California wildfires death toll climbs to 31

Published On: November 12, 2018 03:43 PM NPT By: Agencies

CALIFORNIA, Nov 12: Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29.

The role women played in the war was only mentioned in passing as dozens of world leaders, including Angela Merkel of Germany, gathered in Paris to mark a century since WWI ended.

In China's Himalayas, a wine 'flying above the clouds'

Published On: November 12, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS

BEIJING, Nov 12: A $300 bottle of wine sold in the United States and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places: at the foot of the Himalayas in China, where farmers sing traditional songs while picking grapes.

Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31

Published On: November 12, 2018 11:25 AM NPT By: Reuters

PARADISE, Nov 12: The death toll from wildfires raging in California rose to 31 on Sunday after six more people were found killed in what was poised to become the deadliest wildfire in state history.

Alibaba Singles' Day tops $30 billion

Published On: November 12, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

Alibaba recording $10 billion in sales in just one hour as shoppers around the world snapped up hot items including iPhones, furniture and milk powder.

PARIS, Nov 11: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump greeted one another during the World War I centenary commemorations in Paris, with the two leaders seen shaking hands and making other warm gestures during the event.

China sticks AK-47s onto drones to challenge US dominance

Published On: November 11, 2018 04:50 PM NPT By: Agencies

BEIJING, Nov 11: China has rolled out its huge stealth drones and smaller unmanned aircraft, which it says can be armed with AK-47s or any other weapon the client wants, as the country gets ready to vie for a share of the US-dominated UAV market.

PARIS , Nov 11 : Unleashed by an archduke’s assassination, World War I gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.

World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice

Published On: November 11, 2018 04:09 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PARIS, Nov 11 : World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve the peace gathered by the dozens Sunday to mark the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago, turning Paris in the epicenter of global commemorations that drove home a powerful message: never again.

PARIS, Nov 11: President Donald Trump is joining French President Emmanuel Macron and other world leaders to the mark 100 years since the end of World War I.