Trump warns Iran over rocket strike on embassy in Iraq
Author: AFP ID: 1608787355358837200 Thu, 2020-12-24 05:20 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday he would hold “Iran responsible” in the event of a...
India records 24,712 new coronavirus cases
Author: Reuters ID: 1608788749498884300 Thu, 2020-12-24 04:41 MUMBAI: India recorded 24,712 new coronavirus infections, taking its total to 10.12 million, data from the health...
Japan’s Supreme Court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of an 84-year-old man who spent almost half a century on death row awaiting...
Climbers arrive in Pakistan to claim mountaineering’s last great prize: Winter ascent of K2
Author: Thu, 2020-12-24 00:30 ISLAMABAD: Chyang Dawa Sherpa is in Pakistan to attempt what no human has ever achieved before: A winter ascent of...
Trump throws pandemic relief into doubt
Author: Thu, 2020-12-24 00:59 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has thrown a long-awaited pandemic relief package into doubt days before millions of Americans will lose their...
UAE’s 2020 year in review
From a Mars mission to splitting the atom to helping develop a Covid-19 vaccine, 2020 was a big year for the United Arab Emirates.
The pandemic is forcing older workers to retire early
America has gone from having the strongest job market in decades to the very opposite during the pandemic. For older workers who have lost...
She thought she did everything right to avoid being evicted. She was wrong
Millions of struggling renters will likely be protected from eviction — at least for another month.
Nikola scraps plans for electric garbage truck
Nikola Motor Company’s plans to mass produce garbage trucks for Republic Services, one of the nation’s largest waste management service providers, were canceled Wednesday...
Plastic drinking water pipes exposed to high heat can leak hazardous chemicals
In August, a massive wildfire tore through the San Lorenzo Valley north of Santa Cruz, Calif., destroying almost 1,500 structures and exposing many others...
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