Food safety officials in China reportedly found fox mixed in donkey meat sold at Wal-Mart stores. Tests showed that Five Spice donkey meat sold at a number of Chinese stores contained the DNA of other animals. The Shandong Food and Drug Administration reportedly found the product contained fox meat. Donkey meat is a popular snack […]
Latvia joins Eurozone as 18th member
Latvia’s ushered in 2014 by joining the eurozone Wednesday as its 18th member. Latvia’s government believes that euro will help attract investors to the Baltic state which suffered massive debt crisis but recently emerged to become the EU’s fastest-growing economy. According to the Irish Times, Latvia’s economy increased by 5.6 percent in 2012 after the […]
Syria likely to miss first deadline on chemical weapons destruction
Despite international efforts to speed up the dismantling of chemical weapons, the United Nations and an international chemical weapons monitoring group said Syria is likely to miss a year-end deadline. The deadline was the first key milestone under a UN Security Council-backed deal between Russia and the United States to destroy Syria’s entire chemical arsenal […]
Devyani Khobragade row: India downgrades immunity for US diplomats
Despite mutual overtures by India and the US to end the diplomatic storm over the arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York, the tension continues. Reportedly, New Delhi Tuesday withdrew the diplomatic identity cards of US consular officials in a retaliatory gesture. According to the Press Trust of India (PTI), […]
Ukraine heading for trouble amid Western-Russian rivalry
It is a strategic tug-of-war between the West and Russia over Ukraine. Diplomatic wrangles, massive protests in Ukraine, prospects of a European-Union alliance amid threats and inducement by Moscow have turned Ukraine into a political hot potato in the post cold-war era. Ukraine, which won independence after the collapse of the Soviet in 1991, is […]
Phil Robertson’s views on homosexuality divides Americans
Following Phil Robertson’s suspension from the hit A&E reality series, fans and critics of the show are divided on the reality star’s views on homosexuality. Robertson is one of the biggest stars on the highest-rated show Duck Dynasty which reportedly garnered a record 11.8 million viewers for its most recent season premiere. The suspension of […]