N.Korea threatens missile strike near Guam, warns of all-out war
SEOUL: North Korea’s military announced Wednesday it is considering missile strikes aimed at laying siege to Guam, home to…
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Country music legend Glen Campbell dead at 81
WASHINGTON: Country music legend Glen Campbell, the “Rhinestone Cowboy” who sold millions of albums over a career that spanned…
Sign language orangutan dead at 39
MIAMI: Chantek, a male orangutan that learned to communicate in sign language, has died at the age of 39,…
How serious is North Korea’s nuclear threat?
WASHINGTON: US intelligence believes North Korea has now built a nuclear weapon small enough to fit onto a ballistic…
Up to 100 feared dead, thousands injured in China quake: govt
BEIJING: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least seven people, with up to 100 feared…
Hormone shows promise for treating neurodegenerative conditions
WASHINGTON: A single injection of a fragment of a life-extending protein hormone could improve cognition in those with neurodegenerative illnesses,…
Want to learn something? Sleep on it, but not too deeply
PARIS: Scientists fascinated by the idea that humans might be able to learn while asleep — a new language, say,…
CIA ‘torture’ psychologists to stand trial
WASHINGTON: Two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s post-9/11 detainee interrogation program will stand trial in September for promoting the…