Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside the solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth, t
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Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Thursday.The move comes days
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The World Health Organization authorised the use of Chinese manufacturer CanSinBIO's Convidecia vaccine against COVID-19."The vaccine meets WHO standards for protection against COVID-19 and... the be
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Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday assured the country's lawmakers that the island nation has been able to secure sufficient stocks of diesel and petrol which will last till mid
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An embarrassing slip of the tongue by former US president George W Bush may have drawn laughter from his American audience, but it raised the ire of Iraqis.In a speech Wednesday evening in Dallas abou
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UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday outlined what amounts to a global Marshall Plan for ushering in a world powered by renewable energy rather than coal, gas and oil.To avoid catastrophic climate c
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