MAY 5 — The newest technological trend in China is environmentally-friendly. Instead of using the usual plastic computer components, a Chinese manufacturer makes computer keyboards and mouse made of bamboo. (Beijing, China)
International
New royal baby named as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
MAY 5 (Reuters) — Britain’s new princess has been named as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace said on its Twitter account on Monday (May 4), a choice of names that honors the baby’s late grandmother Princess Diana and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth. The daughter of Prince William and his wife Kate will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, the palace said. Princess Charlotte, born at St. Mary’s Hospital in west London […]
China lodges protest with U.S. after religious freedom report
CHINA lodged a protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom were “severe” and “systematic”, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday (May 4). The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan U.S. federal government body, said in a report last week that there were “unprecedented violations” against Christians, Buddhists and Muslims in China last year. The report urged the U.S. Department of State to re-designate China’s […]
Customs checks hold up relief for Nepal quake victims
MAY 4 (Reuters) — Customs inspections at Kathmandu airport have been holding up vital relief supplies for earthquake survivors in Nepal, international aid agencies said on Sunday (May 3), as the death toll from the disaster eight days ago passed 7,000. The United Nations said the Nepali government must loosen its normal customs restrictions to deal with the increasing flow of relief material now pouring in from abroad and piling up at the airport. But […]
Italy says 10 migrants die, 4,800 rescued in ongoing mission
MAY 5 (Reuters) — A French ship, docked in the Calabrian port of Crotone on Sunday (May 3) bringing over 216 migrants safely to dry land after it had rescued them from three small boats that had run into trouble off the coast of Libya on Saturday (May 2). The Commandant Birot helped several dozen people in distress and intercepted two suspected people smugglers, according to a statement from the French maritime police. Emergency workers […]
British royal couple present new baby to the world
BRITAIN’S Duke and Duchess of Cambridge presented their new daughter to a cheering crowd of wellwishers and media in London on Saturday (May 2). Later in the day, the royal couple stepped out of St Mary’s Hospital in London to greet the crowds and give the world its first glimpse of the new princess, who was wrapped in a blanket asleep in Kate’s arm. The royal family’s newest member was born at 8:34 a.m. (0734 […]
May 1 rallies across Asia demand higher pay, better workers’ rights.
MAY 1 (Reuters) — Marches in various cities in Asia on Friday (May 1) rallied for workers’ rights on May Day. In Dhaka, thousands of workers took to the streets to demand better working conditions, especially for those working in garment factories. “We don’t want to see anymore Rana Plazas, no more Tazreen in Bangladesh. This means that we want to see the garment industry and the workers who work there have a safe working […]
UN agencies join in Nepal quake relief
MAY 1 (Reuters) — The devastating earthquake in Nepal has drawn high attention from all over the world and several of the UN agencies are offering their help for its recovery. In the past two days, the World Food Program and its affiliate corporations donated over 100 tons of food to the worst-hit districts while the UN Children’s Fund delivered nearly 30 tons of supplies, including tents, water purification tablets, and first aid and hygiene […]
Nepalese struggle in quake aftermath
MAY 1 (Reuters) — Five days after Nepal was hit by a massive quake, measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, residents in the Sindhupal district were on Thursday (April 30) still sifting through the rubble as the death toll continues to rise. Sindhupal, home to more than 300,000 people, is the worst affected in the Himalayan nation with almost 2,000 deaths being reported. The government still has little precise information where the damage is most extensive […]
Woman trapped for five days under quake rubble, rescued in Nepal
RESCUERS on Thursday (April 30), pulled free a woman who had been trapped under a collapsed building for five days following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which devastated the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal. Krishna Devi Kadkha, who is in her late twenties, was working as a maid in a Kathmandu hostel when the quake struck. She spent five days trapped under the rubble with three bodies, including that of her uncle. The alarm was raised by 14 […]
Earthquake survivor rescued from collapsed building alive
APRIL 30 (Reuters) — Fifteen-year old earthquake survivor, Pema Lama, was rescued in Kathmandu on Thursday (April 30), six days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. He was found amongst the rubble of the collapsed Hilton Hotel, and quickly extricated by Nepal’s Armed Police Force. As the death toll on Thursday neared 5,500, rescue teams toiled in pouring rain in the debris left by Saturday’s (April 25) deadly quake, as officials said the chance of […]
Many quake survivors still stranded in Nepal’s mountainous regions
APRIL 30 (Reuters) — Many survivors of the Nepal earthquake were still waiting to be evacuated from rural mountainous regions on Thursday (April 30), as the United Nations said relief efforts need to be scaled up. Local Nepalese television broadcast footage on Thursday (April 30) showed hundreds of survivors of the Nepal earthquake desperately trying to board a helicopter. Reuters cannot independently identify the locations or confirm the dates the video was filmed. More than […]
