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Mexico City: A journalist was shot dead Thursday, a prosecutor said, the fifth such murder in Mexico this year. Heber Lopez Vazquez, who worked for a news website called Noticias Web in the southern Oaxaca state, was shot while he was in his car, state prosecutor Arturo Calvo told the TV channel Milenio.

Paris: French scientist Luc Montagnier, who won the Nobel prize for medicine for his co-discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, has died aged 89, the mayor of the Paris suburb where he was hospitalized said Thursday. Montagnier died on Tuesday in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine northwest of the centre of Paris, its […]

Starbase, United States: Elon Musk delivered updates on SpaceX’s efforts to develop its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night, but stopped short of announcing a firm launch date for an orbital test or new  missions, despite considerable buildup ahead of the rare presentation. Addressing an audience at the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica, south […]

Jizan, Saudi Arabia: For Farah al-Malki, growing coffee plants in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan is more than just a profession. It is a family tradition passed down from generation to generation.  The 90-year-old patriarch has a long history with coffee, which spread from Ethiopia to Yemen and then to the rest of the […]

Tokyo: Toyota on Wednesday logged a forecast-beating net profit of $6.8 billion for the three months to December, even as a global chip crunch and a pandemic-driven parts shortage forced production cuts. The Japanese auto giant, which kept its crown as the world’s top-selling carmaker in 2021, left its annual net profit forecast unchanged but […]

Nairobi: An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday. Three consecutive rainy seasons have failed as the region has recorded its driest conditions since 1981, the UN agency said. The drought […]

Beijing: The dramatic triumph of China’s women footballers at the Asian Cup has sparked calls on social media for equal pay, with commenters contrasting their performance with the dismal men’s side. Xiao Yuyi’s stoppage-time goal clinched a remarkable 3-2 comeback win over South Korea in the final, sealing a record ninth Asian title for China. […]

Paris: Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found “in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale” wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday, calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics.  Tiny fragments of plastic have reached even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet: […]