India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover rolls onto Moon’s surface, braces for new challenges
New Delhi, IndiaReuters The Moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday to begin exploring the surface of the lunar south pole and conducting experiments, and was braced for new challenges, the space agency chief said. The spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole of the Moon on Wednesday, making India the first […]
Fukushima wastewater released into the ocean, China bans all Japanese seafood
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan. China is “highly concerned about the risk of radioactive contamination brought by…Japan’s food and agricultural […]
Putin delivers mixed tribute to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin after deadly plane crash
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader’s plane crashed with no survivors two months after he led a mutiny against army chiefs. Putin’s comments, which suggested he harboured decidedly mixed feelings about Wagner’s mercenary boss, were the most […]
Sudan army chief Burhan appears to leave army HQ for first time – video
Reuters Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, appeared in a video circulated by the army on Thursday outside of the army command compound in Khartoum for the first time since the beginning of a war more than four months ago. The army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for control of the […]
Health Insight: Seven techniques to avoid weight regain, approved by experts
UK-based experts HENRIETTA GRAHAM and CLAIRE MADIGAN, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at how to maintain weight loss…
Pandemic, inflation push 68 million more in Asia into extreme poverty – ADB
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters The coronavirus pandemic and rise in cost of living have pushed close to 70 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of last year, the Asian Development Bank said, eroding efforts to combat deprivation. In a new report released on Thursday, the ADB said an estimated 155.2 million people […]
On the Screen: Pacy thriller ‘Sound of Freedom’ puts the spotlight on an evil trade
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Sound of Freedom’…
In FIBA World Cup host Philippines, basketball is life
Manila, The Philippines Reuters It may be dwarfed by other nation’s sporting prowess, but the Philippines’ fervour for basketball is gigantic, and enthusiasm for the sport is only intensifying ahead of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which opens in Manila on Friday. Basketball is played everywhere and by almost everyone in the Philippines, which […]
Taliban stopped 100 women flying to Dubai for university scholarships, UAE billionaire says
Reuters The head of a Dubai-based conglomerate on Wednesday said Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities had stopped around 100 women from travelling to the United Arab Emirates where he was to sponsor their university education. Afghan women shout slogans during a rally to protest against what the protesters say is Taliban restrictions on women, in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]
Amazon forest carbon emissions skyrocketed under Bolsonaro, study shows
Reuters Brazilian space research centre INPE said on Wednesday that carbon emissions in the Amazon forest soared in 2019 and 2020 compared to the previous decade due to poor enforcement of environmental protection policies. The forest’s carbon emissions amounted to 0.44 billion metric tons in 2019 and 0.52 billion metric tons in 2020, compared to […]