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Photos: Up close and personal, cicadas display nature’s artwork
A once-in-221-year convergence of two broods of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time in the United States. The big effect of the cicadas is the shee
Amir holds luncheon for champion and runner-up of Amir Cup…
Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held a luncheon banquet at the Lusail Palace on Saturday, in honour of the players and the technical
Israel continues to bomb Gaza, including Rafah, despite ICJ ruling
Israel has continued its relentless attacks on Rafah despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to put an end to the military operation there,
Watching the watchdogs: The US media and intergenerational fault lines
As Israel continues to wage its genocidal war on Gaza, a fault line in American society is becoming increasingly more pronounced. University students are challe
Millions vote amid heatwave alert in Phase 6 of India’s…
Millions of Indians have voted in the penultimate round of a gruelling national election, with a combined opposition trying to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi
A brief history of the traffic light and why we…
The universally known traffic light has not experienced a significant redesign in almost 100 years, ever since William Pott, a Detroit police officer, created t
Modi’s media marathon
As Narendra Modi fights for a third term in office, his media blitz is like nothing he has done before.With voter turnout in India’s elections unexpectedly lo
Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests
“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an underg
Qatari firms named among best workplaces in tech sector
Doha, Qatar: The world’s leading international research, training, and consultancy entity, Great Place to Work, has named companies operating in Qatar amon
‘Down with dictatorship’: Tunisians rally against gov’t crackdown on media
Demonstration comes after two Tunisian commentators critical of President Saeid were sentenced to prison.Several hundred Tunisians have marched through the capi
Italy to resume UNRWA funding as Gaza faces humanitarian crisis
Italy has announced it will restore funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Isra
Chilean firefighter arrested for allegedly starting blaze that killed 137
A firefighter and a forestry official have been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire that killed 137 people in Vina del Mar city.Authorities in Chile have a
