Pakistan ‘concerned’ by Afghan doubts over its commitment to peace
Author: Mon, 2020-12-28 00:43 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday said it was “concerned about some negative comments” from Afghanistan about its commitment to the peace process...
US government shutdown averted as Trump relents, signs massive budget bill
Author: AP ID: 1609120329638922600 Mon, 2020-12-28 05:20 WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will...
The pandemic shut down her chateau. Then she became a YouTube star
What do you get when you put a former opera singer, two ex-boyfriends, her French mother, an adopted Scottish brother, a Dutch tango instructor,...
Japan will ban entry to foreign nationals after Covid-19 variant detected in country
Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country from Monday through the end of January after several cases of the new Covid-19 variant...
Queen Elizabeth had a rough 2020. But the pandemic gave her renewed relevance.
2020 was a tumultuous year for most people, and that’s no less true for Queen Elizabeth II.
10 times science made a sucky year suck less
From the incredible efforts of scientists to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time to clapping seals, this year had some amazing discoveries.
10 geological discoveries that absolutely rocked 2020
Here are 10 of the most amazing geological discoveries of the year.
World’s largest iceberg continues to break up off the coast of South Georgia
It is hoped that the icebergs will now miss the island, but their fate is still uncertain.
EU begins vaccinations to defeat pandemic
Author: Stuart Williams and AFP bureaus | AFP ID: 1609061799583859500 Sun, 2020-12-27 09:34 PARIS: EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign hailed...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has ‘winning formula’: CEO
Author: AFP ID: 1609075072414649500 Sun, 2020-12-27 11:40 LONDON: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now