Month: January 2021

MOIA, Spain — Researchers have revealed that cave bears were actually cannibals — they ate their cave mates and their young. The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) bones, found at the Paleolithic site of Cova del Toll, […]

Silicon Valley-based Theranos famously promised an in-office blood analysis device that could conduct dozens of tests from a single finger prick. That claim turned out to be fraudulent. But other startups — including three from […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The operator of the problem-plagued Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant in Nevada received approval for Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan approved by U.S. Judge Karen Owens. The approval was granted to Tonopah Solar […]

Pari Gul Tareen is the first woman in the history of Balochistan to be appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Quetta. She was appointed to the post on Nov. 24. Tareen who belongs to […]

Last week, temperatures in north Indian cities like Churu, Hissar, Narnaul and Amritsar hovered around 0 degrees centigrade. And shivering residents huddled around bonfires and sought warm comfort in street stalls selling hot winter desserts like gajar […]

This was the year we learned a whole new vocabulary — lockdown, PPE, furlough, Covid-19. It was the year that the facemask went from being inconceivable to being (almost) ubiquitous. It was also the year […]

As the sun sets over the horizon on Mumbai’s Aarey Road, 57-year-old Shahjahan Shaikh routinely trudges along a serpentine queue of auto rickshaws, clutching a stick. The middle-aged man appears vaguely familiar, a virtue synonymous […]

In early December, after a lull of nine months, tourist spots in the Nilgiris in southern India finally opened their doors to tourists. The Nilgiris literally translates to “blue hills.” This picturesque region has three […]

And the most beautiful face of 2020 is: Yael Shelbia, a model, actress and Israel Air Force soldier. Shelbia, 19, appears in the No. 1 spot of this year’s 100 Most Beautiful Faces list, released […]

VALENCIA, Spain — A deformed man whose rare tumor made one side of his face and body look melted has undergone a series of surgeries to give him a more normal life. Ali Amnad Rifi, 30, […]