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World marks new global heat record in March

10-04-2024 MARYLAND/ BERN: Climate change could move “into uncharted territory” if temperatures don’t fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told media. The warning came as data showed last month was the world’s warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 …

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North America awed by total solar eclipse

09-04-2024 NEW YORK/ MEXICO: Millions of people across Mexico, the US and Canada looked to the skies on Monday to witness a total solar eclipse carve a narrow path of darkness across the continent. Its shadow first touched the surface of the Earth in the Pacific Ocean before travelling across …

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South Korea launches second spy satellite into orbit

09-04-2024 SEOUL: South Korea successfully placed its second military reconnaissance satellite into orbit, Seoul’s military said Monday, a move that will heighten surveillance capabilities against North Korea amid a growing space race on the peninsula. The launch took place on Sunday evening at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which …

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Sextortion arrests follow Australian boy’s suicide

09-04-2024 ABUJA/ SYDNEY: Two people have been arrested in Nigeria over an alleged sextortion attempt against an Australian schoolboy who took his own life. Australian police say the teenage victim had traded explicit images with a person online before they began making threats and demanding money. After a global investigation, …

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Abortion laws should be decided by US states: Trump

09-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that abortion laws should be determined by US states, stopping short of proposing a national ban that could have imperiled his chances in the November election. In a video posted on his social media platform, the former president said he supported exceptions …

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