Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet's safe limit: study
Stockholm -The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have...
IAEA begins mission to review Fukushima water release
Tokyo: An International Atomic Energy Agency taskforce began a mission Monday in Japan to review the controversial planned release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.More...
Russian skater Valieva cleared to continue at Olympics
Beijing - Russian teenage figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva was on Monday cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics despite failing a doping...
Ukraine attack would bring 'severe costs': Biden
Washington - Efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy failed to ease tensions Saturday, with US President Joe Biden warning that Russia faces "swift and severe...
Sri Lanka outlaws strikes as unions cripple hospitals
Colombo -Sri Lanka's president banned strikes in the health and electricity sectors on Saturday as trade union action that has crippled state-run hospitals entered its sixth day.President Gotabaya...
What's next for TikTok's music industry?
Paris -With a billion users, TikTok has rapidly become one of the most important players in the music industry, and now has its sights set on revolutionising the way artists are discovered and get...
YouTube woos creators to fend off competition
San Francisco - YouTube on Thursday laid out goals for the year that included making the lives of creators easier and boosting a popular format that rivals TikTok.The video-sharing platform is...
Abu Dhabi gas blast raises jitters after attacks
Dubai - A gas explosion in downtown Abu Dhabi prompted a warning of a possible attack early on Wednesday following a series of drone and missile assaults by Yemeni rebels.The US embassy issued a...
US seizes $3.6 bn of stolen bitcoin in record haul
Washington: The US Justice Department announced Tuesday it had recovered more than 94,000 bitcoin stolen in 2016, currently valued at $3.6 billion, a record seizure.A couple accused of seeking to...
TUI books big loss but guests return
Frankfurt - The world's largest tourism operator TUI reported another big loss in the last quarter but passenger numbers recovered significantly from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Afghanistan’s health care system collapsing
KABUL, Afghanistan — Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital crib amid the mewling of desperately ill infants in the malnutrition ward.Her mother, Balqisa, had brought the child to Indira...
Australia to reopen borders to tourists on Feb 21
Sydney -Australia will reopen its borders to tourists from February 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, ending some of the world's strictest and longest-running pandemic travel...
Philippines' election campaign season to kick off
Manila - Philippine election candidates will hit the hustings Tuesday for the official start of campaigning, with the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos leading the presidential race...
Lata Mangeshkar 'Nightingale of India' dies
Mumbai - Bollywood superstar Lata Mangeshkar, known to millions as the "Nightingale of India" and a regular fixture of the country's airwaves for decades, died Sunday morning at the age of...
US waives sanctions for Iran civil nuke program
Washington - The US State Department is waiving sanctions on Iran's civilian nuclear program in a technical step necessary to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement, a senior official said Friday.The...
Increasing urgency over fate of Moroccan boy
Bab Berred - Moroccan rescuers worked through the night into Saturday, the fifth day of an increasingly urgent and nerve-wracking effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped underground in a...
Morocco bid to free boy from well reaches nerve-wracking final stages
Bab Berred, Morocco: Moroccan rescuers were in the nerve-wracking final stages Friday of a marathon effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for a fourth night.The complex and...
US to send warship, fighter jets to UAE
Dubai -The United States will deploy a guided missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels, a US...
Pet owners go private to jet 'fur babies' out of Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Bags packed and ready to go, Hong Kong house cats Teddy and Newman were all set for leaving on a private jet plane -- an expensive last resort for their owners as the city piles on pandemic...