Science & Environment
Eight killed as landslide hits Nepal
A massive landslide in northeastern Nepal left at least eight people dead and dozens missing on Saturday, putting several villages at risk ...IAEA says Iran eliminates enriched uranium
Iran has moved to eliminate its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas under an interim nuclear deal reached with six world ...World powers agree to extend talks with Iran
Iran and six world powers on Friday agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually ...Typhoon kills 10 as it churns across Philippines, cuts power, shuts down Manila
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost ...Strong quake hits Japan, triggering small tsunami
A strong earthquake hit Japan\'s northern coast Saturday near the nuclear power plant crippled in the 2011 tsunami. At least one person ...North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea has fired two missiles off its eastern coast, according to the South Korean military. It comes just days after Pyongyang ...Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies at 90
Stephanie Kwolek, the American chemist who invented the super-strong fibre Kevlar used in bullet-proof vests, has died at age 90Ukraine faces gas cut as talks with Russia fail
Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after a payment deadline passed and negotiators failed to reach a deal with Russia ...Earth and Moon may be 60 million years older than previously thought
Work presented at the European Association of Geochemistry’s Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact ...Dozens killed in flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan
Flash floods have killed at least 73 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials ...