This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldJoseph Wu tells visiting US health secretary Taiwan lives under constant threat of its freedoms being quashed by BeijingLast modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 18.55 ESTChina is trying to turn Taiwan into another Hong Kong, the island’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday as he met with aA crackdown on dissent in has gathered pace since China imposed a sweeping security law on the financial hub in June, with opposition politicians disqualified and activists arrested.The security clampdown has caused alarm in , a self-ruled...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldJoseph Wu tells visiting US health secretary Taiwan lives under constant threat of its freedoms being quashed by BeijingLast modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 18.55 ESTChina is trying to turn Taiwan into another Hong Kong, the island’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday as he met with aA crackdown on dissent in has gathered pace since China imposed a sweeping security law on the financial hub in June, with opposition politicians disqualified and activists arrested.The security clampdown has caused alarm in , a self-ruled...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldResearchers identify 37 ring-like structures known as coronae that are believed to be living volcanoesMon 20 Jul 2020 19.34 EDTScientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on that appear to have been recently active – and probably still are today – painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought.The research focused on ring-like structures called coronae, caused by an upwelling of hot rock from deep within the planet’s interior, and provided compelling evidence of...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldResearchers identify 37 ring-like structures known as coronae that are believed to be living volcanoesMon 20 Jul 2020 19.34 EDTScientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on that appear to have been recently active – and probably still are today – painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought.The research focused on ring-like structures called coronae, caused by an upwelling of hot rock from deep within the planet’s interior, and provided compelling evidence of...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldA rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planetLast modified on Thu 30 Jul 2020 05.54 EDTThe first Arab space mission to has blasted off aboard a rocket from Japan, with its unmanned probe – called Al-Amal, or Hope – successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.A live feed of the launch showed the rocket carrying the probe lifting off from the Tanegashima Centre in southern Japan at 6.58am (9.58pm GMT).Almost exactly one hour later, the feed showed...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldA rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planetLast modified on Thu 30 Jul 2020 05.54 EDTThe first Arab space mission to has blasted off aboard a rocket from Japan, with its unmanned probe – called Al-Amal, or Hope – successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.A live feed of the launch showed the rocket carrying the probe lifting off from the Tanegashima Centre in southern Japan at 6.58am (9.58pm GMT).Almost exactly one hour later, the feed showed...WW…

Receding French ice leaves behind newspapers proclaiming Indira Gandhi’s rise to become PMFirst published on Sun 12 Jul 2020 19.43 EDTCopies of Indian newspapers onboard an Air jet that crashed into Mont Blanc in the 1960s have been revealed by melting ice on the mountain’s Bossons glacierThe papers, with headlines from when became India’s prime minister, were discovered by Timothée Mottin, who runs a cafe-restaurant, La Cabane du Cerro, at an altitude of 1,350 metres (4,455ft) above the French resort of Chamonix.Air India flight 101 flew into the Europe’s highest mountain at 8am on 24...…Receding French ice leaves behind newspapers proclaiming Indira Gandhi’s rise to become PMFirst published on Sun 12 Jul 2020 19.43 EDTCopies of Indian newspapers onboard an Air jet that crashed into Mont Blanc in the 1960s have been revealed by melting ice on the mountain’s Bossons glacierThe papers, with headlines from when became India’s prime minister, were discovered by Timothée Mottin, who runs a cafe-restaurant, La Cabane du Cerro, at an altitude of 1,350 metres (4,455ft) above the French resort of Chamonix.Air India flight 101 flew into the Europe’s highest mountain at 8am on 24...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years old Inquiry to examine claims remains were found strewn around and dismemberedLast modified on Thu 9 Jul 2020 14.32 EDTAuthorities in will investigate claims that human corpses donated for science were left to rot and be eaten by rats at a university research facility, the Paris prosecutor’s office has said.An investigation into “violations of the integrity of a corpse” was handed over to magistrates by prosecutors who handled the initial phase of the investigation after l’Express magazine reported the scandal last...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years old Inquiry to examine claims remains were found strewn around and dismemberedLast modified on Thu 9 Jul 2020 14.32 EDTAuthorities in will investigate claims that human corpses donated for science were left to rot and be eaten by rats at a university research facility, the Paris prosecutor’s office has said.An investigation into “violations of the integrity of a corpse” was handed over to magistrates by prosecutors who handled the initial phase of the investigation after l’Express magazine reported the scandal last...WW…

--Queen Elizabeth II's correspondence on her role in the 1975 sacking of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam will be released next week, it was announced Thursday, after a lengthy battle to make the documents public.The British monarch's representative in Australia, governor-general John Kerr, sparked a constitutional crisis in 1975 when he dismissed Whitlam, the popular leader of the centre-left Labor party, three years after his election.Australia's High Court ruled in May that more than 200 letters between the queen and Kerr over the controversial affair should be part of the public...…--Queen Elizabeth II's correspondence on her role in the 1975 sacking of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam will be released next week, it was announced Thursday, after a lengthy battle to make the documents public.The British monarch's representative in Australia, governor-general John Kerr, sparked a constitutional crisis in 1975 when he dismissed Whitlam, the popular leader of the centre-left Labor party, three years after his election.Australia's High Court ruled in May that more than 200 letters between the queen and Kerr over the controversial affair should be part of the public...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldPink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier believed to be caused by plant that makes the ice darker, causing it to melt fasterLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.45 EDTScientists in are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change.There is debate about where the algae come from, but Biagio Di Mauro of Italy’s National Research Council said the pink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier is likely caused by the same...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldPink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier believed to be caused by plant that makes the ice darker, causing it to melt fasterLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.45 EDTScientists in are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change.There is debate about where the algae come from, but Biagio Di Mauro of Italy’s National Research Council said the pink snow observed on parts of the Presena glacier is likely caused by the same...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldAndrzej Duda, who is running for re-election, will propose a constitutional amendment later this monthLast modified on Sat 4 Jul 2020 15.58 EDTPoland’s president, Andrzej Duda, who is running for re-election in the conservative, Catholic EU member, said on Saturday that he wanted the constitution to explicitly forbid the adoption of children by same-sex couples.He said he planned to propose a constitutional amendment on Monday.The announcement marked the head of state’s latest reference to gay rights in the electoral...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldAndrzej Duda, who is running for re-election, will propose a constitutional amendment later this monthLast modified on Sat 4 Jul 2020 15.58 EDTPoland’s president, Andrzej Duda, who is running for re-election in the conservative, Catholic EU member, said on Saturday that he wanted the constitution to explicitly forbid the adoption of children by same-sex couples.He said he planned to propose a constitutional amendment on Monday.The announcement marked the head of state’s latest reference to gay rights in the electoral...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldEvent will be visible across a narrow band from Congo-Brazzaville to southern ChinaFirst published on Sat 20 Jun 2020 04.55 EDTSkywatchers along a narrow band from west to the Arabian peninsula, India and southern China will witness the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse in years on Sunday.Annular eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, but not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure the sun’s light.They occur every year or two, and can only been seen from a narrow pathway...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldEvent will be visible across a narrow band from Congo-Brazzaville to southern ChinaFirst published on Sat 20 Jun 2020 04.55 EDTSkywatchers along a narrow band from west to the Arabian peninsula, India and southern China will witness the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse in years on Sunday.Annular eclipses occur when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, but not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure the sun’s light.They occur every year or two, and can only been seen from a narrow pathway...WW…

This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldRiot police send snatch squads to detain demonstrators throughout night after declaring gatherings illegalFri 12 Jun 2020 21.52 EDTThousands of Hongkongers have sung a popular protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city as they marked the first anniversary of major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators.Riot police declared Friday’s gatherings unlawful assemblies and a breach of anti-coronavirus bans on public meetings of large groups, sending snatch squads to make multiple arrests throughout...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldRiot police send snatch squads to detain demonstrators throughout night after declaring gatherings illegalFri 12 Jun 2020 21.52 EDTThousands of Hongkongers have sung a popular protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city as they marked the first anniversary of major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators.Riot police declared Friday’s gatherings unlawful assemblies and a breach of anti-coronavirus bans on public meetings of large groups, sending snatch squads to make multiple arrests throughout...WW…