World,Tech Post,Science Technology
In the radioactive ruins of Chernobyl, black fungi have revealed a remarkable ability to survive and even thrive amid extreme radiation, offering insights that could help protect life in space.Ukrainian scientist Nelli Zhdanova first discovered the fungi in May 1997 inside the destroyed number four ...
World
Evidence gathered by the BBC suggests that Georgian authorities used a World War One-era chemical agent, camite, against anti-government protesters last year, causing long-lasting health effects.Protesters in Tbilisi, demonstrating against the government’s suspension of the country’s Eur...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is projecting a softer image as U.S. military action looms, singing John Lennon’s Imagine and repeating a new English slogan, “No War, Yes Peace.” But behind the shift lies a hardened system of control built on rewarding loyalty and harshl...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon while his corruption trial is still underway, a move that drew heavy criticism from opposition leaders and watchdog groups on Sunday, even as some Israelis voiced support and called for the country to move forwar...
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on Lebanon’s political leaders to rise above division and work as genuine peacemakers, as he brought a message of hope to a country struggling with economic hardship, political deadlock and fears of renewed conflict with Israel.Leo arrived in Beirut from Istanbul ...
Kyrgyzstan held a snap parliamentary election on Sunday as authorities continued arresting opposition figures and shutting down independent media, actions that critics say have strengthened President Sadyr Zhaparov’s control over the country.Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. and closed 12 hour...
U.S. and Ukrainian officials held nearly four hours of talks in Florida on Sunday as both sides worked to shape a possible end to the Russia Ukraine war, days before a U.S. envoy is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the discussions w...
National,Politics
Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment for irregularities in allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project.Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka pronounce...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said there have been no formal discussions with India regarding the extradition of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who has been sentenced to death in a case over crimes against humanity committed during last year's July Uprising.Wh...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said a one-time travel pass could be issued within a day for BNP's acting Chairman Tarique Rahman if he wants to come back.He made the remarks while speaking at the "DCAB Talk", an event hosted by the Diplomatic Correspondents Associa...
National,Health,Politics
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said that the physical condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has not improved, and she remains in the same critical state under treatment."Khaleda Zia's physical condition has not changed. The medical board has not yet given ...
Health assistants continued their indefinite work stoppage on Sunday to press home their six-point demand, including upgrading their posts to the 14th grade.Several thousand health assistants, under the banner of the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association, began a sit-in yesterday morning and staye...
National,Business
Mobile phone traders and their employees took to the streets in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Sunday protesting the government's decision to block unauthorised handsets from December 16.Traffic in the surrounding areas was disrupted as the demonstrators marched while chanting slogans and holding p...
Gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing seven people and severely wounding five others on Saturday, police said.Four people were found dead at the scene while three more died while receiving medical care after the shooting in Tula, around 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of the capital ...
National,City,Country
UNB, Rajshahi: Police recovered the body of a 28-year-old man from a hotel room in New Market area in Rajshahi city on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sabuj Kumar Adhikari, hailed from Atgharia village in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj district.Hotel authorities said Sabuj was s...
National,INFRASTRUCTURE & DEV,Country
UNB, Chattogram: Local residents blocked several points of Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway on Sunday morning (November 30) to press their demand for expanding the highway to six lanes.They put barricades on the highway around 9:30 am, halting traffic for about one and a half hours.People ...
Authorities in Indonesia said Sunday that some residents on the flood-ravaged island of Sumatra have begun taking food and water to survive, as Sri Lankan officials confirmed that the death toll from floods and mudslides there has climbed to 193.Nearly a week after the Indonesian floods began, at le...
Ukrainian naval drones have targeted two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, signaling an escalation in Kyiv’s efforts to disrupt Moscow’s war funding.The tankers, identified by Turkish authorities as the Kairos and Virat—both Gambian-flagged—were struck off the Turkish coa...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday declared that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” sparking sharp criticism from the Venezuelan government. Caracas denounced the statement as a “colonial threat” aimed ...
Mexico announced plans Wednesday to construct what it says will be Latin America’s most powerful supercomputer, aiming to boost the country’s artificial intelligence capabilities and vastly expand its data processing capacity.The supercomputer, named “Coatlicue” after the Mex...
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