London. Project to map human brain from womb to birth releases stunning images. A landmark project to map the wiring of the human brain from womb to birth has released thousands of images th... Read more
Tripoli. Nearly 250 refugees dead after shipwrecks off Libyan coast. The final toll of dead and missing from two refugee shipwrecks off Libya at the weekend has risen to 245, the United Nati... Read more
London. Meet Zuul, destroyer of shins – ‘Ghostbuster’ dinosaur. Scientists have identified a 75m-year old dinosaur that bears a striking resemblance to a monster from the f... Read more
MONTREAL/PARIS. United Nations aviation agency seeks global approach to laptop ban. A United Nations agency has launched an effort to craft global guidance for the use of laptops and other p... Read more
Seoul. South Korea’s Moon takes presidency of divided country. South Korea’s liberal leader Moon Jae-in will take the oath of office as president on Wednesday, tasked with naviga... Read more
Washington. Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released. A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservatio... Read more
Cambodia. Cambodian UN peacekeeper killed, 8 wounded in CAR. Attackers in Central African Republic ambushed a convoy of UN peacekeepers from Cambodia and Morocco, killing one Cambodian soldi... Read more
WASHINGTON. Donald Trump fires FBI Director Comey, in shock move . U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading his agency’s inv... Read more
Damascus. US ignores Turkey’s objection, approves arming Kurdish forces in Syria. US President Donald Trump has authorized the arming of Kurdish forces in Syria despite fierce opposition fro... Read more
Bonn. Talks on Paris climate deal underway in Bonn amid US threat to withdraw. Climate negotiators have gathered in the German city of Bonn to draft an executive guide for the landmark Paris... Read more
