N. Korea fires seven missiles into sea
SEOUL: North Korea fired seven missiles into the sea off its East Coast on Thursday, the South Korean Defence Ministry…
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Raising legal age to 21 would cut cigarette smoking
MIAMI: If people could not get cigarettes until the age of 21, lives would be saved because fewer people would…
Ebola outbreak raises risk of measles in West Africa
MIAMI: After struggling to emerge from the Ebola outbreak, West Africa now faces a dangerous wave of measles cases because…
Kurds hold off IS attack on Syria border town
BEIRUT: Kurdish fighters on Thursday held off a fierce assault by the Islamic State group on the strategic border town…
Jupiter’s largest moon definitely has an ocean
MIAMI: Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, definitely has an underground ocean, researchers said Thursday after confirming the moon’s long-suspected subsurface saltwater…
More giant craters spotted in Russia’s far north
MOSCOW: Russian scientists have now discovered seven giant craters in remote Siberia, a geologist told AFP on Thursday, adding that…
New discovery
The reconstruction of a filter-feeding Aegirocassis benmoulae from the Ordovician Period feeding on a plankton cloud is shown in this…
Offer to pay for inmates’ jail time rejected
Indonesia attorney-general confirms putting all offenders, including two Australians, to death at the same time JAKARTA: Indonesia said yesterday it…