Sri Lanka apologises to Muslims for forced Covid cremations against WHO advice
The cabinet issued an “apology regarding the compulsory cremation policy during the Covid-19 pandemic”, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
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French aerospace company sees surge in U.S. applicants after SpaceX relocation news: 'Come to Europe and we'll help you'
Latitude, a French aerospace company based an hour outside Paris, is getting a surge of applications from American engineers after Elon Musk said he would relocate SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas.
Scientists discover ‘dark oxygen’ being produced by seabed metals in ground-breaking study
An international team of scientists has discovered that oxygen is being produced by potato-shaped metallic nodules thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
Reality Show Contestant Apologizes After Eating Protected Bird
Hunger was part of the challenge for contestants on the reality television show “Race to Survive: New Zealand.” As nine teams trekked, climbed and paddled their way through some of the country’s harshest terrain, they also had to forage and hunt for their own food.
The world’s most powerful passports for 2024 so far
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Here's why China was largely unaffected by Friday's IT outage
BEIJING — While businesses in the U.S. and Europe woke up Friday to a global IT outage that disrupted airports and hotels, China went into its weekend largely unaffected.
Hamas and Fatah sign declaration in Beijing on ending yearslong rift as war rages in Gaza
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a declaration in Beijing on ending a yearslong rift, Chinese state media said Tuesday, taking a step toward potentially resolving the deep divide between the sides as the war in Gaza rages on.