US to establish lab for combating ‘superbugs’
Washington: US authorities have said they are establishing a network of labs that can respond quickly to antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”, following America’s first human case of a dangerous strain of E Coli.
Signals picked up from EgyptAir’s black boxes
Cairo: A French vessel has picked up signals believed to be coming from the black boxes of EgyptAir plane which crashed last month killing all 66 people on board, authorities here said today, raising hopes of finding the cause of the disaster.
Qaeda claims attack in Mali: SITE
Dakar: Al-Qaeda’s North African branch has claimed attacks in northern Mali that killed a Chinese UN peacekeeper and three civilians, the US-based monitoring group SITE said.
Brazil nod to increased penalties for gangrape
Brasillia: The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill that will increase penalties for gang rapes. At present, Brazil’s Criminal Code establishes penalties between six and 10 years in prison for rape and up to 12 years if the sexual assault is committed by more than two people, EFE news reported.
‘Jihadi Jack’ parents face terror charge
london: The parents of a white British Muslim convert dubbed “Jehadi Jack” were on Wednesday charged with terrorism offences for making money available for their son who left the UK to join the ISIS terror group in Syria.
Xi calls for calm on Korean Peninsula
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on all parties to disputes on the Korean Peninsula to exercise restraint and calm during a meeting with a North Korean delegation as the two close allies seeks to repair strained ties over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
Bee population thrived after last Ice Age: study
Melbourne: The population of a bee species appears to have dramatically flourished in the period of global warming following the last Ice Age some 18,000 years ago, a new study has found. The Australian small carpenter bee species is found in sub-tropical, coastal and desert areas from the north-east to the south of Australia. Researchers from Flinders University of Australia and University of New Hampshire in US modelled its past responses to climate change with the help of DNA sequences.