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World’s third largest diamond unearthed in Botswana
A 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, has been discovered in…
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IKEA fined $1.2m for spying on French employees
A French court on Tuesday ordered IKEA to pay a one million euro ($1.21 million) fine for spying on its…
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Veteran reporter Christiane Amanpour has cancer surgery
LONDON: Veteran war correspondent Christiane Amanpour on Monday announced that she has recently undergone “major surgery” for ovarian cancer, and…
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Pacific islanders were first to find Antarctica, says study
WELLINGTON: Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent,…
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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says Christchurch mosque attacks film ‘focuses on wrong subject’
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern criticised on Monday a planned movie about her response to the 2019 Christchurch mosque…
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18th-century villa in Geneva park to host Biden-Putin summit
GENEVA: An 18th-century manor house in the middle of a public park with lakeside views will host the summit between…
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Partial eclipse sweeps over northern hemisphere
PARIS: People across Earth’s northern hemisphere viewed an annular solar eclipse on Thursday with parts of Canada and Siberia privy…
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G7 countries devise way to catch Amazon in tax net
PARIS: G7 states have found a way to include Amazon, one of the world’s biggest companies, on a list of…
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US, British govt and international media websites down
The websites of the White House, the British government and international media were hit by global outages on Tuesday. Some…
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Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month
Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark would fly on the first crewed space…
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