TEHRAN (Tasnim) – India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a “historic day” for the nation. Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — took off on time at 2.43pm (0913 GMT) from the […]
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched – raising $200,000 in four hours – after a mystery attacker set fire to Kyoto Animation’s headquarters in Japan. Anime and manga is a huge industry in Japan with millions of children and adult fans. A 41-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, 18 July, after breaking into the company’s […]
Speculations over the fate of the body of Iraq’s former President, Saddam Hussein, have resurfaced again with new reports claiming that the residents of al-Awja village near the northern city of Tikrit, the birthplace and the burial site of the Iraqi strongman have exhumed his grave and moved his body to a secret location. The […]
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.9 hit the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at 15:08 UTC on July 7, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 36.3 km (22.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.9 at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). The epicenter was located 135 km (84 miles) WSW […]
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck west of the beach resort of Broome, Australia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The epicentre of the quake was located in the Indian Ocean, about 209 kilometres southwest of Broome, or 1,294 kilometres southwest of Darwin. There is no tsunami threat, according to the Australian Tsunami […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport was shut down until 5 pm on Friday after a Yeti Airlines aircraft suffered a “runway excursion” while landing, a media report said Airport officials said all 68 passengers, including two minors and four crew members who were on board, have safely disembarked from the aircraft. A runway […]
BANGKOK, July 1 (TNA) – Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia support the use of biodiesel to absorb palm supply, targeting to use B10-30 by next year. Biodiesel Producer Associations of three countries met at the 2nd Palm Biodiesel Conference, held in Bangkok from July 1-2 to create the network, promoting innovation and the use of biodiesel. […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail anyone who moved to impeach him because he had said he could not stop Chinese boats from fishing in South China Sea waters within Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Duterte late Thursday dared his critics who had complained about the government’s inability to hold Beijing accountable for the sinking […]
