US left out as foreign investors flock to Iran
European and Asian companies are moving fast into Iran, leaving the U.S. in the dust as sanctions keep many investors away from the country.
European and Asian companies are moving fast into Iran, leaving the U.S. in the dust as sanctions keep many investors away from the country.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used a speech to a clean tech conference Wednesday to make a direct pitch for the expansion of Canada's oil and gas sector — a direction he later appeared to dial back in response to media questions.
The US Navy awarded contracts to five electrical power-providing companies for new construction, repair and the renovation of dry utilities construction projects throughout the American southwest.
The CFPB put companies in the fast-growing online-payment sector on notice with an enforcement action against a financial-technology startup for allegedly misrepresenting how it protected customers’ data.
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled proposals for reforming U.S. health care that included repealing Obamacare, allowing prescription drugs to be imported, and turning the Medicaid program for the poor into block grants to states.
Aubrey McClendon, one of the pioneers of the U.S. shale boom and former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., died in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday. Photo: kwtv skynews 9 hd/Reuters
The United States and North Korea’s traditional ally China spent seven weeks negotiating the new sanctions, which include mandatory inspections of cargo leaving and entering North Korea by land, sea or air; a ban on all sales or transfers of small arms and light weapons to Pyongyang; and expulsion of diplomats from the North who engage in “illicit activities.” The U.S., its Western allies and Japan pressed for new sanctions that went beyond the North’s nuclear and missile programs but China, Pyongyang’s neighbor... Читать дальше...
Joy Ann Reid, MSNBC national correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about a racist element that is drawn to Republican front-runner Donald Trump, and how Trump is exploiting that appeal as he campaigns through southern states.
An intriguing letter to fans was posted on the Vancouver Whitecaps’ website and to social media on the weekend by the club’s marketing staff ahead of this Sunday’s Major League Soccer regular-season opener against Montreal.
A group of former and present student leaders of M S University Students Union (MSUSU) on Wednesday approached chancellor Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad to make a representation against the syndicate's decision of removing Dr I I Pandya as in-charge head of the Department of Applied Mechanics and Structural Engineering at Faculty of Technology and Engineering.
The distinctive hockey-stick shape and look of the new Audain Art Museum in Whistler, which opens to the public March 12, are direct responses to the site and to the collection of B.C. art it will house.
M S University's Department of Psychology is organizing a national seminar on promoting mental health through positive psychology on March 3.
All cat owners know that cats only have three modes: 1) doesn't care you exist, 2) purring cat cuddle time and 3) devil incarnate.
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AUSTIN, Texas - The company that built and manages America's fastest superhighway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors Wednesday.
Around 2,000 including small and big local and branded jewellers in Vadodara on Wednesday joined the nation-wide three days strike demanding rollback of excise duty on jewellery imposed by finance minister Arun Jaitley.
A police constable and his friend died after they were run over by a truck on the Dharmaj-Tarapur Road early on Wednesday morning.
Chhota Udepur's deputy superintendent of police (DySP) M A Vala, who committed suicide on Tuesday, was depressed and ridden of guilt.
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will be setting up a dinosaur park and a sculpture park. The proposal was cleared by voting amidst opposition by the Congress in the general board meeting of the civic body.
Super Bowl 50 drew more than football fans to San Francisco — and it also helped bring in more than $8.2 million in hotel taxes. The figure does not include short-term vacation rentals, such as Airbnb. “Our hotels were nearly filled with visitors spending not only on hotel rooms but restaurants, transportation, shopping, entertainment and more,” said Joe D’Alessandro, president and CEO of San Francisco Travel. An estimated 1.1 million people visited San Francisco for Super Bowl-related events leading up to the game... Читать дальше...
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will be setting up a dinosaur park and a sculpture park.
Fire brigade teams on Monday fished out body of a 14-year-old boy, who had drowned in a canal in Karodiya village on the outskirts of the city, two days ago.
The police chief and an officer in the tiny city of White, Ga. were arrested Wednesday for allegedly running a racket on innocent citizens.
After a major dam collapse at a Brazilian Samarco iron-ore mine that resulted in the death of more that a dozen people, the mining company sid it would pay out at least $5.1 billion in damages.
Think twice before breaking traffic rules in any area of the city.Chances are that you might get caught on camera.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have hosted only nine state dinners in two terms, most recently in September for Chinese President Xi Jinping