• Worlds smallest droplets created

  Physicists in Switzerland may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment conducted by Vanderbilt physicist Julia Velkovska and her colleagues at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle collider located at the European Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics (CERN) in ...

• Russia to test drones to track wildlife poachers

  In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a nature reserve on the country's Pacific coast this summer. The drones in question, weigh about two kilogramme each and have a range of 60 km. They would be equipped with inexpensive cameras capable of snapping a shot every two seconds. "UAVs are silent and can fly at a very low ...

• India-EU BTIA conclude another round of negotiations

  Chief negotiators of India and the European Union (EU) met here from May 15 to May 17 and concluded another round of negotiations for the India-EU Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA). An official press release said that all issues were put on the table for discussions. Negotiators on both sides felt that some positive movements have been accomplished, though they admitted that ...

• Russia counting on UN for post-ISAF Afghanistan plans

  Moscow is counting on the UN to develop proposals regarding the international presence in Afghanistan after 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. "We consider it important to start discussing in advance what forms of (international) presence there will be in Afghanistan after 2014; we will count on the proposals that the (UN) secretary general is planning to prepare together ...

• FIBA best Europe basketball player stabbed in Belgrade restaurant

  Predrag Danilovic, president of the Partizan Basketball Club of Serbia and former Yugoslav international player, was stabbed in a Belgrade restaurant after a confrontation with other guests, reported Radio Television Serbia (RTS).Danilovic was hospitalized early Saturday morning with wounds to his stomach, head and hands. Hospital officials said Danilovic is in stable condition after surgery to ...

• European indoor champion Schwanitz sets new PB in Shanghai

  2013 European indoor champion Christina Schwanitz of Germany set a new personal best as she claimed women's shot put title in the Diamond League Shanghai leg here on Saturday.The 27-year-old took the leading position from the first hurl in 19,76 meters, bettering her former personal best of 19.31, and went on to reach a mark of 20.20 in her fifth throw to secure the top podium."I ...

• Assad welcomes Russia-US understanding doubts Wests intentions

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has welcomed the new consensus between Moscow and Washington regarding finding a political approach to solve Syria's 26-month- old political crisis, but also expressed skepticism about the West 's real intentions."We have welcomed the Russian-American rapprochement and we hope that there would be an international meeting to help the Syrians to ...

• Greece to buy 142 ships from China

  Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis said here Saturday Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies.The orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 percent of the recent global orders of Greek shipowners, said the Greek official.The shipping industry, including shipbuilding, is one of the most important ...

• ET What Tata Steel Europe can learn from JLR

  Tata Steel on a consolidated basis reported a net profit of $102 million. This came after Tata Steel recorded four consecutive quarters of consolidated losses. Corus had turned around for all practical purposes. In sharp contrast JLR looked down in the dumps with a loss of 673 million in the period January 18, 2008 to March 31, 2009 (JLR was formed on January 18). However, JLR has pretty much ...

• Denmarks Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ahead of Azerbaijan Ukraine

  Gianluca of Malta performs his song "Tomorrow" with his band during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ...

• Arts | Long Island Review of Exhibition on Jews in Greece During the Holocaust in Glen Cove

  Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County reflect a vibrant community. But images from the 1940s, of sobbing people on their way to Nazi death camps and of postwar commemorations of the murdered, document a darker ...

• Hollande signs gay marriage bill into law media

  French President Francois Hollande signed the bill on gay marriage into law on Saturday after it was approved by the Constitutional Council on Friday, the president's office announced.By legalizing the same-sex marriage, Hollande has successfully delivered one of his major campaign pledges, shifting the "marriage for all" from dream to reality.The Socialist head of state hailed ...

• Turkey’s Economy Minister on a Decade of Growth

  Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat--The relationship between Turkey and the European Union has been fiercely contested for 60 years, with some members arguing that Turkey is too poor and not "European" enough to fit in. While once Turkey was seen as the junior partner, the party that was obliged to make all the concessions and changes required by the existing members in order to join the club, ...

• Eurovision prize goes to Denmark but real winner is Swedish host

  Eurovision song contest, which aims to draw nations together while simultaneously giving them an opportunity to punch one another in the kidneys, saw the hot favourite, Denmark's Emmelie de Forest, win with 281 points for her song Only Teardrops, well ahead of runners-up Azerbaijan.Ukraine came third and Greece was fourth with the rabble-rousing Alcohol Is Free. Sung by Koza Mostra, a ...

• Americans Dream of Riches as Powerball Lottery Hits $600 Million

  Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red balls. Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those ...

• Ivory Coast Militia Leader Arrested for 2011 Massacre

  Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of political opponents. Military officials say Amade Oueremigave himself up Saturday as soldiers began to converge near his hideout. Oueremi and his fighters backed President Alassane Ouattara in the violence that broke out after the 2010 election when former president Laurent Gbagbo ...

• Assad Says He Will Not Step Down

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before next year's elections. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine ...

• Syria crisis Russia sends sophisticated weapons

  Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria, US media report. The New York Times quotes unnamed US officials as saying the missiles could be used to counter any potential future foreign military intervention in ...

• France signs gay-marriage act into law

  The rush toward France’s first same-sex marriage officially began Saturday morning, after President François Hollande signed the country’s "marriage for all" act into ...

• Tehran ready to allow experts to Parchin in exchange for deal with IAEA – Iran’s ambassador to Russia

  Russia Tehran is ready to explain every "suspicious" point of the country's nuclear program as well as allow experts to Parchin nuclear facility if the IAEA agrees to sign a protocol detailing all its questions, the Iranian ambassador to Russia says. The protocol should contain all IAEA's concerns about Parchin and all other objects which the agency suspects of being ...

• Denmark eclipses UK at Eurovision

  The UK was holding out for a hero - but in the event Bonnie Tyler was totally eclipsed by bookies' favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song ...

• Maze Prisons Future Stirs Up Ghosts of Its Past

  MAZE, Northern Ireland ...

• Denmarks folksy ballad wins Eurovision

  Eurovision on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, securing the coveted crown of euro-pop with a folksy ballad backed by flutes and drums. The barefoot 20-year-old stole the show as predicted by bookmakers with "Only Teardrops" in a final that saw 26 countries battle it out in the southern Swedish city of Malmo for the top prize in glitzy European pop ...

• African Mines A Potential Source of Funds for Infrastructure

  WASHINGTON, DC -- In sub-Saharan Africa, many economies are growing briskly, thanks to the continent’s abundant natural resources and global commodities boom. Development experts say revenues from minerals, oil and gas could help many countries fund much needed roads, bridges, dams and other infrastructure. A recent report by the Africa Progress Panel, a group of influential business and ...

• Sociedad win to stay on course for fourth

  IvanRakitic scored at both ends asReal Sociedad de Ftbol posted a comeback win atSevilla FCto stay above Valencia CF in fourth, asGranada CF boosted their survival ...

• British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks

  LONDON -- An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and ...

• Denmark wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Dina Garipova of Russia is fifth

  MAL?O, Sweden, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - Emilie de Forest of Denmark has won the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Swedish Malmo on Sunday morning. Her song "Only Teardrops" was considered to be the best both by TV viewers and the contest’s professional ...

• Public TV is starting broadcasts in Russia

  MOSCOW, May 19 (Itar-Tass) - A public television channel is starting broadcasts in Russia on May 19. This new Russian federal channel based on principles of public television will appear free and automatically in the networks of all cable, satellite and IP-television operators at 12:00 Moscow ...

• Hamish McRae Should Italy push for more fiscal prudence in this age of austerity

  One of the country's most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press ...

• Angela Merkel discusses Europes economy with the Pope

  Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Pope Francis exchanges gifts after their meeting in his private library at the Vatican on May 18, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung-Pool/Getty ...

• Qatar Holding acquires 40 of Italys Porta Nuova

  Qatar Holding has agreed to buy a 40% stake in Milan's real estate development project Porta Nuova for an undisclosed sum, Reuters has reported. Qatar Holding will subscribe to newly issued shares with the remaining 60% staying in the hands of the current sponsors of the project, Porta Nouva developer, Hines Italia SGR, and Qatar Holding ...

• Wilkinson mettle steers Toulon to Euro title

  France Jonny Wilkinson showed trademark nerves of steel to kick Toulon to glory over Clermont in a tense European Cup final.Ten years after kicking England to World Cup glory, the 33-year-old fly half's left foot did the trick once again, converting Delon Armitage's 65th minute try to put Toulon ahead for the first time in the match.Clermont had looked favourites to be crowned ...

• Host Sweden surprising Switzerland advance to world hockey championship final

  Sweden's Niklas Persson gets instructions from head coach Pär Mårts during the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championships semifinal between Finland and Sweden at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo / Claudio Bresciani / SCANPIX) SWEDEN ...

• PSG win as Beckham bids farewell

  Schalke cement fourth Billed as David Beckham's career swansong, PSG's No32 was honorary captain, but it soon became the ZlatanIbrahimovic show. The prolific Swede scored twice in the first half -a powerful angled drive and a fierce free-kick -and went through his full repertoire of tricks. Those goals sandwiched Beckham's moment in the sun, as Blaise Matuidi volleyed in his ...

• Marquez on pole in France

  France Spain's championship leader Marc Marquez will start on pole in the French MotoGP on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans after coming out on top in Sunday morning's qualifying.Marquez, on a Honda, claimed the 30th pole position of his career, his second in the sport's elite category, by coming in 0.03 seconds faster than compatriot Jorge Lorenzo on his Yamaha.Andrea Dovizioso ...

• Church must help the poorest Pope Francis says

  Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a huge ...

• Australian films test the market in Cannes

  ALMOST directly across the road from the manic scenes of the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, a banner unfurled on the fourth floor of a modest building reads simply: "Australia". No, it's not a fan tribute to Baz Luhrmann's festival opener The Great Gatsby, or a holiday-goer's show of national pride. For two weeks this is the headquarters and heartbeat of the Australian film ...

• HAROLD PEASE Is it possible some in the government want illegal immigration

  HAROLD PEASE: Is it possible some in the government want illegal immigration? - Your Houston News: Opinion: harold pease, www.libertyunderfire.org, illegal ...

• Juventus sign off with defeat at Sampdoria

  Despite taking the lead midway through the first half, Serie A champions Juventus concluded their league campaign with a 3-2 defeat against UC Sampdoria in ...

• Slovan wrap up domestic double in Slovakia

  Frustrated last weekend, SK Slovan Bratislava have now wrapped up the Slovan First League title thanks to MFK Ruzomberok's 3-1 victory against second-placed FK ...

• Will the UAE follow Frances foootsteps and let science determine Ramadan

  ABU DHABI // The wait for the start of Ramadan is always an anxious one. After weeks of guesses and rumours about what the date will be, astronomers haul their telescopes to the highest point in their emirate and watch for the new crescent moon to usher in the Holy Month. But last week the French Muslim Council voted to do away with that, basing the start of Ramadan on astronomical calculations ...

• Wilko European success eclipses World Cup win

  Jonny Wilkinson described winning the Heineken Cup with Toulon as a bigger achievement than his Rugby World Cup triumph 10 years ago. Wilkinson captained Toulon to a ...

• Cypriot Economical Situation Could Worsen

  Nicosia, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Cyprus'?Ö economical situation could worsen and demand a larger amount of Euros, economists note today basing on statements of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a report on the financial problems of that European state. The IMF underlined this weekend that this country'?Ös circumstances are critical and there is a possibility that it ...

• France detains suspect in Toulouse killings probe

  PARIS - French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicions he aided an al-Qaida-inspired gunman prepare for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said.Mohamed Merah killed four Jews and three soldiers in and around the southern city of Toulouse in March 2012 before he was shot dead by ...

• Thousands rally against Italys new government

  Map: Italy Thousands of protesters have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy's new coalition government.Led by trade unionists wielding red flags and placards, they urged centre-left prime minister Enrico Letta to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation.After less than a month in power, Mr Letta is trying to hold together a coalition between his centre-left Democratic ...

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