Bushfire smoke smothered Sydney on Tuesday, setting off fire alarms, suspending ferry services and triggering health warnings over choking air pollution. The Sydney Opera House and harbor bridge were barely discernible through the thick haze enveloping the city, with smoke stinging the eyes and making it difficult to breathe. The […]
Indian-origin scientist finds dead probiotic that can fix leaky gut
A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has identified a dead probiotic that can reduce age-related leaky gut and control harmful, ageing-related inflammation. Leaky gut, in which microbes and bacteria in the gut leak into the blood stream through holes or cracks in the intestinal lining, causes an increase in […]
Chilean Air Force says Antarctica-bound cargo plane missing with 38 on board
The Chilean Air Force reported on Monday the disappearance of one of its cargo planes that was headed to a base in Antarctica with 38 people on board. The Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4:55 p.m. (1955 GMT) from the southern city of Punta Arenas and operators lost contact […]
US athlete Pete Frates who inspired ‘ice bucket challenge’ dies at 34
A former US college baseball player who helped inspire the global phenomenon known as the “ice bucket challenge” to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 34, his family said Monday. A one-time college athlete from the Boston area, Pete Frates’ struggle with ALS, also known […]
Donald Trump to meet Russian Foreign Minister, two years after controversial encounter
President Donald Trump will Tuesday welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Washington, the White House announced, two years after the US leader was accused of leaking classified information to him. Trump will “discuss the state of the bilateral relationship” in a meeting both with Lavrov and US Secretary of […]
Turkey deports 11 French relatives of ‘terrorist’ suspects
Turkey has sent 11 French relatives of suspected “terrorist fighters” back home, the Turkish interior ministry said Monday, the latest in Ankara’s renewed push to deport foreign jihadist insurgents. “Eleven French citizens have been deported to their home country,” a ministry statement said. A French judicial source confirmed that four […]
One dead, several injured and reported missing after volcano erupts in New Zealand
At least one person was killed, several injured and others reported missing in New Zealand after a volcano erupted off the east coast of its North Island on Monday, spewing a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air. Twenty-three people, some of them believed to be tourists from […]
Finland elects youngest-ever prime minister
Finland’s Social Democrats elected a 34-year-old former transport minister to the post of prime minister on Sunday, making her the youngest head of government in the country’s history. Sanna Marin narrowly won Sunday’s vote to replace outgoing leader Antti Rinne, who resigned on Tuesday after losing the confidence of the […]
Donald Trump warns Kim Jong Un has ‘everything’ to lose through hostility
President Donald Trump warned Sunday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had “everything” to lose through hostility towards the United States, after Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test. “Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he […]
FBI calls Florida shooting ‘terrorism’, Saudi’s MBS phones Donald Trump
The FBI presumes a Florida attack by a Saudi air force officer that left three U.S. sailors dead “was an act of terrorism,” the agent in charge of the investigation said, and Republican lawmakers urged a suspension of training from foreign fighters in the U.S. As criticism mounted about the […]
4 dead after US jewelry heist leads to carjacking, chase, shootout
Two armed jewelry thieves trying to escape the scene of their heist hijacked a delivery truck, took its driver hostage, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a deadly shootout, authorities in the US state of Florida said. Four people were killed in the gunbattle on Thursday […]
Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling
House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who began the summer divided largely rallied Thursday behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s cry that his actions leave them “no choice but to act.” The California Democrat’s announcement that she was asking committee chairs […]
Nearly 6,000 US sexual assaults reported to Uber in 2017 and 2018: company
Nearly 6,000 instances of sexual assault, including more than 450 cases of rape, were reported to Uber in the United States in 2017 and 2018, the ride-sharing company said in a report on safety released Thursday. It is the first time that Uber has released the figures, as the company […]
2 dead as US sailor open fires at US military base in Hawaii, shoots himself
Two victims have died after a shooting at the historic military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday, military officials said. A third victim is in stable condition after being hospitalized while the shooter, a U.S. Navy sailor, also died from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound”, the officials said in […]
Rare Indian art displayed in London exhibition
Exquisite colonial-era paintings by artists such as Shaikh Zain ud-Din, Bhawani Das and Ghulam Ali Khan have been brought together for the first time in a major exhibition that shifts the focus from ‘Company School’ of painting to lesser known artists. Titled ‘Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India […]