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5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Melting glaciers in Greenland
Melting glacier ice is pictured at the west coast close to Nuuk, Greenland, on Saturday. Greenland’s ice is melting faster than
5 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese War. Russia ceded Port Arthur to Japan.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Turning household waste into electricity
Until four years ago, garbage disposal meant one thing to Savitri Bai Patil - stinking, putrefied heaps of trash spread around her neighbourhood in Pune, in western India.
3 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Italy's Draghi says still hopes to hold a G20 summit on Afghanistan
Italy still hopes to hold an ad hoc summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Afghanistan, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday, adding that any such meeting would take place after this month's U.N. General Assembly.
2 September 2021, 15:47 PM
UN sees fivefold surge in 50 yrs
The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a UN agency said yesterday.
1 September 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1918 - Vladimir Lenin, leader of Soviet Russia, was shot and wounded by Fanya Kaplan after speaking at a factory in Moscow.
29 August 2021, 18:00 PM
UN issues urgent appeal to help drought-hit Afghan farmers
The United Nations yesterday issued an urgent appeal for aid for some seven million Afghan farmers in the war-ravaged nation facing the threat of severe drought.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid: Delta doubles hospital risk vs Alpha variant
The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant it has
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1963 - Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech to 200,000 civil rights demonstrators who had marched on Washington for jobs and freedom.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM
World leaders condemn 'despicable' Kabul airport attack
President Joe Biden vowed to hunt down those behind the suicide bombings that killed 12 American troops in the worst single-day loss for the Pentagon in Afghanistan since 2011.
27 August 2021, 02:27 AM
Quad nations begin naval exercise off Guam in the Pacific
India, the US, Australia, and Japan began their annual naval partnership off Guam in the western Pacific today, aimed at ensuring a rules-based international order and freedom of navigation in the face of China’s aggressive build-up in the Indo-Pacific.
26 August 2021, 07:12 AM
Afghans told to avoid Kabul airport as IS threat emerges
The United States and allies urged people to move away from Kabul airport on Thursday due to the threat of an Islamic State terror attack as Western troops hurry to evacuate as many Afghans as possible before an August 31 deadline.
26 August 2021, 02:39 AM
UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions
The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including "summary executions" of civilians and Afghan security forces who have surrendered.
24 August 2021, 14:21 PM
People evacuated as new wildfire hits Greek island
Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early yesterday on the southern part of Greece’s Evia island, less than two weeks after an inferno decimated its northern part.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
US to use commercial airlines to carry Afghan evacuees
The United States said on Sunday that 18 commercial aircraft would be used to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan.
22 August 2021, 14:17 PM
UK announces G7 leaders to discuss Afghanistan on Tuesday
G7 leaders will discuss the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday in a virtual summit, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday, a week after the Taliban retook power.
22 August 2021, 13:33 PM
This day in history
1910 - Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
'The sinister attracted me': Brazilian tattoo artist morphs into devil look-alike
Brazilian tattoo artist Michel Faro Prado has taken body modification to a new level by transforming himself into a devil look-alike.
21 August 2021, 05:35 AM
Uganda to take 2,000 Afghan refugees at US request
Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover.
17 August 2021, 12:30 PM