UK grants Chinese artist Ai Weiwei new visa
london: Britain’s Interior Minister ordered officials Friday to grant Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei a six-month visa, reversing a decision to restrict him to a short trip that had prompted condemnation from rights groups.
Scotland joins India to study the Sun
london: Astronomers from Scotland and India are working together to study eruptions on the Sun that affect a wide range of space-based technologies used routinely in daily life, including satellite communication and GPS systems.
Hunter of Cecil says he did ‘nothing wrong’
Johannesburg: Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst said on Friday that he did nothing wrong on the hunt that killed Cecil the lion, adding he was shocked to find the animal was wearing a tracking collar.
Ebola vaccine trial 100 per cent effective: WHO
Geneva: The world is on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine that has shown a 100 per cent efficacy in phase three trials, the WHO said.
Woman killed, 13 hurt in lanka poll violence
Colombo: Masked gunmen on Friday gunned down a woman activist of Sri lanka’s ruling party and injured 13 others as they opened indiscriminate fire at a campaign rally attended by the finance minister ahead of the August 17 parliamentary elections.
164 skydivers smash head-down world record
Ottawa: Traveling at speeds of up to 240 mph, 164 skydivers flying head-down built the largest ever vertical skydiving formation over central Illinois.