MOSCOW: Russia’s drastic ban on food imports from Europe has claimed it first victims — the rather choosy animals at Moscow zoo. Keepers...
MOSCOW: Russia’s drastic ban on food imports from Europe has claimed it first victims — the rather choosy animals at Moscow zoo. Keepers...
TOKYO: Japan’s defence ministry yesterday said it was developing a fuel-cell powered “unmanned underwater vehicle” but disputed a report that it was working...
A newborn bottlenose dolphin swims in a marine mammal park in Harderwijk, The Netherlands, yesterday. The dolphin was born on Wednesday.
A hybrid of a zebra and a donkey (front) plays with his mother at the Taigan zoo outside Simferopol. BELOGORSK: A zoo in...
KROONSTAD: A South African village has become the first in the world to be powered by fuel cells, companies behind the project have...
LONDON: The Wikimedia Foundation insisted yesterday it would not remove from its website a “selfie” taken by a mischievous monkey, despite claims from...
NEW YORK: US pop star Beyonce, currently on a US tour with rapper husband Jay Z, will receive a special award and perform...
LONDON: England’s King Richard III, whose body was discovered under a municipal car park two years ago, will be reburied next year near...
A farmer harvests pears at his orchard in Ulsan, southeastern South Korea, yesterday.
Newborn Siberian tiger triplets in their enclosure at the Amersfoort Zoo in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
PARIS: Scientists yesterday said they had found a gene in wild tomatoes that enables farmed tomato plants to be grown 24 hours a...
BERLIN: A woman sneaked into the seal pool of Berlin Zoo on Monday night, risking serious injury to take a swim with the...
PARIS: Brain-boosting computer games may be as effective as drugs in treating severe depression in some elderly people — perhaps even better, according...
NEW YORK: A wicked stepmother has been picked for Cinderella on Broadway — Sherri Shepherd. “The View” co-host said on the talk show...
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood is failing to adequately depict the increasing ethnic diversity of the US on the big screen, according to a new...
The Dutch solar car, Nuna, drives through the Beekse Bergen safari park in Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands, yesterday. The test drive is in preparation...
Craters from shelling during First World War in the village of Bezonvaux, near Verdun, northeastern France. Remnants of the war — unexploded ordnance...
PARIS: Careless use of a broad-spectrum antibiotic in the 1950s created a “hyper-virulent” strain of germ that worsened risks for newborn babies, according...
