Globe Trotting

9 killed in China mine theft attempt

Beijing: Nine people, who had sneaked into an abandoned coal mine in an attempted theft in eastern China’s Fujian Province, have died after inhaling toxic gasses. Tweleve people had entered the closed mine in Yongding District on Saturday to dig coal.

‘ISis executed over 3,000 in Syria’

Beirut: The Islamic State group has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, including hundreds of civilians, in the year since it declared its self-described “caliphate,” a monitor said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group monitoring Syria’s conflict, said it had documented 3,027 executions by IS since June 29, 2014.

Germany’s oldest n plant shuts down

Berlin: Germany’s oldest remaining nuclear reactor has been shut down, part of a move initiated four years ago to switch 

off all its nuclear plants by the end of 2022. The Grafenrheinfeld reactor in the southern State of Bavaria was taken offline as scheduled overnight, authorities and operator E.ON said on Sunday.

Faster, cheaper internet in the offing

New York: In a breakthrough that could lead to superfast, cheaper internet, researchers have increased the maximum power, and the distance, at which optical signals can be sent through optical fibres. Electrical engineers have broken key barriers that limit the distance 

info can travel in fibre optic cables and still be accurately deciphered by a receiver.

Sisi gets credentials of Indian Ambassador

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday received the credentials of Indian Ambassador Sanjay Bhattacharyya and 10 other new envoys. The new ambassadors include those of Zambia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Brazil, Colombia, Australia, Vatican, Pakistan, Panama and Brunei, according to the Spokesperson Alaa Youssef. He welcomed the ambassadors and said that Egypt is keen to enhance relationships with their countries.