Shimon Peres: Israeli hawk turned Nobel peace laureate
JERUSALEM: Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday aged 93, was an Israeli elder statesman, Nobel laureate and two-time prime minister who…
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Tourists evacuated as Indonesian volcano erupts
JAKARTA: Rescuers in Indonesia were dispatched Wednesday to evacuate nearly 400 tourists, most of them foreigners, after a volcano erupted…
World’s first baby using controversial three-parent technique born, report says
MIAMI: The world’s first baby has been born thanks to a controversial new technique employed by US scientists to include…
Beware the air we breathe
PARIS: Health-damaging atmospheric pollutants, which the World Health Organization warned Tuesday affected nine out of every 10 people, originate mainly…
Clinton, Trump clash in fiery first debate
Both presidential candidates trade insults, spar over temperament which often see Republican on the back foot HEMPSTEAD, United States: Hillary…
Typhoon Megi leaves trail of damage as it hits Taiwan
TAIPEI: Typhoon Megi made landfall in Taiwan yesterday, the third storm to hit the island in two weeks, with thousands…
Over 90 pct of world breathing bad air — WHO
GENEVA: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, calling for…
Bombs hit mosque, congress centre in Germany
DRESDEN: Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a congress centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday,…