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Briton among two killed in attack on tanker in Arabian Sea

A British security guard was among two workers killed in an attack on an oil tanker off Oman, a maritime… ...

Human remains found are missing British hiker's, DNA test confirms

Human remains found in the search for a missing British hiker have been confirmed as being hers, a charity says. ...

Shilpa Shetty's millionaire husband in court over porn case

Raj Kundra, the millionaire husband of Bollywood superstar Shilpa Shetty, has applied for bail after being charged on distribution of… ...

Djokovic's 'golden Grand Slam' bid thwarted

Novak Djokovic's hopes of winning a 'Golden Slam' are over after losing to Alexander Zverev in the Olympic tennis semi-finals. ...

Critics praise 'defiant' Billie Eilish album

The teen megastar's second album, Happier Than Ever, gives an unflinching portrayal of global fame. ...

China nuclear: Taishan reactor shut down over damaged fuel rods

The operator says the EPR reactor at Taishan in China is "under control" despite fuel rod concerns. ...

An army of 'zombie urchins' has devastated this underwater forest

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Why was Lilibet left out of the British monarchy's line of succession?

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Japanese Prime Minister extends state of emergency for Tokyo amid Olympic Games

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Scores Flee As Taliban Tighten Noose Around Western Afghan City

Taliban fighters clashed with government forces on the outskirts of Herat Friday forcing scores of families to flee, residents said,… ...

Murder Of Ex-Diplomat's Daughter Sparks Outrage Over Femicides In Pak

A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines… ...

"To Save Species' Extinction": Scientists Create White Rhino Embyros

One of world's two remaining live specimens -- female Fatu who lives with her mother Najin on Kenya's 90,000-acre Ol… ...

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Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries

The Turkish authorities said they were investigating the causes of… ...

C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox

Infections in vaccinated Americans are rare, compared with those in… ...

Tanker Managed by Israeli-Led Firm Attacked Off Oman, Killing 2

It could be the latest in a spate of recent… ...

Ab Sonntag gelten neue Regeln für die Einreise nach Deutschland – samt Testpflicht: Die wichtigsten Antworten zur neuen Corona-Verordnung

Am Freitag hat das Bundeskabinett eine neue Einreiseverordnung beschlossen. Gemäss dieser… ...

DIE NEUSTEN ENTWICKLUNGEN - Staatskrise in Tunesien: Präsident ernennt neuen Innenminister

Mit der Machtübernahme von Präsident Kais Saied ist das Mutterland… ...

Pekings neuer Mann in Washington gibt sich beim Amtsantritt erstaunlich versöhnlich

Nachdem in letzter Zeit die Rhetorik in den amerikanisch-chinesischen Beziehungen… ...

B2-billion heroin haul in Northeast

NAKHON PHANOM: Authorities have seized 600 kilogrammes of heroin worth… ...

Tearful Ratchanok ends Olympic medal quest

Shuttler Ratchanok Intanon ended her Tokyo Olympic campaign on Friday,… ...

Maximum effort to keep daily Covid deaths under 200

The country can keep new daily Covid-19 fatalities from reaching… ...

Tod von Daphne Caruana Galizia: In Malta herrschte ein Klima für Mörder

Ein öffentlicher Untersuchungsausschuss belastet den maltesischen Staat schwer. Er habe… ...

Olympia in den USA: Vaterland vor Gesundheit

Amerika debattiert, ob Simone Biles egoistisch oder vernünftig ist –… ...

Repression in Russland: Schikaniert, zwangseingewiesen, unbeugsam

Die Kreml-Kritikerin Violetta Grudina wollte lediglich für den Stadtrat von… ...

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Europa Clipper Mission

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to… ...

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its… ...

Hubble finds evidence of water vapor at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice… ...

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in… ...

Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer

Researchers have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene,… ...

Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation

On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza… ...

Ebola virus disease – Guinea

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus ...

Rift Valley fever – Kenya

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in ...

Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow

The star says box office takings for Black Widow were hit when it was streamed at the same time. ...

Untethered bi-pedal robot runs 5km and other tech news

Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week. ...