Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a…
India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility…
Domestic cats meow differently depending on whether their human caretakers are present in the room or not, scientists confirm in a new study published by The…
For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has…
While some towns in Iraq are known for producing oil or textiles, Badra boasts its own special conveyer belt -- churning out weightlifting champions, said an…
Amal Clooney on Thursday paid unprecedented public tribute to her movie star husband George Clooney, calling him a gentleman, an amazing husband and father…
The Leaning Tower of Pisa and its 5.5 degree lean have vexed engineers for centuries. Partially constructed on unexpectedly soft soil, the ancient bell…
Beekeepers and environmental activists staged a mock funeral in Paris on Thursday for bees, to protest against the pesticides they say are killing insects…
The US software and technology giant, Microsoft, has announced that a huge offshore data center was created near Scottish Orkney Island. The data center is…
Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth,…
The Mediterranean could become a "sea of plastic", the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of…
When Daniel Essa fled Syria in 2014, he faced an uncertain future as a refugee in France, where he knew few people and less French. Now he is selling his own…
US President Donald Trump hosted his first iftar dinner as president Wednesday, marking the traditional Ramadan fast-breaking meal with Muslim guests at the…
Scientists seeking new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs have mapped the genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including samples of a bug taken from…
An MP from Lower Austria has been widely criticized for accusing immigrant dogs of causing congestion and damaging animal shelters in the country. …
Sands of the long tree-lined beach of Da Loc are covered with plastic waste that were belched out of an ocean that is also littered with blue plastic bags. …
Former Nigerian international footballer Kanu Nwankwo had 11,000 euros stolen from his suitcase at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on his way to playing in a…
German airline Lufthansa has removed a video commercial for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after it featured photos from the Ukrainian capital Kiev and not…
It is not easy to welcome a young artist who has not yet achieved an international fame at the Olympia, Paris. Next month, Jazz fans will have the chance to…
During a first-of-its-kind educational course to teach "flirt skill", laughter rises across the classroom located at one of Frankfurt Health Department’s…
An experimental blood screening test from Grail Inc. showed early promise in detecting early-stage lung cancers based on free-floating DNA released by tumors. …
People across the United States celebrated the National Donut Day on Friday. But the celebration in Hollywood was special this year after people competed to…
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been hailed a hero for chasing away four assailants as they mugged a cyclist in London. Cumberbatch is known for his…
A classic Ferrari has become the most expensive car in the world after being sold for a record £52 million ($70 million dollars). The 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO…
German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has threatened to fine carmaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE) 3.75 billion euros ($4.4 billion) over a diesel emissions scandal…
Hunting fish with spear guns may seem like a counter-intuitive way to save Lebanon's dwindling marine life, but a growing community of freedivers argues it is…
Climate experts are expecting this year’s tropical storm season in the North Atlantic to be less eventful. Climate experts at Munich Re, a German reinsurance…
The government of Papua New Guinea has blocked access to Facebook for one month to study its impact on the general public and to root out "fake users." …