Like humans, ravens can imagine being watched: study
PARIS: Ravens can imagine being spied upon by a hidden competitor, showing a capacity for abstraction once thought to be…
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Brazil issues Olympics warning
Pregnant women advised to stay away from the game as WHO declares Zika emergency GENEVA: Brazil warned pregnant women Monday…
Tens of thousands of Chinese new year travellers stranded
BEIJING: Tens of thousands of Lunar New Year travellers in China were stranded yesterday at a station in Guangzhou, state…
France’s Sanofi launches Zika virus vaccine research
PARIS: French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced yesterday that it had begun research and development into a vaccine against the mosquito-borne…
Swiss A-G says Najib not one of accused in 1MDB-related probe
KUALA LUMPUR: The Office of the Attorney-General of Switzerland has clarified that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is…
‘World’s best chef’ Violier found dead in apparent suicide
PARIS: Chef Benoit Violier, whose 3-star restaurant in western Switzerland with its game specialties recently topped a list of the…
British tourist trampled to death by Thai elephant
BANGKOK: A British tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant on the Thai tourist island of Koh Samui,…
Ted Cruz wins Iowa Republican caucuses, first vote of presidential election
DES MOINES: US Senator Ted Cruz beat billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa’s Republican presidential nominating contest on Monday, upsetting the…