NASA announces two missions to study early solar system
WASHINGTON: The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the…
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Italy to step up deportations after migrant death protest
ROME: Italy vowed Wednesday to increase deportations of migrants whose asylum requests have been rejected, after a riot in a…
11 children wounded in China kindergarten knife attack
BEIJING: A man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed 11 children at a kindergarten in southern China on Wednesday, seriously…
Smog-hit Beijing slapped with top ‘fog’ alert for second day
BEIJING: The Chinese capital issued its highest red fog alert for a second day yesterday, keeping highways closed in and…
Fish drags Aussie into shark-infested waters
SYDNEY: A man has survived for hours in cold, shark-infested waters after being dragged out of his boat as he…
France moves to suspend Vitamin D supplement after baby dies
PARIS: France has moved to suspend sales of a vitamin D medication following the death of a baby who had…
More than 150 inmates escape in jail raid
Armed rebels stage Philippines’ biggest jailbreak in violence-plagued south, killing one guard KIDAPAWAN, Philippines: Suspected Muslim rebels staged the Philippines’…
Facing death or prison, Dylann Roof squares off with his fate
CHARLESTON (UNITED STATES): Jurors begin considering Wednesday whether to sentence self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death or life in…