LONDON: Cod and chips could soon become a dish of the past, as Britain’s waters become ever warmer. Marine experts have warned that...
LONDON: Cod and chips could soon become a dish of the past, as Britain’s waters become ever warmer. Marine experts have warned that...
Tokyo: The life expectancy of Japanese men stood at 80.21 years in 2013, the first time that men have gone past the 80-year...
Pedestrians watch tropical fish at an aquarium on public display in central Tokyo yesterday. About 1,000 fish of 25 species from the southwestern...
A sculpture of King Kong made from scrap iron, a prize-winning work at the 2014 Junk Art Contest, is displayed at a resource...
LOS ANGELES: Those ubiquitous Angry Birds flew from the mobile screen to the toy store, hooked up with Hollywood, and are headed back...
NEW YORK: Edouard Manet’s 1881 celebrated portrait “Le Printemps,” which has been owned by the same family for a century, will be auctioned...
BEIJING: Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother’s last name, a report said yesterday, in an...
LONDON: A mural by British street artist Banksy which mocks government surveillance has been defaced with spray paint, leaving fans saying yesterday they...
A sailboat passes the Statue of Liberty as seen from the Staten Island Ferry on a clear and cool day in New York...
A view of the house belonging to George Lucas at Skywalker Ranch located in Nicasio, California.Caption NICASIO, United States: George Lucas, the man...
A screenshot of the game. SAN FRANCISCO: Armies of players joined the virtual fray during a test run of online play for a...
VIENNA: Security researchers have revealed two separate threats this week they say could put up to 90 percent of the world’s 2 billion...
Spanish actor Javier Gurruchaga (centre), in the role of ‘Pluto’, and other cast members perform during the preview of the Ancient Greek playwright...
A visitor looks at documents at an exhibition dedicated to the former Communist leader and KGB head, Yuri Andropov, in Moscow. MOSCOW: Amid...
LONDON: The UK is to encourage the development of driverless cars on its roads, it was announced yesterday, with a multimillion-pound research fund...
MANILA: An influential Chinese journalist and a crusading environmental lawyer from China are among this year’s winners of Asia’s Magsaysay awards, the organisers...
A guard walks among red poppies in the moat at the Tower of London yesterday. The Tower of London moat is slowly turning...
An artist’s impression of the steel Cloud Arch, which will tower up to 50 metres above Sydney’s main street. SYDNEY: A giant Japanese-designed...
