Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) US space agency NASA said Tuesday it will make a “major announcement” regarding the awarding of contracts to build commercial spaceships that will send the country’s astronauts to space soil by 2017. “NASA is poised to announce the final phase of development and certification to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to […]
Singapore, Sep 15 (IANS) Air quality in Singapore crossed the “unhealthy” line Monday morning, as the three-hour pollutant standards index (PSI) reached 113 at around 6 a.m. And by 7 a.m. fell slightly to 111. A PSI reading of 0-50 is considered “good”, 51-100 is classified as “moderate”, and 101-200 is ranked as “unhealthy”, Xinhua reported. […]
Stockholm, Sep 15 (IANS) Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced his resignation Sunday night amid disappointing results of his centre-right government in the 2014 parliamentary election. Reinfeldt made the announcement in an address to his Moderate Party Sunday night when they were witnessing the disappointing results, Xinhua reported. “The election is over and the Swedish people […]
Jerusalem, Sep 15 (IANS) The Israeli military Sunday sharply criticised a conscientious objection letter sent by 43 veterans of an elite intelligence unit who refused to serve their duty due to Israel’s surveillance and information gathering tactics. Military spokesperson Brig-Gen. Moti Almoz wrote online Sunday that the group used their military service “to express political opinions” […]
Abuja, Sep 15 (IANS) Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency Sunday said that 44 bodies were recovered, while 130 people trapped in a collapsed church building were rescued in the country’s commercial city of Lagos. Spokesperson for the rescue agency Ibrahim Farinloye said in a statement that the number of dead people has risen to 44, Xinhua […]
Tokyo, Sep 13 (IANS) Japanese researchers have successfully implanted lab-grown retinal tissue from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) into a woman in her 70s – the world’s first recipient of stem cells. In a two-hour procedure, a team of three eye specialists led by Yasuo Kurimoto of the Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital transplanted a […]
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) New research by NASA shows a glimpse of giant holes in the electrically charged layer of the Venusian atmosphere, called the ionosphere. These holes give additional clues to understanding Venus’s atmosphere – how the planet interacts with the constant onslaught of solar wind from the sun and perhaps even what is deep […]
Damascus, Sep 11 (IANS) The Syrian forces killed at least 32 rebels Wednesday in the countryside of the capital Damascus, media reports said. Over 20 rebels were killed when the Syrian military shelled the rebel-held suburb of Douma in the eastern countryside of Damascus, Xinhua reported citing the state news agency SANA. In northern Damascus, the […]
Jerusalem, Sep 11 (IANS) Israel has ordered criminal probes into its recent military operation in the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli shelling that killed four Palestinian children in mid-July, media reports said Wednesday. Israel’s chief military prosecutor has ordered investigations into a number of cases, including a naval shelling on a Gaza beach July 16 that […]
Lisbon, Sep 11 (IANS) The Portuguese Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three men in an anti-drug operation and seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of 80 million euros, authorities said Wednesday. The drug seizure took place in Potugal’s Algarve region, some 280 km south of Lisbon, as part of an international operation in […]