Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
Mumbai, India - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from...
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Oil under $65 a boon for consumers, but a burden on producers
London, United Kingdom -- US President Donald Trump's tariffs, his call to "drill baby drill" and especially a decision by...
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Iran to let women fans into football stadium after gap
Women spectators will be allowed to see a football match in Iran for the first time in two years.
- Women will be allowed into the Azadi stadium in Tehran on October 12 to support the team in a World Cup qualifier match against South Korea
- The last time they were allowed in the stadium was in October 2019, when Iran thrashed Cambodia 14-0
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World airlines commit to ‘net zero’ CO2 emissions by 2050
The world's airlines made a joint pledge Monday to reach "net zero" CO2 by 2050, as the aviation industry ramps...
- "The important decision that we must make today will secure the freedom to fly for future generations"
- IATA represents 290 member airlines comprising 82 percent of pre-pandemic global air traffic
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Jordan says Pandora Papers claims ‘distorted’, security threat
Jordan has said the act of revealing the addresses of the properties, spread all across the world, owned by the...
- Jordan’s royal court has said it is well known that the king has properties all over the world
- However, the locations of these properties were not made public to protect the king
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American scientist duo wins Nobel in medicine
They will share the Nobel Prize cheque for 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, €1 million).
- The scientists had won the prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch
- In essence they discovered how humans, for instance, feal the warmth of the sun or when they touch something hot
Arts & Culture
Art sales rebound to an all-time high of $2.7 billion after Covid-19 slump
Sales soared between June 2020 and June 2021 as auctioneers quickly adopted a more online approach.
- NFTs, or "non-fungible tokens", allow people to buy the rights to online art, including images, animation or even tweets.
- In March, US artist Beeple sold an NFT of his digital artwork "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" for $69.3 million.
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‘Mad’ Israeli quest to revive ancient dates bears fruit
A project has managed to grow date palm trees from 2,000-year-old seeds found near the Dead Sea.
- Samples of the dates from the trees will be available for sale soon, said the team that grew the trees
- They used an enzyme-based fertilizer to grow the plants, ruling out the use of any man-made chemicals
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Panama law firm heavily implicated in ‘Pandora Papers’ revelations
Alcogal created offshore shell companies to hide money in tax havens for politicians and public figures. They included "some accused...
- Nearly two million of the 11.9 million leaked documents associated with the Pandora Papers came from Alcogal.
- The firm rejected accusations, saying it was considering legal action to defend its reputation.
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Facebook chooses ‘profit over safety,’ says whistleblower
Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest. She said in an...
- Haugen had shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental healthÂ
- During the 2020 US presidential election, she said, the company realized the danger that such content presented and turned on safety systems to reduce it.
Business
Libya kicks off construction of oil refinery near an oilfield
Announced in the early 1980s, the project for a refinery in southern Libya had been put on hold for years...
- An annual income of $75 million is expected from the project, said state oil company head Mustafa Sanalla.
- The refinery will be built near Al-Charara oil field, which produces an average of 300,000 barrels of oil a day.
Geostrategy
Jordan’s king and president Assad of Syria hold first phone call in 10 years
Jordan's king held a telephone call with Syria's president on Sunday, the palace said, in the first such conversation between...
- The two discussed "bilateral ties and means to bolster cooperation"
- During their call, Abdullah stressed Jordan's "support for efforts to safeguard Syria's sovereignty"
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Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
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India finds apparent wreckage from 2016 military plane crash
New Delhi, India - India said on Friday it had likely found wreckage from an Indian Air Force transport plane that...
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UNSC to meet on US-UK strikes against Houthi rebels
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting over the strikes carried out by the United States and Britain...
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DUBAI, UAE - Yemen's Houthi rebels, who vowed to retaliate against US and British strikes early on Friday against key military...
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IMF okays $700 million disbursement for cash-strapped Pakistan
Washington, United States - The IMF's executive board approved an immediate disbursement of around $700 million for Pakistan Thursday as part...
- The funds were unlocked after the International Monetary Fund board approved the first review of a nine-month.
- Thursday's disbursement brings the total released under the agreement to around $1.9 billion, the Fund said.
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India flexes maritime muscles by boosting Arabian Sea force
New Delhi, India - Dramatic drone footage showing Indian commandos hunting pirates after an attack in the Arabian Sea illustrates New...
- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh -- speaking at the launch of India's latest own-built warship, vowed shipping would be protected "from the sea to the heights of the sky"
- India was taking "very proactive action" to ensure pirates "don't venture out into the India Ocean region", Admiral Hari Kumar, chief of naval staff said
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Israel ‘systematically’ blocking aid to north Gaza hospitals: UN
Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN aid agency OCHA's office in the occupied Palestinian territories, described how detailed coordination...
- Lucia Elmi, special representative for the UN children's agency UNICEF in the Palestinian territories, also lamented that "we can't get sufficient aid in".
- "Children in Gaza are running out of time, while most of the lifesaving humanitarian aid they desperately need remains stranded," said Elmi.