of Somalia, a regional maritime official confirmed on Monday. John Steed, the regional manager of Oceans Beyond Piracy, a non-government organization, said the Indian-flagged vessel was heading to Somalia shores from Dubai, the […]

SYDNEY, April 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise to “rebuild” his country’s military could have significant economic benefits for Australian state Victoria, it has been revealed. Six Melbourne-based companies will this week lobby the Trump administration for lucrative contracts in an attempt to grab a piece of the 70 billion U.S. dollars funding […]