Science
North Korea’s girl with seven names still feels hunted
November 2, 2015
North Korea’s girl with seven names still feels hunted
The girl with seven names is finding it hard these days to contact relatives in Stalinist North Korea on the…
Apple opens first Middle East outlets in UAE
November 2, 2015
Apple opens first Middle East outlets in UAE
US technology giant Apple launched its first two stores in the Middle East on Thursday, with hundreds flocking to their…
Police seize 1,500 liters of banned Israeli pesticide
November 2, 2015
Police seize 1,500 liters of banned Israeli pesticide
Security authorities seized 1,500 liters of the outlawed Israeli pesticide Redoumal in the Sharqiya governorate, at dawn on Monday, before…
Holograms go mainstream, with future full of possibility
November 1, 2015
Holograms go mainstream, with future full of possibility
Concert promoters hoping to bring out legends such as Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday and Elvis Presley used to face an…
India’s choked capital starts ‘pollution toll’ for trucks
November 1, 2015
India’s choked capital starts ‘pollution toll’ for trucks
Delhi on Sunday introduced a toll for all trucks and commercial vehicles in an attempt to improve air quality in…
Rescuers untangle humpback whale trapped in fishing line off California coast
November 1, 2015
Rescuers untangle humpback whale trapped in fishing line off California coast
Rescuers on Saturday untangled a humpback whale that had been swimming down the California coast for days wrapped in hundreds…
Egypt reluctantly votes Israel into UN space commission
November 1, 2015
Egypt reluctantly votes Israel into UN space commission
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has said that the country’s decision to vote in favor of Israel’s membership in the United…
Climate curbs will slow temperature rise; more needed for 2C goal: UN
October 31, 2015
Climate curbs will slow temperature rise; more needed for 2C goal: UN
Plans by about 150 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century but they need to…
Loss of Egyptian satellite ‘natural’: Russian expert
October 31, 2015
Loss of Egyptian satellite ‘natural’: Russian expert
The loss of contact with a Russian-made Egyptian satellite was the result of natural factors, rather than mismanagement, the Russian…
Dead comet with skull face to hurtle by Earth on Halloween
October 31, 2015
Dead comet with skull face to hurtle by Earth on Halloween
A massive space rock that will shave by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face,…