- Sunday, 28 May 2023
Modi inaugurates new parliament building as part of New Delhi's makeover
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's new parliament building on Sunday, a modern complex which is part of his Hindu nationalist government's grand plan to give a makeover to the British colonial-era architecture in the nation's capital.
Young boy among 11 dead in Pakistan avalanche
At least 11 people from a nomadic tribe, including a four-year-old boy, have been killed in an avalanche in northern Pakistan. The snow struck as the group crossed a mountainous area in the Shounter Pass with their goat herds.
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home
Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world's youngest country as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan. There's a bottleneck of men, women and children camping near the dusty border of Sudan and South Sudan and the international community and the government are worried about a prolonged conflict. Fighting between Sudan's military and a rival militia killed at least 863 civilians in Sudan before a seven-day ceasefire began Monday night. Many in South Sudan are concerned about what could happen if the fighting next door continues.
Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies
It's among the world's busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai.
Amazing pictures of new species found in Pacific Ocean
Underwater creatures: 5,000 new species found in the Pacific Ocean
Passenger opens exit door during airplane flight in SKorea
A passenger opened an emergency exit door during a plane flight in South Korea on Friday, causing air to blast inside the cabin and slightly injure 12 people, officials said. The plane landed safely.
Passenger arrested for opening plane door mid-air
A man has been arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely at Daegu International Airport on Friday with its door open.
Climbers celebrate Mt. Everest's 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures
As the mountaineering community prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there is growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and the weather getting harsh and unpredictable in the world’s tallest mountain. Since the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain peak was first scaled by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953, thousands of climbers have reached the peak and hundreds of lost their lives.
Death of 3 cheetah cubs in India deals blow to reintroduction efforts
Three cheetah cubs have died in India this week, dealing yet another setback to a historic effort by the government to reintroduce the species to the country after 70 years of extinction. The cubs were part of a litter of four born in late March to a cheetah named Siyaya, who was one of eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, in September last year.
After Typhoon Mawar battered Guam, 'what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks'
Many residents of Guam remained without power and utilities Thursday after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory the night before and ripped roofs off homes, flipped vehicles and shredded trees.
Boomers push nation's median age higher as fewer children are born in America
The United States grew older, faster, last decade.The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent census.
'91% Deaths of preterm babies in low-middle-income countries related to air pollution'
High-income countries make the greatest contribution to climate change but the people who have contributed least to the crisis are the most hit, with 91 per cent of deaths of preterm babies related to air pollution occurring in low and middle-income nations, says a report by UN agencies.
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life. Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutchman, was paralysed in a cycling accident 12 years ago.
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