Americans worry about ‘super-human’ technologies: poll
MIAMI: Futuristic technologies that promise to improve people’s strength and smarts by editing genes, implanting brain chips or super-charging blood…
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Thai rights activists charged over report on army torture
BANGKOK: Three prominent Thai rights defenders were charged Tuesday with criminal defamation over a rare report describing torture suffered by…
Ex-employee kills 19 in care home attack
26-year-old man who was fired earlier this year goes on knife rampage at Japanese centre for disabled SAGAMIHARA, Japan: A…
Chinese army bans Hong Kong’s Pokemon players from barracks
HONG KONG: The Chinese army garrisoned in Hong Kong has warned people searching for Pikachu and other virtual monsters to…
China denies demolitions at centre for Tibetan Buddhist learning
BEIJING: Chinese authorities are renovating one of the world’s largest centres of learning for Tibetan Buddhism to prevent overcrowding and…
Assailants ‘neutralised’ after hostage-taking in French church
Two men who took several people hostage in a church in France’s northern Normandy region have been “neutralised”, the French…
Rare white whale ‘Migaloo’ sighted off Australia
SYDNEY: An extremely rare white humpback whale was Tuesday spotted off the Australian coast as he migrates towards warmer tropical…
Solar plane completes epic round-the-world trip
ABU DHABI: Solar Impulse 2 on Tuesday completed its historic round-the-world journey, becoming the first airplane to circle the globe powered…