New York - The UN Security Council remains concerned by the impacts of North Korea's intention to fire a long-range rocket and may convene to debate the event if necessary, a UN official said Thursday.
The council president, Mexico's UN Ambassador Claude Heller, said several members on the 15-nation panel, including Japan, have called for a possible meeting if the rocket is launched.
Unnamed US officials told CNN that Pyongyang was fuelling the rocket to prepare for the launch.
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine plans by Intel and General Electric come to fruition.
The two giant US companies announced Thursday that they are teaming up to produce a line of medical devices, including one that would allow doctors to remotely monitor patients' health without them needing to visit the doctor's office.
New York, Apr 2: America's favourite dysfunctional family, The Simpsons, is set to appear on postage stamps.
The Postal Service has announced that the 44-cent first-class stamps, designed by show creator Matt Groening, will feature the cartoon characters of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson.
"The timing couldn''t be better as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show," The New York Daily News quoted Elie Dekel, executive vice president at Fox, as saying.
New York, Apr 2 : Bridget Moynahan's friends have slammed Gisele for her recent interview, in which she bragged that she feels like being a mom to hubby Tom Brady and the `Robot' star's son, John.
Moynahan, however, is keeping a low profile over Gisele's Vanity Fair interview, where she claimed that she felt as though John was "100 percent her child".
New York - US stocks posed strong gains Wednesday on better- than-expected data from the US housing, manufacturing and auto sectors.
Sales of existing homes climbed 2.1 per cent in February from the month before, according to the National Association of Realtors, another small sign that the housing downturn that sparked the US economic crisis may be bottoming out.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Wednesday the new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offering his cooperation to work for peace in the Middle East but also reminding him of the two-state solution backed by the international community.
Ban said he looks forward to working with Netanyahu "on the full range of peace and security issues in the region."
New York - The UN Security Council remains concerned by the impacts of North Korea's intention to fire a long-range rocket and may convene to debate the event if necessary, a UN official said Thursday.
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine plans by Intel and General Electric come to fruition.
New York, Apr 2: America's favourite dysfunctional family, The Simpsons, is set to appear on postage stamps.
New York, Apr 2 : Bridget Moynahan's friends have slammed Gisele for her recent interview, in which she bragged that she feels like being a mom to hubby Tom Brady and the `Robot' star's son, John.
New York - US stocks posed strong gains Wednesday on better- than-expected data from the US housing, manufacturing and auto sectors.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Wednesday the new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, offering his cooperation to work for peace in the Middle East but also reminding him of the two-state solution backed by the international community.
