Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
Reuters :Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in...
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President Bashar al-Assad sworn in for 4th term in war-hit Syria
Al Jazeera :Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, after winning more than 95.1 percent...
US judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications
Reuters :A US federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States...
Death toll in India well collapse rises to 11
PTI :Eleven bodies have been recovered and 19 people rescued from a well, which collapsed on Thursday during a rescue operation, in India’s Madhya Pradesh....
Belarus jails varsity teacher, students, cracks down on journos
AFP :Belarus on Friday jailed 11 university students on Friday and raided the homes of more than a dozen journalists in a continuing crackdown on...
Napoleon hat may fetch up to 600,000 euros at auction
AFP :A hat worn by Napoleon during his 1807 military campaign against Prussian and Russian forces could fetch 600,000 euros ($710,000) when it goes on...
Easter bombings: Sri Lanka probes charges against spy agencies
Al Jazeera :Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people...
Oregon wildfire displaces 2,000 residents as blazes flare across US West
Reuters :Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest...
Covid shatters Hajj dreams of older pilgrims
AFP :Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making...
Biden and Merkel ‘united against Russia aggression’
BBC Online :The US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.Mr...
All passengers survive after plane landing in Siberia
Reuters :All 19 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that vanished from radars in Siberia survived after the aircraft made a hard...
World leaders dial in as NZ hosts special APEC meeting on pandemic
Reuters :US President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders meet virtually on Friday for the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC,...