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Dubai's super fast and fearless firefighters scale Burj Khalifa to Guinness glory
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:11:48 +05:00

The Dubai Civil Defence firefighters receive the Guinness World Record certificate after completing the fastest climb of Burj Khalifa. — Dubai Civil Defence/File

DUBAI: In a city famed for its breathtaking skyline and home to more than a hundred of the world’s tallest...

Pakistani home cook wins top honour at UK National Curry Week
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:30:51 +05:00

Emerging cooking talent Sunia Imran. — Reporter

LONDON: Emerging cooking talent Sunia Imran has been named the Champion of the UK National Curry Week Cook-Off 2025, earning national recognition for her creativity, precision, and celebration of authentic Pakistani and South Asian...

How thieves broke into Louvre museum and what they stole
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:20:00 +05:00

Forensic police officers arrive at the Louvre museum after reports of a robbery, in Paris, France, October 19, 2025. — Reuters

Thieves in balaclavas broke into Paris' Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, and stole priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown...

WATCH: Crocodile lurks in Australian luxury hotel pool
Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:19:00 +05:00

This image shows crocodile at bottom of the pool of an Australian luxury resort. — Instagram@kellerdiaries

A crocodile took a dip in a luxury hotel pool in northeastern Australia this weekend but failed to stir guests who relaxed in the sun a few steps away.

Video posted on...

'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:53:00 +05:00

A screen showing human brain cells is photographed at the Swiss start-up FinalSpark in Vevey, on October 3, 2025. — AFP

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay...

Shark bite‑resistant wetsuits could cut severe injuries: study
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:13:00 +05:00

A Great White shark is pictured in the Eastern North Pacific in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Kevin Weng, University of Hawaii. — Reuters

Shark bite-resistant neoprene could help reduce the severity of shark attacks and increase survival chances, a study by Australian...

From waste to runway: Kenyan designers transform used clothes into art
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:21:00 +05:00

Models show off outfits created by local fashion designers specialising in upcycling discarded fabrics and garments from second-hand clothes markets. — AFP

In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya's largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold,...

New species of Jurassic ‘sword dragon' found in UK
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:07:00 +05:00

A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur.— AFP

A skeleton found on Britain’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists...

Unreachable: Meet the Nobel winner who hasn't heard the news
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:36:19 +05:00

Fred Ramsdell of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, poses in an undated photograph. —Reuters

One of this year’s Nobel laureates is not just a brilliant medical researcher but also a master of balance — between the lab and...

Why is Sweden a country 'prescribed by doctors'?
Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:02:00 +05:00

A view shows a forest owned by Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, in this handout taken in an undisclosed location in Latvia in 2019 and obtained by Reuters on January 26, 2023. — Reuters

Feeling stressed? Anxious? In need of a...

$1 million Spanish treasure discovered off Florida's treasure coast
Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:35:00 +05:00

A team of specialist divers has uncovered a long-lost Spanish treasure worth an estimated $1 million off Florida’s famous Treasure Coast.

The haul includes more than 1,000 silver and gold coins dating back to 1715, originally minted in the Spanish colonies of Bolivia,...

Jay-Z of birds: Blue and green jays make a marvel of nature
Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:42:00 +05:00

A rare hybrid identified in a San Antonio suburb is the result of mating between a male blue jay and a female green jay, a study found. — Pexels/University of Texas at Austin/Canva

Move over, mythical griffins, nature has delivered a real-life marvel. A hybrid bird, born of a blue...

Human skin cells turned into fertilisable eggs for first time
Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:33:00 +05:00

A woman works with human genetic material at a laboratory. — Reuters/File

Scientists said on Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilised them in the lab for the first time — a breakthrough that is hoped to one day let infertile people have...

Tails of the city: Paris rats find unlikely political ally
Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:21:00 +05:00

PARIS: It has black button eyes and long, thin whiskers that tremble when it looks around curiously.

Unlike most rats, this one has a name, Plume, and gets to enjoy the rare privilege of wandering around Paris on the shoulder of its owner, a local politician.

Gregory Moreau,...

Emirati researcher reveals fathering more than 100 children
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:51:00 +05:00

Emirati researcher Saeed Musbah Al Ketbi. — X/@Sharjahnews/screengrab

Emirati researcher Saeed Musbah Al Ketbi astonished the audience when he revealed he has four wives and more than 100 children.

Speaking at the Sharjah Institute for Heritage this week, Ketbi said his focus...

World's second-largest diamond awaits home
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:15:00 +05:00

A golf ball is placed next to the "Motswedi" a 2,488-carat rough diamond, the second largest in the world, at the HB Antwerp diamond company headquarters in Antwerp, on September 22, 2025.— AFP

The world’s second-largest diamond could soon find a new home in a...

Bananas? Taiwan entrepreneur wants to make clothes out of plant material
Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:09:00 +05:00

A worker carries the middle section of a banana plant, known as the pseudostem, to be turned into materials for fabric, in Pingtung, Taiwan, August 20, 2025. — Reuters

Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is reaching back into Taiwan's history to turn the humble banana plant into an...

12-million-year-old porpoise fossil found in Peru
Thu, 18 Sep 2025 05:32:59 +05:00

A complete petrified skeleton of an ancestor of modern porpoises dating back more than 10 million years is unveiled at the Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute in Lima on September 17, 2025.—AFP

Peruvian palaeontologists on Wednesday unveiled the 12-million-year-old...

Smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': study
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:43:00 +05:00

A tribesman in Papua, Indonesia, holds a smoke-dried mummy of an ancestor—part of a centuries-old mummification tradition preserved by some communities in this undated image – AFP

BANGKOK: Some ancient societies in China and southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their...

Lagos chef sets Guinness record with 8,780-kg serving of Nigerian jollof rice
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:47:46 +05:00

A giant pot containing almost nine tonnes of jollof rice has earned Nigerian chef Hilda Baci a world record. — AFP

Guinness World Records on Monday gave official recognition to Nigerian chef Hilda Baci in recognising her rice jollof, concocted in Lagos last Friday, as the world's...

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