OTTAWA — The federal government is facing pressure to change the name of the building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office — the Langevin Block, located across the street from Parliament Hill. The building is named after Hector-Louis Langevin, a politician and father of Confederation who also happens to haveRead More

STRASBOURG, France — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed the European Union some much needed love today in a highly-anticipated speech following its ratification of the free trade pact with Canada. But he also warned that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement doesn’t succeed it could be last deal of itsRead More

London: Vitamin D supplements may protect against acute respiratory infections including colds and flu, according to scientists who analysed data from 14 countries including India and Afghanistan. The study led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) provides the most robust evidence yet that vitamin D has benefits beyond boneRead More

London: A new study into a rare type of pancreatic cancer has found that one may inherit more than twice the number of cancer genes than experts previously thought. The research was led by the ARC-Net Research Centre of the University Hospital of Verona, Italy, with significant contributions from theRead More

Over the past year, Google has worked with the mobile industry on an initiative to upgrade SMS for people everywhere. Their sole goal: to provide a more enhanced messaging experience through RCS (Rich Communications Services). Google has now announced their partnership with Telenor to enable the launch of RCS messagingRead More

Apple is working to introduce a finger-print scanner beneath the screen of iPhone, ditching the iconic physical home button, a recently published patent has revealed. The patent filed by the Apple will be using LuxVue’s micro-LED-based display technology to detect the finger’s position and scan its surface to read outRead More

District of Columbia: US second seed John Isner blasted 26 aces Wednesday in rallying to defeat Japan`s Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the ATP Memphis Open quarter-finals. Isner took one hour and 49 minutes to book a Friday last-eight date with compatriot Donald Young, who advanced withRead More

Dubai: West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels was on Thursday cleared to bowl in international cricket after his action was found to be legal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here. The 36-year-old was last reported for bowling action during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka in October 2015 and wasRead More

New Delhi: Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday shuttled to her career best ranking of five in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Women’s singles list. The Rio silver medallist was previously ranked sixth, behind Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, whom she dethroned to acquire the fifth spot. Saina Nehwal isRead More

Mumbai: Ready to wait for his turn to make his debut in Test cricket, India A skipper Hardik Pandya said the warm-up game against Australia tomorrow would be a great opportunity for fringe players to impress the selectors ahead of the four-Test series. “It will be good opportunity for allRead More