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As Brazilians pay homage to the victims of a recent dam collapse in the country’s south, a newly released video footage shows the shocking moment of the horrific incident and the ensuing powerful wave of waste that began sweeping over everything in its path. The footage, published on Friday, showed …

Almoez Ali scored with a spectacular overhead kick for a record ninth goal of the Asian Cup to set Qatar on their way to a first continental title with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times champions Japan. Ali’s early goal took him past Ali Daei’s 1996 tally and, combined with …

A new study from Stanford and NYU finds logging off causes ‘small but significant improvements in wellbeing’ Despite all the scandals of the past year, here we are, still on Facebook, a couple of billion of us spending about an hour a day in its iron grip. Now a new …

NASA’s the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has recently entered the orbit around the asteroid Bennu, which is now 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) from Earth. NASA has captured an image of the 500-meter wide asteroid Bennu using its high tech Osiris-Rex spacecraft, according to …

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are planning on meeting in Vietnam in late February, according to a source familiar with the matter. A senior administration official and a second source with knowledge say the current plan is for the second summit between President Trump …

Australia recorded its hottest month ever in January, with average temperatures exceeding 30C (86F) for the first time. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the extreme heat was “unprecedented” during the country’s summer period. At least five January days were among the 10 warmest on record, with daily national temperature …

In Video| The city in the north Indian state of Punjab has some 800,000 inhabitants. The big cat was loose in the city for more than twelve hours before it was caught. Police inspector Jeevan Singh confirmed to Sputnik that the leopard was first sighted at 1.30 pm on Thursday …

Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed the US Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths. Warmer-than-normal weather was on the way, but that offered little comfort to vulnerable populations such as the …

Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that it had concluded a crackdown on high-level corruption that began 15 months ago with the detention of hundreds of prominent businessmen and former officials at the Ritz-Carlton in the capital. The purge helped confirm the unrivaled authority of Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince …

Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim said on Thursday that Iraq’s relations with Russia and Iran are not in conflict but are a matter of strength, pointing out that Russia played a major role in supporting Iraq during the liberation process. “The minister of Foreign Ministry Mohammed Ali al-Hakim met today …

Spain’s King Felipe VI arrived in Iraq on Wednesday in the first visit there by a Spanish monarch in four decades, The king, whose country is part of an international coalition battling ISIS, visited Spanish special forces and was set to hold talks later in the day with President Barham …

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has trolled his detractors on Twitter by sharing a photograph of voodoo dolls in the image of himself, Donald Trump, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A picture of the ragged puppets with the faces of prominent politicians topped the Twitter feed of the sharp-tongued deputy …

Twelve people have been killed in floods after heavy rain lashed northern parts of Saudi Arabia this week, the civil defense agency said on Wednesday. Ten died in the northwestern city of Tabuk and one each in the holy city of Medina and in northern border areas, the agency said …

Deadly cold weather has brought what meteorologists call a “once-in-a-generation” deep freeze to large areas of the US. Forecasters say temperatures over the next few days will go as low as -30C in the Midwest, with a wind chill making it feel even colder. At least five people are reported …

On Monday, Twitter and other social networking sites lit up with anxious Apple users after the news site 9to5Mac reported on a strange glitch in the company’s iPhones. The issue: It turns out that an iPhone user can call another iPhone user and listen in on that person’s conversations through …

Khouki 22, Ali 37, Al-Haydos 80, Ismaeil 90+3 scored the goals. The 2022 World Cup hosts will face four-time champions Japan in Friday’s final

Several Tunisian activists speculated that the pro-polygamy protests could be an attempt to distort the image of the Ennahda Movement, a Muslim democratic political party, ahead of the upcoming elections in the country. With polygamy outlawed in Tunisia, a group of local women took to social media to call for …

Most Americans give poor marks to US President Donald Trump’s work across a range of issues, yet broadly mistrust the opposition Democratic Party as well, according to a new poll. Two years into Trump’s presidency and after a month-plus partial government shutdown, a wide deficit of confidence marks public views …

A coalition of investors is calling on McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food suppliers to take swift action on climate change. The group, with around $6.5 trillion under management, want the chains to cut carbon and water risks in their dairy and meat suppliers. Animal agriculture, they argue, is one …

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro addressed Donald Trump in English to demand that Washington keep its “hands off” the country after the US imposed sanctions on its state oil company in recognition of Juan Guaido as president. “Donald Trump, do not get involved with Venezuela! Hands off Venezuela! Donald Trump, hands …