Soft drinks king Coca-Cola reported a fall in earnings for the first quarter Tuesday as sales sagged in the key US and European markets and restructuring costs hit North American profits.
Coke’s net income for the quarter to March 31 fell 14.8 percent to a lower-than-expected $1.75 billion, compared to $2.05 billion a year earlier.
Sales in Latin American grew 4...
These schoolchildren in southern China are so keen to get to school that they make the perilous journey on narrow wooden ladders every day, with no safety precautions.
Their village in the remote Badagong mountains in Sangzhi county is surrounded by sheer drops on every side, making the school run a daily struggle.
The only way out of Zhang Jiawan village, unless the children...
Thousands of DNA tests on beef products across the European Union found the meals contained up to 5.0 percent of horsemeat, the European Commission said Tuesday.
The EU on February 15 ordered 2,250 DNA tests on prepared meals said to contain beef in the wake of a horsemeat scandal that hugely undermined consumer confidence in the food industry.
It also ordered tests in...
A court in Japan has told Google it must de-link words in its autocomplete to prevent the search engine suggesting criminal acts when users type one man’s name.
The Monday ruling by Tokyo District Court was the first time a court in Japan has ordered the search giant to alter this aspect of its algorithm, said Hiroyuki Tomita, a lawyer representing the plaintiff.
The...
Yerevan, 16 April 2013 – More than 420 trees were planted by the representatives of the UN Office in Armenia, Government, international community and civil society during a Tree Planting Day organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Office in Armenia, the Charitable Foundation “Armenia Tree Project” in the Avan administrative district of Yerevan. The...
On 13 April, 2013 the “Hayartun” CulturalCenterof the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgiain Calouste Gulbenkian Hall hosted exhibition entitled “Armenian Golgotha”, dedicated to the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Union of Armenian Painters of Georgia and Young Artist Association of Javakhk organized the event with the support...
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has paid a visit to retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Official Cuban media have published a photograph of a smiling Maradona shaking hands with Castro, who is wearing a sporty blue jacket.
Communist Party newspaper Granma said Monday that it was an “animated and fruitful exchange between two old friends.”
The two have...
Black and North African railway workers were banned when the President of Israel visited France ‘because they might be Muslim’, it emerged today.
This was despite Shimon Peres specifically arriving in the country to work towards a Middle East peace agreement between Arabs and Jews.
It is now the subject of an official complaint by the SUD-Rail transport union...
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