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ARTEMIS II BREAKS APOLLO 13’S DISTANCE RECORD WITH DARING MOON FLYBY

HOUSTON: After travelling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never beheld by eyes until now. Their flyby of...

U.S., IRAN STUDY CEASEFIRE PLAN AS TRUMP’S ‘HELL’ WARNING NEARS DEADLINE

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: On the eve of a US deadline, the United States and Iran on Monday were weighing the framework of a plan to end their fiveweek-old conflict, even as Tehran pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President...

ARTEMIS ASTRONAUTS GLIMPSE MOON’S ‘GRAND CANYON’ AHEAD OF LUNAR FLYBY

HOUSTON: The Artemis astronauts have taken in sights of the Moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on Sunday as their spacecraft crossed the twothirds mark on their journey to a long-anticipated lunar flyby. As the astronauts went...

ASTRONAUTS REACH SAFE ORBIT IN HISTORIC MOON MISSION

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ARTEMIS II MISSION: REACHING FOR THE MOON

U.S. SAYS COMING DAYS IN IRAN WAR WILL BE DECISIVE, URGES TEHRAN TO MAKE A DEAL

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Hegseth issued his warning hours after...

IRAN TERMS U.S. PEACE PROPOSALS UNREALISTIC, TRUMP ISSUES FRESH WARNING TO TEHRAN

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD : President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as unrealistic and fired waves of...

IRAN WARNS U.S. OVER GROUND ATTACK

Iran said it was ready to respond to a US ground attack, accusing Washington on Sunday of preparing a land assault even as it sought negotiations and as regional powers held talks in Pakistan to try to end the fighting. The foreign ministers of...

U.S. JURY FINDS META, YOUTUBE LIABLE IN SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION TRIAL

Shares of Meta closed up 0.3%, and Google parent Alphabet finished 0.2% higher. US law strongly protects social media companies from liability for what is on their platforms, but the plaintiff in the Los Angeles proceeding focused on platform design...

NASA PLANS MOON BASE, NUKE SPACECRAFT IN PROGRAMME EXPANSION

WASHINGTON: Nasa announced on Tuesday it has cancelled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20-billion base on the Moon’s surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered...

IRAN RAINS MISSILES ONTO ISRAEL, MAKES A JIBE AT TRUMP’S CLAIM ON STRAIT

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV: Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump said there had been “very good and productive” talks aiming at halting the war unleashed by the US and Israel now raging across...

HIMALAYAN GLACIERS’ ICE LOSS RATES DOUBLED SINCE 2000: MAJOR REPORTS

The Himalayan mountain range holds the largest volume of ice outside the poles, the report said, adding that these are also the source of at least 10 major Asian river systems, supporting the food, water, energy, and livelihood security of billions of...

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FEARED AT KEY ENERGY SITES AS IRAN, ISRAEL TRADE BLOWS

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER DISCOVERS NEW PROTON-LIKE PARTICLE

WITH SIX AWARDS, PAUL ANDERSON WINS ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

LOS ANGELES: The darkly comic thriller One Battle After Another won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honours to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of...

ENVIRONMENT, ANOTHER CASUALTY OF WEST ASIA WAR

PARIS: From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the West Asia is inflicting a significant toll on nature and the climate. This news agency interviewed experts about the environmental cost of war...

OIL TANKERS BURN AS IRANIAN STRIKES DEFY TRUMP’S CLAIM TO HAVE WON WAR

DUBAI/HEBRON, KENTUCKY: Two tankers were ablaze in an Iraqi port on Thursday after a hit by suspected Iranian explosive-laden boats, a step up in attacks that have cut off oil from West Asia and defied Donald Trump’s claim to have won the war. Images...

IRAN FIRES BACK AT BASES AND SHIPS DESPITE WAR’S MOST INTENSIVE STRIKES

DUBAI/TEL AVIV: Iran fired at Israel and targets across the West Asia on Wednesday, while at least three ships were hit in the Gulf, demonstrating Tehran can still fight back and disrupt energy supplies despite the most intense US-Israeli strikes...

HEAVIEST DAY OF STRIKES YET ON IRAN DESPITE MARKET BETS TRUMP WILL END WAR SOON

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON: The United States and Israel pounded Iran on Tuesday with what both the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground described as the most intense airstrikes of the conflict, despite global markets betting that President Donald Trump...

BARBADOS TO AHMEDABAD: INDIA’S ERA OF UNPARALLELED DOMINANCE

NEW DELHI: If Barbados was about breaking a curse, Ahmedabad was about building a kingdom. Simply put, India’s current stranglehold on the shortest format is without precedent in cricketing history. The home team’s 96-run thrashing of New Zealand in...

EXQUISITE FOSSIL OF ONE OF THE SMALLEST DINOSAURS FOUND IN ARGENTINA

Researchers have found a well-preserved and nearly complete skeleton of one of the world’s smallest-known dinosaurs, named Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. It was about the size of a crow and probably hunted small animals like lizards, snakes, mammals and...

ISRAEL TARGETS INFRASTRUCTURE IN LARGE STRIKES ON TEHRAN

DUBAI/JERUSALEM: The US-Israeli campaign against Iran entered its sixth day on Thursday with what residents described as even more intensive bombing, while Iran vowed to retaliate anywhere for a US attack on a ship thousands of miles from the battle...

IRAN CONFLICT WIDENS TO LEBANON; KUWAIT MISTAKENLY SHOOTS DOWN U.S. JETS

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: The US-Israeli air war against Iran expanded on Monday with no end in sight, with Israel attacking Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, and Tehran firing missiles and drones at Gulf states and a British air base as far away as...

IRAN’S TOP LEADER ALI KHAMENEI KILLED; ISRAEL, IRAN LAUNCH FRESH ATTACKS

JERUSALEM: Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday, saying it aimed to dominate the skies after killing Iran’s supreme leader and leaving the Islamic Republic grappling to rebuild its leadership amid its biggest test in five...

PM PAYS TRIBUTES TO HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem on Thursday. At the Hall of Names, Netanyahu showed Modi the names of his wife Sara’s relatives who had perished in...

Iran rejects US claims on its missiles and nuclear programme

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile programme as big lies, after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles that can strike the United States. “Whatever they’re alleging in regards to...

Govt to launch HPV vax against cancer for girls aged 14; to use single-shot Gardasil

NEW DELHI: In a major step towards eliminating preventable cancers among women, the Union government will soon launch a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme for girls aged 14, official sources said on Tuesday. According to...

MANIPURI FILM BOONG CLINCHES BEST CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM AWARD

LONDON: Quirky Manipuri coming-ofage comedy-drama Boong, produced by Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment, won the prestigious Bafta Award for Best Children’s & Family Film in London on Sunday. The film’s debutant director, Lakshmipriya Devi, made an...

FOSSILS OF SPINOSAURUS, A NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES, UNEARTHED IN NIGER

Spinosaurus, the only known semiaquatic dinosaur predator, presented a striking profile on the Cretaceous Period landscape of Africa 95 million years ago as it hunted large fish like coelacanths. Its bony cranial crest, about 20 inches tall, resembled...

PM unveils MANAV vision for AI, bats for stronger guardrails to govern emerging tech

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday outlined an ethical, sovereign, inclusive and globally oriented vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as he pitched India as a central player in the global AI ecosystem and called for stronger...

J&K ENTER RANJI TROPHY FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME

KALYANI: Sixty seven years after their maiden appearance, Jammu and Kashmir stormed into the Ranji Trophy finals for the first time on Wednesday, upstaging two-time former champions Bengal by six wickets in the semi-finals here to add another historic...

Russia and Ukraine land in focus at Geneva peace talks

GENEVA: Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia gathered in Geneva on Tuesday for two days of US-mediated peace talks that will focus on the main sticking point of land, with US President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal. Trump is...

CBSC, CISCE Classes 10, 12 board exams begin today; CBSE Class 10 students must appear in first of two board exams

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) students will take the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations from today. More than 43.7 lakh students will appear for the...

‘INSIDE OUT’ PLANETARY SYSTEM PUZZLES ASTRONOMERS

The planetary system consists of four planets orbiting a small and dim star. The order of the planets is what caught the attention of scientists. While the innermost planet is rocky, the next two are gaseous and the fourth one, which current planetary...

NEW AI METHOD HELPS IDENTIFY DINOSAURS TO THEIR FOOTPRINTS

WASHINGTON: Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But...

NEWLY DISCOVERED COMET LIKELY TO PROVIDE COSMIC SPECTACLE IN EARLY APRIL

MELBOURNE: A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on...

NASA’S JUNO FINDS JUPITER A TAD SMALLER THAN EARLIER THOUGHT

WASHINGTON: Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever so small an amount - as scientists had previously thought. Using new data obtained by Nasa’s robotic Juno spacecraft, scientists...

NASA DELAYS ASTRONAUTS’ LUNAR TRIP UNTIL MARCH AFTER HYDROGEN LEAKS MAR TEST

The leaks cropped up early in Monday’s loading operation and again hours later, ultimately halting the countdown clocks at the fiveminute mark. Launch controllers had wanted to get all the way down to a halfminute in the countdown, but the escaping...

AMRIT UDYAN OPENS FOR PUBLIC VIEWING

The Amrit Udyan -- a veritable paradise for the lovers of flowers, plants and gardens -- opened for public viewing at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. There are a total of five gardens Amrit Udyan, Bal Vatika, Plumeria, Banyan Grove and Babbling...

A FIRST: BAD BUNNY BAGS TOP PRIZE FOR A SPANISH ALBUM; DALAI LAMA WINS IN AUDIO BOOK SECTION

NEW DELHI: Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Monday he was grateful for his first Grammy, after bagging the top music industry award for audio book, narration and storytelling. The charismatic 90-year-old, who lives in exile in India, is...

REFORMS EXPRESS TAKES KARTAVYA PATH

NEW DELHI: Five university townships in the vicinity of major industrial and logistic corridors, girls hostel in every district, setting up of content creator labs in 15,000 schools and 500 colleges and reduction of the tax collection at source (TCS)...

VIJAY CHOWK REVERBERATES WITH INDIAN TUNES

Patriotic tunes such as Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja and Vijay Bharat filled the air at the Raisina Hill during the Beating Retreat ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony also celebrated 150 years of the National Song, Vande Mataram.

UNVEILED: MAP DEPICTING DISTRIBUTION OF DARK MATTER IN UNIVERSE

Ordinary matter makes up stars, planets, people and everything else we can see. But it represents only about 15% of all the matter in the cosmos. The rest is dark matter, which does not emit or reflect light, making it invisible to the human eye and to...

India-EU seal mega FTA; PM describes it as New Delhi’s biggest trade deal ever

NEW DELHI: India and the European Union on Tuesday sealed a landmark free trade agreement – billed as “mother of all deals” – with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top EU leadership unveiling a grand agenda to leverage trade and defence to shore up...

NATION’S VALOUR, RICH CULTURE AND PUSH FOR SELF-RELIANCE SHOWCASED

NEW DELHI: India ushered in its 77th Republic Day on Monday with a grand display of its cultural diversity, economic growth, and military prowess that included missiles, warplanes, newly-raised units and lethal weapon systems used during Operation...

India a messenger of peace in conflict-ridden world: President Murmu in address to nation

NEW DELHI: Amid geopolitical tensions escalating across multiple continents, President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said India is spreading the message of peace in the world which is crucial to secure the future of humanity. In her address to the nation...

TRUMP BACKS DOWN ON GREENLAND TARIFFS, SAYS DEAL FRAMEWORK REACHED

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: US President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back on Wednesday from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland, ruled out the use of force and suggested a deal was in sight to end a dispute over the Danish territory that...

NATO SHOULD ALLOW U.S. TO TAKE GREENLAND BUT WON’T USE FORCE, TRUMP SAYS AT WEF

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Donald Trump insisted he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but he said he wouldn’t employ force to achieve that — using his speech on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum to repeatedly deride...

CHINA’S DOMESTIC ECONOMY ENTERS ‘COLD WINTER’ AS POPULATION DROPS FOR 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR

BEIJING: China’s economy grew 5.0% last year, meeting the government’s target by seizing a record share of global demand for goods to offset weak domestic consumption. Since its property sector crash in 2021, Beijing has guided resources towards the...

NASA BRINGS FOUR ASTRONAUTS BACK TO EARTH IN 1ST MEDICAL EVACUATION FROM ISS

Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov should have remained on the space station until mid-February. But on Jan. 7, Nasa abruptly cancelled the next day’s spacewalk by Cardman and Fincke and later announced...

CITIES ACROSS GUJARAT KEEP UTTARAYAN KITE FLYING TRADITION ALIVE

The passion for kite flying will climax across many parts of India on Wednesday as thousands will fly colourful creations to coincide with the harvest festival or Makar Sankranti. Today also marks the end of the three-day International Kite Festival in...

DARK MATTER MAY INTERACT WITH NEUTRINOS, CHALLENGING STANDARD MODEL OF UNIVERSE, FINDS STUDY

LONDON: Scientists have moved a step closer to solving one of the universe’s biggest mysteries, with new research suggesting that dark matter and neutrinos –– two of its least understood components –– may interact with each other, offering a rare...

Russia-bound oil tanker in Black Sea targeted by drone

ISTANBUL: A Russia-bound oil tanker suffered a drone attack in the Black Sea on Wednesday that prompted it to request Turkish coastguard assistance and divert from its course, according to a notice by Lloyd’s List Intelligence and a separate maritime...

OCEANS STRUGGLING TO ABSORB CO2 AMID MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION: STUDY

An ocean transfers carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea layers through a process called biological carbon pumping. Now, microplastics, which are found even in the deep seas, are interfering with this process by cutting phytoplankton...

FROZEN DELIGHT: ICE SCULPTORS CREATE MAGIC AT HARBIN’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL

Each January, an odd and beautiful thing happens in the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin when sculptors converge on the capital of Heilongjiang province to compete for the best ice sculpture of the year. The effect is dreamlike. Sculptures...

U.S. TO RUN S AMERICAN NATION FOR NOW, SAYS TRUMP AFTER MADURO’S CAPTURE

NEW YORK: Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention centre on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the US would take control of the oilproducing...

WORLD WELCOMES 2026 WITH EXUBERANCE AND JUBILATION

As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the New Year to bring in good times. Revellers around the world rang in 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous...

Indian Army to showcase first-ever animal contingent during 2026 Republic Day parade

NEW DELHI: For the first time India will witness a rare and powerful sight on Republic Day 2026 as animals of the Indian Army will march proudly along Kartavya Path, symbolising endurance, sacrifice and India’s unique high-altitude military...

GOODBYE 2025

From battlefronts in Ukraine to the destruction in Gaza, 2025 was marked by conflict, political upheaval and extreme weather across the globe. The year saw Trump’s meetings on the world stage, the election of Pope Leo XIV, widespread unrest from Africa...

WORLD CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS, POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE AND HARMONY

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of...

HT WISHES ITS READERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS

How does your Christmas look? Is there a star-lit tree, the crinkle of wrapping paper and a heap of gifts? Or the quiet flickering of lights and gentle hum of carols in the air? However one celebrates, chances are there are ancient rites, pagan...

‘BOREDOM IS GOOD FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BENEFITS PERSONAL GROWTH’

Psychologists have found that experience of boredom can lead to discovering new goals and trying new activities. Boredom also offers a brain boost that can cultivate a child’s innate curiosity and creativity. Children who are rarely bored will not be...

THOUSANDS CELEBRATE WINTER SOLSTICE >P4

Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the Sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many in costume, had gathered before dawn, waiting patiently in the dark and cold field in southwest...

NASA STUDY SHOWS HOW SATELLITE ‘LIGHT POLLUTION’ HINDERS SPACE TELESCOPES

Researchers said about 40% of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and about 96% of those taken by the SPHEREx observatory could be contaminated by light from satellites. They also calculated that about 96% of images from the ARRAKIHS observatory...

THOUSANDS OF GLACIERS TO MELT EACH YEAR BY MID-CENTURY: STUDY

PARIS : Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday. Government action on climate change could determine...

MESSI ENTHRALS THOUSANDS IN DELHI; TOUR ENDS ON JOYFUL NOTE

NEW DELHI: The Lionel Messi G.O.A.T. India Tour that began in shambolic fashion ended in a blaze of glory as fans gathered in large numbers here to catch a glimpse of a man that does things on the field that are often beyond human comprehension. Most...

DELHI CHOKES UNDER DENSE SMOG, GRAP-IV IN FORCE

HUMANS CREATED FIRE 400,000 YEARS AGO, EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT: STUDY

PARIS: Excited scientists announced on Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically pushing back the timeline for when our ancient relatives are known to have mastered this crucial...

Deepavali’s inclusion on Unesco list will add to festival of light’s global popularity: PM

NEW DELHI: Deepavali – the festival of lights celebrated by millions in India and the diaspora – was on Wednesday inscribed on the Unesco ’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH), sparking celebrations to mark the...