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Latest pictures show newly discovered mountain range on Pluto
FRANCE: The latest pictures to be beamed back from the far reaches of the solar system show a newly discovered...
What makes scientists so convinced it’s worthwhile looking for alien life?
HONG KONG: This week it was revealed that astronomers are about to start the most intensive ever search for alien...
Powerful mammoths fall prey to quickly warming Earth
LONDON: The mighty megafauna of the last ice age, including the wooly mammoths, short-faced bears and cave lions, largely went...
Dark matter may not be an exotic substance as assumed
NEW YORK: Dark matter may not be an exotic substance as has been assumed -- a new theory proposes that...
Australian dollar sheds to its lowest level in 6 years
PERTH: The Australian dollar has dipped to its lowest level in more than six years on the back of weak...
Taiwan police seize 138kg amphetamine in frozen tuna fish
KAOHSIUNG: Investigators and police in Kaohsiung have busted a drug smuggling operation that used shipping containers, discovering 138 kilograms of...
Blackstone buys $2.7b of Nordic properties from funds
OSLO: Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest manager of alternative assets, agreed to buy Nordic real estate portfolios valued at...
Yazoo Court sentences nurse 2 month jail for smuggling cellphones
JACKSON: A former nurse at the Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City has been sentenced to two months in prison...
Virginia poultry cooperative plans turkey facility
ANKARA: The Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative plans to build a turkey processing facility in Rockingham County that will increase production...
PCJCCI lauds launching of AIIB
LAHORE: The Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI), lauding the launching of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has...
The search for ET has been going on for years
EUROPE: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence elsewhere in the universe has leaped to prominence once again, with the announcement of...
Govt to add 11,200MW electricity to national grid by Dec 2017, claims Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development & Reforms Ahsan Iqbal has reiterated that the PLM-N government would add 11,200MW electricity...
Russia and Turkey can’t agree on gas prices
ANKARA: Turkish officials told Reuters that Gazprom and Turkey are “likely to finalise a deal on natural gas prices by...
HK customs confiscates bioderma cleansing water
HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs agents have confiscated hundreds of bottles of fake Bioderma cleansing water and arrested 16 suspects....
Indian rupee opens lower by 22 paise against US dollar
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee continued its downtrend and falling towards 64 per dollar mark. It has opened lower by 22...
Resale prices of Singapore’s public housing units fall 0.4% to 135 in 2Q
SINGAPORE: Resale prices of Singapore's public housing units built by Housing and Development Board (HDB) continued to slide in the...
Pak rupee remains stable against dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee remained stable the US dollar both in open market and interbank on Friday. As per the...
University of Essex plans to develop world’s largest space pool
CANADA: Grab your swim trunks and flip flops and get ready to dive into the world’s largest space pool. Of...
Star-forming hotspot in a lopsided galaxy
CANADA: Astronomers using a giant radio telescope in the Atacama Desert of Chile have sighted the star-forming hotspot in a...
Sea turtle populations in danger due to climate change, study
SYDNEY: Rising sea levels from climate change are a threat to sea turtle populations as eggs laid on beaches become...
