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Earth’s worst-ever mass extinction of life holds ‘apocalyptic’ warning about climate change, say scientists
Runaway global warming saw the planet's average temperature hit about double what it is today about 250 million years ago
Researchers studying the largest-ever mass...
UN to probe alleged crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
UN mission will investigate allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya in Myanmar.
The leading United Nations rights body has agreed...
The Arab airlines using Trump’s bans for marketing
Arab carriers use electronics ban for clever marketing ads, garnering thousands of clicks and reactions online.
Arab airlines are using witty marketing and satire to...
Critical step in DNA repair, cellular aging pinpointed
DNA repair is essential for cell vitality, cell survival and cancer prevention, yet cells' ability to patch up damaged DNA declines with age for...
Salafists Control All Mosques in Brussels
“Everyone knows that all mosques in Brussels are in the hands of Salafists. We need to change this, we need new mosques that follow...
Hackers Using Fake Cellphone Towers to Spread Android Banking Trojan
Chinese Hackers have taken Smishing attack to the next level, using rogue cell phone towers to distribute Android banking malware via spoofed SMS messages.
SMiShing...
China and US: face-to-face – The world’s largest two economies meet to discuss trade,...
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, who is on an Asia tour, will have the task of convincing China to “do more” to...
Yemen war: UK weapons deployed by Saudis
More than half of British people are unaware of the “forgotten war” underway in Yemen, despite the Government’s support for a military coalition accused...
Autism: New analysis method of metabolites accurately predicts whether a child has autism
Products of metabolic processes altered in children with autism could enable earlier diagnosis
Scientists have developed a new, highly accurate method that analyzes metabolic biomarkers...
Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues...
Study estimates that an 80 year old from the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) group had the same vascular age as an American in their mid-fifties.
The...
Man shot after attack at Paris Orly airport
Interior ministry says incident in which man was shot after seizing weapon from soldier, forced airport to be evacuated.
Security forces at Orly airport in...
Islam world’s fastest-growing religion, study says
Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion, according to a recent Pew Research Center study widely reported on this week.
The study estimates that from 2010...
Too Many People Are Going to New Zealand
Australia is currently New Zealand’s largest inbound tourism market thanks to its proximity, making up nearly half of all visitors.
There were 1,290,192 international arrivals...
First ‘three-parent babies’ to be born this year as licence approved for new fertility...
Mitochondrial replacement therapy prevents children from inheriting lethal genetic diseases.
Researchers have been granted permission to carry out a new “three-parent baby” fertility technique that prevents children...
HEZBOLLAH IS PREPARING SYRIA AS SECOND BATTLEFIELD AGAINST ISRAEL
Hezbollah intends to wage its next war against Israel from deep within Syria, according to a report on a pro-Hezbollah news site last week.
The...
