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40% Indians at risk of liver disease linked to obesity, diabetes: Lancet study

NEW DELHI: Nearly 40 per cent of participants in the Phenome India-CSIR Health Cohort could be affected by metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according...

Plastic now outweighs all animals on Earth combined: Why this should alarm us

NEW DELHI: Plastic produced by humans has reached staggering levels, now outweighing the total mass of all animals on Earth, according to remarks by...

Nasa Crew-12 to study blood flow, practice Moon landing in space

WASHINGTON: As Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission readies for launch, the crew is set to embark on a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space...

White House confirms US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman today

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: The United States will hold nuclear talks with Iran on Friday in Oman, a White House official said, as tensions between the countries...

Kremlin laughs off idea Epstein was Russian spy

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Thursday that it did not want to waste time answering questions ‌about unproven suggestions ‌in ‌Western ⁠media and ‌by...

Turkiye determined to take relations with Saudi Arabia to higher level, Erdogan tells crown prince

  RIYADH: Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday and told him Turkiye was determined to...

Pope Leo warns of ‘new arms race’ as US-Russia treaty to expire

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV warned Wednesday of the risk of “a new arms race” as the last US-Russia nuclear treaty is set to...

China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027

HONG KONG: China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla’s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All...

WHO appeals for $1 bn for world’s worst health crises in 2026

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday appealed for $1 billion to tackle health crises this year across the world’s 36 most severe emergencies,...

Russia has not received any message from India about stopping oil purchases: Kremlin

MOSCOW: Russia has not heard any statements from India about stopping Russian oil purchases, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. His comments came a...

Iran’s president orders team to open fresh talks with US

TEHRAN: Iran’s president has announced that he has instructed diplomats to seek talks with the United States, as tension around the threat of a...

French authorities raid X offices, summon Musk in cybercrime probe

PARIS: French police have raided the Paris offices of X and summoned its owner, Elon Musk, to appear at a hearing, amid an ongoing...

Study links intelligence to overall brain activity rather than specific region

NEW DELHI: Researchers have found evidence for a theory that views intelligence as a property of how the brain functions as a whole, rather...

Gaza’s Rafah crossing reopens for limited traffic

Reopening of link between Palestinian enclave & Egypt stipulated under second phase of US-brokered ‘ceasefire’ Ambulances wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border...

Khamenei warns of ‘regional war’ if US attacks Iran

Iran’s supreme leader accuses the US of aiming to seize his country’s oil and natural gas resources TEHRAN: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has warned...

India to buy Venezuelan oil, claims Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has claimed that India will be buying oil from Venezuela, a move he said would help Caracas economically while...

Guterres warns UN risks ‘imminent financial collapse’

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that the world body is on the brink of financial collapse and could run out...

Israeli strikes kill 23 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward

DEIR AL-BALAH (GAZA STRIP): Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October...

Donald Trump, Bill Gates and The Duke: Who & what’s inside latest Epstein files

WASHINGTON: The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has released new files, running into millions, related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The release...

Why has Nasa delayed the launch of Artemis-II mission to Moon?

WASHINGTON: Nasa has postponed the launch of the ambitious crewed mission to the Moon, the first in over half a century after the Apollo...

Trump warns Iran of ‘far worse’ attack as Tehran threatens retaliation

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it would face an attack “far worse” than previous US strikes if it does not...

EU appears poised to sanction Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

BRUSSELS: The European Union appeared poised Thursday to sanction Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard over Tehran's deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, further squeezing the Islamic...

Starmer, Xi call for deeper UK-China ties

BEIJING: The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of...

Researchers develop non-invasive MRI-based technique for assessing heart failure patients

NEW DELHI: A routine MRI scan may help a doctor assess a heart failure patient, according to a new study, offering an alternative to...

Nasa will launch Wright Brothers’s plane to Moon on Artemis-II mission

WASHINGTON: As Nasa gears up for Artemis II, the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy...

UK PM arrives in China to defend ‘pragmatic’ partnership

BEIJING: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, hoping to restore long fraught relations. It...

India comes out on top on this: Trump admin on Delhi’s trade deal with EU

NEW YORK: India came out on “top” in the trade deal with the European Union and is going to have a heyday with this,...

Research examines technologies to access water on Mars

LONDON: A new study has examined how future human missions to Mars could access one of the planet's most vital resources -- water. The 'Martian...

Xi says China seeks to uphold UN-based world order

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China seeks to uphold the UN-based world order, in remarks as he met Finnish Prime Minister Petteri...

‘Israel to seek new security deal with US’

JERUSALEM: Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security deal, seeking to extend US military support even as...

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