Queen Elizabeth declines 'Oldie of the Year' award

Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who has reigned over her nation for almost seven decades, says she feels too young at heart to be awarded the title "Oldie of the Year", an aide has revealed.
20 October 2021

Fasting boosts lifespan in mice

Eating less often does more to improve the health and lifespan of rodents than simply eating less, a study said Monday.
19 October 2021

48 Yemen rebels killed near Marib

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said yesterday it killed 48 Huthi rebels in air strikes on two districts near the strategic city of Marib, during intense fighting this week.
19 October 2021

This day in history

1935 - Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
19 October 2021

US bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products

About a dozen US senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon
19 October 2021

UN: 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015

Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015
19 October 2021

Taliban interior minister hails suicide bombers

One of the most senior figures in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has hailed the sacrifices of suicide bombers at a meeting with families of the “martyrs” in Kabul.
19 October 2021

UK PM sets out green ambitions with some caveats

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday set out his ambition for a green revolution that would force Western economies to kick their centuries old addiction to fossil fuels.
19 October 2021

‘Seriousness’ means lifting sanctions

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said seriousness on the part of the United States in upcoming talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal would mean lifting sanctions against Iran.
19 October 2021

Deadly floods in India

A statue of Hindu god Lord Shiva is pictured amid the risen water levels of River Ganga after incessant rains in Rishikesh in India’s
19 October 2021

Trial begins of 96-yr-old Nazi war criminal suspect after failed escape attempt

A 96-year-old German woman who was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing last month on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two appeared before a judge on Tuesday in the northern town of Itzehoe.
19 October 2021

Listen to water: Massive sculpture makes statement in New York harbor

A towering statue of a woman's head with her index finger pressing on her lips now faces lower Manhattan along the Hudson River, inviting the chaotic metropolis to stop and listen.
19 October 2021

Stab wounds, not bow and arrow behind deaths in Norway attack: Police

Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday.
18 October 2021

Russia suspends its mission to Nato

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that Moscow was suspending its mission to Nato and closing the Western military bloc’s liaison mission in Russia, in a row over spying.
18 October 2021

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Milan and Costa Rica were among the winners of the Earthshot Prize on Sunday, an environmental award created by Britain’s Prince William, who has criticized world leaders for an uninspiring response to the climate change crisis.
18 October 2021

EU has exported ‘over 1 billion’ Covid vaccine doses

The European Union has exported “over one billion” doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday.
18 October 2021

Australian pair survive for days lost in outback

Two people have survived days without water in Australia’s hot and dusty outback, police said yesterday, ending a frenzied five-day rescue effort.
18 October 2021

This day in history

2001 - At least 350 people were killed when an overcrowded boat, on its way to Australia from Lampung in Sumatra carrying mostly Iraqi asylum seekers, sank near Java.
18 October 2021

150 Yemen rebels killed in strikes

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said yesterday it had killed 150 Huthi rebels near the strategic city of Marib, which would raise the rebel death toll to over 1,100 in a week.
18 October 2021

Russia to halt diplomatic mission to NATO over spy row

Russia said on Monday it would halt the activities of its diplomatic mission to NATO after the alliance expelled eight Russians in a row over spying.
18 October 2021