Nato expels 8 Russians from mission for spying
BRUSSELS – Nato has expelled eight Russian diplomats it says have been working secretly as intelligence officers.
The military alliance has also halved the size...
Newly discovered Egyptian coffin displayed in Dubai
CAIRO – The coffin of an ancient Egyptian priest uncovered last year is on public display for the first time at the Dubai World...
US submarine hits unknown object in South China Sea
WASHINGTON – A US nuclear submarine hit an “unknown object” while submerged in waters in the Asia-Pacific region, injuring a number of sailors, US...
Anti-vax villagers attack Guatemalan nurses
GUATEMALA City – Anti-vaccine residents in a village in rural Guatemala have attacked nurses who were trying to administer coronavirus jabs, holding them for...
Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules
STOCKHOLM – Two scientists have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on building molecules that are mirror images of...
China-Taiwan tensions ‘worst in 40 years’
TAIPEI – Tensions with China are at their worst in 40 years, Taiwan’s defense minister has said, warning of the risk of an accidental...
Thousands of pedophiles in French Church – probe
PARIS – Thousands of pedophiles have operated within the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of a panel investigating abuses by church members...
Kishida Japan’s new PM
TOKYO – Fumio Kishida has formally taken office as Japan’s new prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga who resigned after just one year in office.
Kishida,...
How we feel touch and temperature wins Nobel
STOCKHOLM – The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors...
Thousands march for abortion rights in US
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people have been holding rallies across all 50 US states in support of abortion rights.
They have been galvanized...