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Vials of ‘good’ bacteria cultured by Australian high-school students have been launched into space as part of an experiment to create nutrient-rich yogurt and study the effects of microgravity on the dairy-based microbes. A total of 36 samples – containing frozen milk and various strains of yogurt-producing bacteria – were sent to the International Space […]
Gunmen aboard an improvised armored truck and several other vehicles have broken into a prison in Central Mexico, freeing nine inmates. The criminals also reportedly set off car bombs in the process. The attack on the penitentiary facility in the city of Tula began in the early hours of Wednesday. The Hidalgo State’s interior secretary, […]
Far-right figure Eric Zemmour, touted as a potential president of France, was caught showing the middle finger to an angry woman who accosted him in Marseille. A minister later asked young people not to repeat the obscene gesture. Zemmour, who is expected to officially announce his candidacy for the presidency early next month, arrived in […]
Taiwan’s president unveiled the country’s combat wing of advanced US-made F-16 fighters in a ceremony on Thursday, showing its new Air Force capabilities against mainland China. The event, held at an air base in the southern Taiwanese city of Chiayi, saw the island commission the first combat wing of F-16 fighters, developed with US support. […]
Israel has launched a national drill in a ‘war games’ format to assess its preparedness for an outbreak of a potential unknown new strain of Covid-19. The simulation – dubbed the “Omega drill” – was announced on Twitter by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday. Bennett has regularly referred to the ‘Omega strain’ to describe […]
People in the German state of Hessen are reportedly so spooked by Covid-19 that many don’t expect to resume hugging their friends and family members – or even shaking hands – once the pandemic ends. Almost a third of people surveyed by health insurer AOK Hessen said they will continue to refrain from hugging loved […]
Tehran has hailed the capabilities of its domestically developed and made defense hardware as the Iranian army undertakes its latest military exercise, familiarizing its younger personnel with battle-like conditions. On Sunday, Iran’s armed forces kicked off their latest exercise, ‘Zolfaghar 1400’, under the command of the army’s Zolfaghar base. Alireza Sabahi Fard, the commander of […]
Australia has started rolling out booster shots to ramp up immunity against Covid-19. Anyone aged over 18 who completed their primary two-dose course of vaccination at least six months ago is now eligible. On Monday morning, Australia officially started its booster shot campaign although since Saturday as many as 173,000 people had already been given […]
Six volunteers from Russia, the US, and UAE are going to spend eight months in close quarters, simulating a mission to the Moon, as part of the SIRIUS-21 international isolation experiment launched in Moscow on Thursday. According to the scenario of the experiment, which is being jointly staged by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of […]
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has been recorded close to the nothwestern Indonesian island of Sumatra, the US Geological Survey said on Monday. Initial reports indicate the quake struck at a depth of 6.4km (4 miles). Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported the quake as measuring 6.2-magnitude, adding that no tsunami alert has been issued has […]
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis waded into the hubbub around Facebook changing its corporate name to ‘Meta’, accusing Mark Zuckerberg of “borrowing” the new title from the moniker of an anti-capitalist think tank. In a series of tweets on Friday, Varoufakis told the Facebook founder to keep his “hands off our mέta” – referring […]
A video of a scuffle on a bus in Antwerp has surfaced online showing an elderly woman apparently thrown off the bus following a fight. Police are investigating the incident. In the minute-long clip, a woman with a shopping trolley is seen on a bus, involved in an apparent heated argument with a group of […]
A giant container ship with some 52 kilograms (114 pounds) of hazardous materials on board has been burning off the coast of Canada’s British Columbia province. The fire reportedly started in the hazmat shipment. The fire broke out on the MV Zim Kingston, the Malta-flagged container ship, on Saturday morning, prompting a partial evacuation of […]
The Senegalese Navy announced that, with the support of France’s Air Force, a record 2,026 kilos of cocaine was seized from drug traffickers while moving through an often used smuggling route off the coast of the African nation. The vessel carrying the shipment of pure cocaine was found travelling around 363 kilometers (226 miles) off […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in Somalia’s favor in a major territorial row over a tract of sea believed rich in oil and gas, after a years-long dispute with Kenya, which has refused to recognize the decision. In a lengthy 79-page judgement, the UN’s top court ruled largely on the side of […]