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Travel misery in London amid 5-day rail strike
Rail workers started a five-day strike on Monday on services across southeast England, including commuter trains into London, causing major disruption on what could become the country’s longest rail w
09 Aug 2016 6:29 AM
Meat is as bad for your waist as sugar
A new study says that meat intake is as harmful as sugar in the growing prevalence of global obesity.
09 Aug 2016 6:17 AM
Are black holes ‘doors’ to another universe
Black holes may be a portal that can transfer matter to another part of the universe, rather than destroying it, a new study has claimed.
09 Aug 2016 6:16 AM
Vegans live a healthy life with low death rates
A study finds out that not having any kind of animal products may lower the death rates.
08 Aug 2016 1:58 AM
MI5 mind-readers foil terror strikes
A specialist unit set up by Britain’s security agency MI5 has been helping the intelligence service get into the minds of terrorists and has helped foil at least seven attacks in the past year, a repo
08 Aug 2016 12:47 AM
‘UK abandoned, betrayed 6 soldiers jailed in India’
The sister of one of Britain’s six former soldiers jailed in India for carrying unlicensed arms on a ship for anti-piracy security sought the intervention of British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sund
08 Aug 2016 12:30 AM
ISIS recruits in West told to keep it simple
The ISIS group has instructed its Western terror recruits to embark upon “simple and effective” spontaneous attacks, rather than making “intricate” plans, in the latest edition of its online propagand
08 Aug 2016 12:29 AM
British MPs to face drinking ban from 2020
Come 2020 British MPs will have to move out of their Palace of Westminster Parliament building as it is renovated and face a drinking ban in their temporary premises nearby because it has been leased
07 Aug 2016 6:49 AM
Dope crusader slams IOC spin
Anti-doping investigation leader Richard McLaren has accused the International Olympic Committee of twisting the conclusions of his bombshell report on state-run substance abuse in Russia.
06 Aug 2016 12:45 AM
Global warming to expose Cold War-era toxic waste
Climate change is threatening to expose hazardous biological, chemical and radioactive waste at an abandoned Cold War-era base thought to be buried forever in the Greenland Ice Sheet, new research has
06 Aug 2016 12:16 AM
Firefighters save 19 people trapped on fairground ride
Six children were among 19 people rescued from a fairground ride on the Southbank in central London which became stuck 20 metres above the ground on Sunday.
03 Aug 2016 1:45 AM
Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishkori to claim Toronto Masters title
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the Toronto Masters final on Sunday. Djokovic won 6-3, 7-5. (Photo: AFP)
02 Aug 2016 12:58 AM
Alphabet, GSK launch bioelectronics
GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet’s life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body, jump-starting a novel field of medi
02 Aug 2016 12:43 AM
Wayne Rooney blames Roy Hodgson for loss
Wayne Rooney has blamed England’s Euro 2016 humiliation on Roy Hodgson’s unsuccessful selection gamble.
02 Aug 2016 12:07 AM
JK Rowling bids farewell to Harry Potter
A new Harry Potter play that opened to swooning reviews and delighted gasps from the audience marks the end of the journey for the beloved boy wizard, his creator J.K.
01 Aug 2016 6:09 AM
Transgender identity to be off mental illness list
The World Health Organisation is considering changing the way it classifies transgender identity.
01 Aug 2016 6:02 AM
Attack on London a case of when, not if: Metropolitan police chief
The Scotland Yard on Sunday warned that a terror attack in the UK is a case of “when” rather than “if” and the current threat level of “severe” in the country meant an attack was imminent.
01 Aug 2016 5:38 AM
British PM Theresa May vows action against slavery
Prime Minister Theresa May set out a drive to tackle modern slavery in Britain on Sunday, pledging more funding and a new cross-government taskforce to help stamp out what she called a “barbaric evil”
01 Aug 2016 5:22 AM
Scientists find new antibiotic, under their noses
Scientists in Germany have discovered a bacteria hiding out in peoples’ noses that produces an antibiotic compound that can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the superbug MRSA.
01 Aug 2016 1:21 AM
‘ISIS training next-generation fighters’
Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists are training the children of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq to create the “next generation” of militants, according to a latest European report.
31 Jul 2016 7:16 AM
Columns
As India-China tensions persist, Beijing's new ambassador to New Delhi aims to reshape diplomatic relations through strategic gestures
Devyani Khobragade’s promotion sparks fresh debates in election season, while MEA probes real estate scandals abroad
India's support for Palestine in the UN raises questions amid domestic political dynamics and its $1.1 billion military deal with Israel
PM Modi's campaign rhetoric takes an unexpected turn as the Congress emerges as a key focus in the 2024 elections.