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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics
This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science.
4 October 2022, 10:06 AM
Why Svante Paabo won 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine?
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day people evolved from extinct ancestors at the dawn of human history.
4 October 2022, 06:25 AM
In a first, father-son win Nobel Medicine Prize 40 yrs apart
Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for using DNA to reveal the link between humans and Neanderthals, drew early inspiration from his Nobel laureate father.
3 October 2022, 20:00 PM
Hurricane Orlene lashes Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Orlene yesterday made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and a risk of flooding and landslides, forecasters said.
3 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Lula's hope of quick win dashed as Brazil election enters runoff
The second round of Brazil's presidential campaign kicked off Monday after right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro outperformed polling and robbed leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of an outright victory in the first round of voting.
3 October 2022, 10:45 AM
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries "concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution", the award-giving body said on Monday.
3 October 2022, 10:40 AM
US, Australia, Japan vow to work together against China
The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China’s growing ambitions “to shape the world around it”.
2 October 2022, 18:00 PM
China will not invade Taiwan anytime soon: US defense secretary
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China but said China was trying to establish a "new normal" with its military activities around the island.
2 October 2022, 16:31 PM
Hurricane Ian death toll at 23
The death toll in Florida from Hurricane Ian now stands at 23, the southern US state’s Department of Law Enforcement said Friday.
1 October 2022, 18:00 PM
World Bank announces $530m additional aid for Ukraine
The World Bank has announced $530 million in supplemental funding for Ukraine to enable it to "meet urgent needs created by Russia's invasion."
1 October 2022, 11:38 AM
Russia’s annexation plan in Ukraine: What’s next?
Russian-backed separatists and Russian-installed officials in four partially Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine declared that voters had
28 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Planetary defence test: Nasa spacecraft slams into asteroid
Nasa’s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday evening in the world’s first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.
27 September 2022, 18:00 PM
World News Day to be marked on September 28
More than 500 newsrooms and media support organisations around the world will unite in a global campaign on September 28 to showcase the value of fact-based journalism.
27 September 2022, 07:43 AM
Russia detains Japanese consul on spying charge; Tokyo demands apology
Russia's FSB security agency said on Monday it had detained a Japanese consul in Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok for suspected espionage and ordered him to leave the country.
27 September 2022, 06:58 AM
Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden
President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA).
26 September 2022, 16:14 PM
Gunman kills 13 at Russian school
A gunman with a swastika on his t-shirt killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 20 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said.
26 September 2022, 11:57 AM
Three Chinese dead after Cambodia boat sinking
The death toll from a capsized boat off Cambodia’s coast rose to three Chinese nationals yesterday, with a further nine rescued in Vietnamese waters and eight still missing, Cambodian authorities said.
24 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine to slash ties with Iran over drones supply to Russia
Ukraine said on Friday it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s decision to supply Russian forces with drones, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called “a collaboration with evil”.
24 September 2022, 18:00 PM
32 countries, including Bangladesh and India, seek urgent reform of UNSC
A group of 32 countries, including Bangladesh and India, have called for urgent and comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council, to deliver solutions for pressing and evolving developmental challenges, poverty, climate change, pandemics, global food security, international conflicts and terrorism.
24 September 2022, 07:46 AM
Strong quake kills at least 2 in Mexico
A strong earthquake jolted Mexico yesterday , leaving at least two people dead as residents rushed into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night days after another powerful tremor.
22 September 2022, 18:00 PM