Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97
The shallow 6.5-magnitude tremor hit Pidie Jaya in Aceh at dawn as people preparing for morning prayers MEUREUDU, Indonesia: The…
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Asian countries dominate, science teaching criticised in PISA survey
PARIS: Asian countries dominated the top places in a key survey released Tuesday of high-school skills, but the report criticised…
Almost 60 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen
ADEN: Nearly 60 people are missing after a ship sank off Yemen’s Socotra island, its fisheries minister said on Wednesday,…
Climate change battle heats up for Australian winemakers
ORANGE: When an unprecedented heatwave hit South Australia state, home to the world-renowned Barossa Valley winemaking region, viticulturists fretted…
India: forced by parents to marry, minor tries to kill self in police station
JAMSHEDPUR: Frustrated with her parents trying to marry her off by force, a minor girl on Tuesday tried to commit…
Subject all nuclear facilities in Middle East to comprehensive IAEA guidelines: Qatar
VIENNA: Qatar has called for urgent implementation of the resolutions of international legitimacy on subjecting all nuclear facilities in the…
Fight over revolutionary genetic advance goes to court in US
ALEXANDRIA: A fierce legal battle over the patent for a revolutionary gene-editing technique played out Tuesday in a US…
Polar bear numbers to plunge a third as sea ice melts: study
PARIS: Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, according to the first systematic assessment, released on Wednesday,…