International

21-07-2022 LOS ALAMOS/ NEW MEXICO: A new study reveals that the Arctic is melting four times faster than the rate of global warming. The study could not find contributing causes but suspected the causes may be linked to “sea ice and water-vapour feedbacks” combined with changes in how the atmosphere …

21-07-2022 TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hailed the fruitfulness of the country’s diplomatic approach and the unprecedented improvement of the level of trade relations with neighboring countries, calling on all executive bodies to adhere to the requirements of this approach. Speaking in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Raisi referred to …

21-07-2022 PARIS: The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a robotic arm to pick tubes of soil samples from NASA’s Perseverance rover that is currently on the Martian surface searching for the right landing strip for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) spacecraft. The 8.2-feet-long arm has been named the Sample …

20-07-2022 LONDON: Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40C (104F) as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fuelling a spate of fires across London. The Met Office said a new provisional record temperature of 40.3C (104.5F) was recorded in …

20-07-2022 DAMASCUS: Syrians living in Turkey have expressed fear and concern about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proposal to repatriate about one million of them to the northern region of Idlib, as the Turkish government continues to insist that it will carry out a military operation in northern Syria. In May, …

20-07-2022 ROME: Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy’s oldest graduate — again. Paterno has added a master’s in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an initial degree in the same subjects he earned their two years ago. He passed the latest degree with top marks, …

20-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: After Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced he was planning to donate most of his wealth and leave the list of richest people in the world, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has now been placed on the fourth rank on the Forbe’s list of richest …

20-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major outbreak. Australia is in the grip of a …

20-07-2022 LISBON: Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects of climate change as temperatures continue to rise. “Portugal is among one of the areas of the …

20-07-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis. The mood of protesters was muted, with only around 100 people on the steps …