Syria Chemical Weapons: Syria finds remnants of Assad-era chemical weapons programme, 18 suspects held

Syria Chemical Weapons: Syria finds remnants of Assad-era chemical weapons programme, 18 suspects held

Syria’s transitional leadership has located remnants of former president Bashar al-Assad’s clandestine chemical weapons programme, including raw materials and munitions similar to those used in deadly gas attacks during the country’s civil war.Mohamad Katoub, Syria’s permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday that…

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'I am ashamed': US economist stands up for Indian scholar Soumitra Shukla against anti-India hatred

‘I am ashamed’: US economist stands up for Indian scholar Soumitra Shukla against anti-India hatred

Indian-origin scholar Soumitra Shukla came under anti-Indian racist attacks on social media. American economist and social scientist Steven Durlauf stood up for Indian-origin scholar Soumita Shukla against anti-India hatred on social media. Soumitra Shukla, a research fellow at Harvard Business School’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, made an observation on the increasing hatred targeting Indians on X…

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Europe sizzles under record May heatwave; 7 die in France

Europe sizzles under record May heatwave; 7 die in France

Western Europe reeled under an unseasonal heatwave on Tuesday as record-breaking temperatures swept across the continent.A “heat dome” carrying warm air from northern Africa and trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe pushed temperatures far above normal May averages, according to weather agencies. In France, at least seven people died directly or indirectly due…

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University Of Washington: What looked like ordinary rubble on a university campus turned out to be a 6,700-year-old Native American artefact | World News

University Of Washington: What looked like ordinary rubble on a university campus turned out to be a 6,700-year-old Native American artefact | World News

PC: University of Washington A small stretch of ground beside a chain-link fence on the University of Washington campus has turned out to hold a far older story than anyone working there on an ordinary day might have expected. It began almost casually, with soil being turned over near a greenhouse and a piece of…

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Joey Danger: Meet Joey Danger: 7-year-old makes world record after climbing 7,500-foot rock wall El Capitan in five days | World News

Joey Danger: Meet Joey Danger: 7-year-old makes world record after climbing 7,500-foot rock wall El Capitan in five days | World News

Most seven-year-olds celebrate birthdays with balloons, cake and presents. Joey Danger Evermore spent his birthday climbing one of the world’s most iconic granite walls. Suspended thousands of feet above the ground inside Yosemite National Park, Joey climbed El Capitan alongside his family, becoming the youngest known person to complete the ascent. The achievement stunned climbers…

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