Plane overshoots runway, crashes onto busy road
Rome, Aug 5 (IANS/AKI) A cargo plane skidded off an airport runway in northern Italy on Friday, crashed through a perimeter fence and ended up wedged across a busy road after landing in bad weather….
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Taiwan reports increasing suicides in 2015
Taipei, Aug 5 (IANS) A total of 3,675 Taiwanese nationals committed suicide last year, an increase of some 4 per cent from the year before, the health and welfare department announced on Friday. Male residents…
AI used to detect rare leukemia type in Japan
Tokyo, Aug 5 (IANS) Japanese doctors have for the first time used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient’s life as the disease had gone undetected using…
9 killed in China road accident
Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) Nine people were killed and 27 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in China’s Shandong province on Friday, police said. Following a tyre blow-out, the truck hit a…
250,000 children malnourished in South Sudan
Juba, Aug 5 (IANS) Unicef on Friday said that over 250,000 children were malnourished while 120,000 children under five years in South Sudan have already been treated in the past six months. The low rates…
Indonesia arrests 6 terrorists for planning attacks in Singapore
Jakarta, Aug 5 (IANS) Indonesia’s anti-terror unit on Friday arrested six militants for planning attacks in Singapore. The men, aged between 19 and 46, were arrested at several locations in nearby Batam island, the BBC…
Dating on Tinder can make you lose self-esteem
New York, Aug 5 (IANS) Are you afraid of finding “matches” on the popular dating app Tinder leading to developing low self-esteem? You are not alone as a new study suggests that users of the…
South Africa’s ANC suffers major setback in civic polls
Johannesburg, Aug 5 (IANS) South Africans have delivered a stinging rebuke to the ruling African National Congress (ANC), handing the party its first major election setback since it swept to power in 1994 after the…
Loss of vision considered a worst ailment: Study
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Loss of eyesight is considered a worst ailment compared to other conditions like loss of limb, memory, hearing, or speech, a recent study revealed. According to the study published in the…
Soy may cut health risks in women with hormonal disorder
Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS) Consuming a diet rich in soy may help women with a type of hormonal disorder associated with infertility prevent the risk of diabetes and heart disease, says a study. The study…
Largest torrent search engine Torrentz shut down
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Weeks after search engine Kickass Torrents was shut down following the arrest of alleged founder Artem Vaulin in Poland, another major player Torrentz.eu shut its portals on Friday, a media report…
20 Afghan Taliban militants killed in infighting
Kabul, Aug 5 (IANS) At least 20 Afghan Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes that have erupted between supporters of leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada and his opponents in Herat province over the past four days,…
IS captures 3,000 fleeing citizens in Iraq
Geneva, Aug 5 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terror group has captured thousands of fleeing civilians in northern Iraq, the UN announced on Friday. The UN said it could confirm that up to 3,000 internally…
78 drug suspects arrested in Singapore
Singapore, Aug 5 (IANS) A total of 78 suspected drug offenders were arrested during an island-wide anti-narcotics operation in Singapore, an official statement said on Friday. According to the statement from the Central Narcotics Bureau…
This game takes you through rough Martian terrain
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) As Curiosity marks its fourth anniversary (in Earth years) since landing on Mars, and continues its exploration, gamers can join the fun via a new social media game, Mars Rover. With…
Former Istanbul governor arrested over coup link
Istanbul, Aug 5 (IANS) Former Istanbul governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu was arrested on Friday over his link to the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. Along with Mutlu, 11 other suspects — including seven governors,…
Space telescope sees bright comet diving into Sun
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, saw a bright sungrazing comet plunge towards the Sun at nearly 1.3 million miles per hour, NASA has said. This comet, first spotted by…
Lok Sabha pays tribute to 1945 atomic bombings in Japan
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday paid homage to the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan in 1945. “India has always toed the path of peace and…
Lok Sabha pays tribute to 1945 atomic bombings victims in Japan
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday paid homage to the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in Japan in 1945. “India has always toed the path of peace and…
Crashed Pakistani chopper crew safe, says Afghan envoy
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) All crew members aboard a Pakistani helicopter that crashlanded in Afghanistan were safe, Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday. Six people, including a Russian national, aboard were taken…