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'A very disturbing event': Buildings destroyed as Australia records one of its biggest earthquakes

The Australian city of Melbourne has been struck by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake, Geoscience Australia has said. ...

Liz Truss to push for 'immediate release' of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during talks with Iran

Newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has promised to push for the immediate release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during talks with Iran… ...

'Un peu riche': Liz Truss's call for cooperation likely to be met with scepticism from the French

Rookie Foreign Secretary Liz Truss gets the chance to cut her diplomatic teeth in what could be a feisty meeting… ...

Taliban ask to speak at UN General Assembly in New York

The group wants to address world leaders, weeks after ousting Afghanistan's former government. ...

Evergrande: Crisis-hit firm strikes China debt deal

The company is also due to make a $83.5m interest payment on an offshore bond on Thursday. ...

Joe Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade deal

The US president's comments come as he met Boris Johnson for talks in the White House. ...

Southeast Asian nations leaving zero-Covid behind. That could spell trouble, experts warn

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Hong Kong expats are up in arms about quarantine. Singapore stands to gain

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FBI asks for the public's help in finding Brian Laundrie as new tip emerges about his movements

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Chinese City Enters Semi-Shutdown Amid Surging COVID-19 Cases

China's northeastern city of Harbin, population 10 million, went into semi-shutdown after reporting new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for the… ...

Pakistan Isolated After Bid To Get Taliban Included In SAARC Meet

Pakistan found itself isolated on the global stage this week after an attempt to generate support for the Taliban and… ...

US To Compensate Its Officials Affected By 'Havana Syndrome': Report

The US house unanimously passed legislation to compensate CIA personnel and diplomats affected by the so-called "Havana Syndrome" while serving… ...

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The Taliban nominate a U.N. envoy, complicating a quandary for the General Assembly.

The move sets up a possible showdown with the current… ...

Earthquake in Australia Damages Buildings in Melbourne

The 5.9-magnitude quake damaged buildings in Melbourne, but there were… ...

Pakistan Blames Politics as England and New Zealand Cricket Teams Cancel

Many see the pullouts by the England and New Zealand… ...

DIE NEUSTEN ENTWICKLUNGEN - Coronavirus weltweit: Der Impfstoff von Johnson & Johnson wirkt mit einer zweiten Dosis besser

Über 229 Millionen Menschen sind laut der Johns-Hopkins-Universität weltweit positiv… ...

China will keine neuen Kohlekraftwerke im Ausland mehr bauen

Präsident Xi macht Ankündigung an der Uno-Generalversammlung. Trotz drastischen Appellen… ...

Polens Verfassungsgericht will über Vorrang von EU-Recht entscheiden

Bereits jetzt hält die EU-Kommission Geld für Polen zurück, weil… ...

Mathayom 6 student hangs himself

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: An 18-year-old Mathayomsuksa 6 student hanged himself in… ...

Personal data of 106m travellers exposed online

Personal data of 106 million international travellers to Thailand was… ...

'Joe Ferrari' case lifts lid on Thai police corruption

BANGKOK: A flashy cop with a taste for fast cars… ...

Vereinte Nationen in New York: Taliban wollen an Uno-Generaldebatte teilnehmen

In einem Schreiben verlangt der Taliban-Aussenminister einen Auftritt in New… ...

Grosses Versprechen vor UNO: Xi: «China wird keine neuen Kohlekraftwerke im Ausland bauen»

Chinas Präsident Xi mahnt bei der UNO-Generaldebatte zu mehr Anstrengungen… ...

Mordmotiv Maskenpflicht: «Man möchte nur noch weinen»

Ein 49-jähriger Mann erschoss in Rheinland-Pfalz den Angestellten einer Tankstelle,… ...

Space
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NASA Readies James Webb Space Telescope for December Launch

NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit Dec. 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep… ...

NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid Bennu’s Future Orbit

NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu,… ...

NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s… ...

Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests

Researchers measured the potassium isotope compositions of Martian meteorites in order to estimate the presence, distribution, and abundance of volatile… ...

Cancer cells’ unexpected genetic tricks for evading the immune system

In a surprising new finding in mice, researchers have discovered that many genes linked to human cancer block the body's… ...

Plants evolved complexity in two bursts -- with a 250-million-year hiatus

A new method for quantifying plant evolution reveals that after the onset of early seed plants, complexity halted for 250… ...

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 ...

NFT-based fantasy football card firm raises $680m

But some fans question if crypto-assets and football are a good mix. ...

How 'nerd' culture powered through the pandemic

Meet the online content creators beating the odds to build successful careers from their passions. ...

Bitcoin mining producing tonnes of waste

Waste from the cryptocurrency process is similar to that from IT equipment somewhere like the Netherlands. ...

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