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Amid criticism, Brazil's Rousseff vows to win Zika 'war'
The tropical virus is blamed for causing brain damage in babies as it sweeps through Latin America, and Rousseff, whose government is deploying 220,000 soldiers to help eradicate the mosquitoes that transmit it, likened the outbreak to a battle.
France considers recognition of a Palestinian state
The announcement comes as the Palestinians, buoyed by the successful Iran nuclear talks and the start of UN-mediated talks on Syria, have been exploring steps that could lead to a two-state solution.
Banned but Sepp Blatter still expects to attend FIFA election
Blatter and his lawyers believe FIFA rules mean only a meeting of the 209 member federations who elect a president can formally remove one.
Coast Guard gets space at Mangaluru Airport to park aircraft
The long-pending demand of the Coast Guard for the space to park its aircraft and other operations had been approved by the AAI on January 27, MIA director J T Radhakrishna said in a release.
SC asks Centre to set up panel to look into nurses' grievances
The bench also comprising Justices Shiva Kirti Singh and Adarsh Kumar Goel, then disposed of the petition filed by a nurses' body seeking various reliefs to ensure welfare of nurses working with private medical care institutions.
Flipkart's Myntra expects to turn profitable in FY 2017
Myntra, that was acquired by Flipkart in 2014, said it will cross $1 billion in gross merchandise value for the financial year 2016-17.
LA-bound American Airlines flight returns to UK over mystery illness
When Flight AA109 was airborne on Wednesday near Keflavik in Iceland, flight attendants were seen collapsing in the aisles, sparking fears about contamination in the air conditioning.
Reason behind mental disorder Schizophrenia found, may lead to ways to treat it
The result links schizophrenia risk to a problem with a normal process that happens in adolescence and early adulthood, when disease symptoms often appear.
'Saala Khadoos' tweet review: Predictable story but works because of Madhavan and Ritika Singh's performance
Will the film be able to put boxing on the national agenda once again? Will the audience accept Madhavan's new avatar?
Neymar fined $112,000 for Brazil tax evasion
Barcelona star Neymar on Thursday lost an appeal against a 112,000 fine slapped on him for tax evasion during his years with Santos in 2007 and 2008.
PIL opposes Tamil Nadu government ads using word 'Amma'
Petitioner P Rathinam, an advocate and PIL activist, sought a direction to the state Chief Secretary to rationalise publication of such advertisements which "will have the potential of developing personality cult like Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi".
Valencia overcome Las Palmas to book Copa del Rey semi-final berth
A Rodrigo Moreno strike gave Valencia a morale-boosting 1-0 second-leg victory away to Las Palmas and a 2-1 aggregate win on Thursday.
Terrorist safe havens in Pakistan poses serious problem: US general
Haqqani network, which is linked to al-Qaeda has also been blamed for several deadly attacks against Western and Indian interests in Afghanistan, including the 2008 bombing of the Indian mission in Kabul.
Canadian in China charged with stealing secrets
The agency reported Chinese authorities found evidence which implicates Garratt in accepting tasks from Canadian espionage agencies to gather intelligence in China.
3 Wipro call centre staff arrested over UK telecom fraud
The employees were arrested months after UK telecom firm TalkTalk was hit by a high-profile hacking in October last year when personal details of its customers were compromised.