China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest advance for its ambitious goals in space.Plans call for a…
An elderly man in Austria has had the wrong leg amputated at a hospital in Austria after a "tragic" error.The 82-year-old man was supposed to have his left leg removed on Tuesday, the Freistadt clinic…
LAGOS – Rising insecurity in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara has spawned a humanitarian crisis, International aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.Gunmen, often riding motorcycles, have attacked towns in the northwest in…
The discovery and rollout of live-saving COVID-19 vaccines worldwide have spawned nine new billionaires, according to NGOs.The new billionaires include five people associated with Moderna and three from CanSino Biologics, a Chinese vaccine company."Between them,…
By Sakura MurakamiTOKYO (Reuters) -With just nine weeks until the start of the Olympics in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday sought to calm fears in Japan that the Games would present an…
KABUL – At least six Afghan civilians were killed and several more were wounded when a mortar shell hit a house during a wedding ceremony in northern Kapisa province, security officials said on Sunday. The…
An Italian mafia boss and notorious drug smuggler dubbed the "king of cocaine" has been arrested in Brazil two years after breaking out of prison in Uruguay and going on the run.Rocco Morabito was arrested…
Lithuania will donate 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to neighbouring countries in the Eastern Partnership.The initiative was announced by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Friday, who stated that the Baltic country was ready to…
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates stands ready to facilitate peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians, the de facto ruler of the Gulf state said in remarks carried on state media on Sunday.Abu…
Over 70 per cent of the world’s surface is covered in water, and it didn’t take humans long to realise the ocean’s potential as a resource and exploit it.We eat around 144 million tonnes of…
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