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The Hubble telescope has captured a spectacular photograph of one of the universe’s most majestic sights, a spiral galaxy in all its twirling glory. The powerful orbital telescope explored the NGC 2903 galaxy and the European Space Agency (ESA) released the dazzling image this week. The stunning spiral is located …

Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travelers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago. Suspected suicide bombers from little-known Islamic groups in Sri Lanka attacked churches and luxury hotels in the country …

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has drawn up draft legislation to oblige parents to get their children vaccinated against measles or else face fines and their exclusion from daycare. Spahn’s initiative comes amid a highly charged debate in Germany about whether the measles vaccine should be obligatory, and as the …

Camlica Mosque, which has a combination of Ottoman and Seljuk architectural style, can accommodate 63,000 worshippers. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Turkey’s largest and newest mosque on Friday. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers. The previous Turkish record holder in …

Over 1,000 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – the second deadliest in history. With efforts to bring it under control are hampered by civil war and mistrust, health minister Oly Ilunga said 1,008 lives have been claimed by the virus, which …

India’s space agency wants to touch down its rover on the Moon’s south pole, an area on the Earth’s natural satellite where no one has gone before. The launch is scheduled for July. “All the [ISRO] missions, whatever we have had till now [to the moon], have all landed near …

Microsoft has a lot of sympathy for your point of view. Software updates are inevitable because the world changes, new hardware technologies are developed, new features are needed to cater to new circumstances, and new threats need new defenses. That’s true for every operating system in the fast-moving consumer world. …

Researchers at the University of Sydney say they have discovered a potential antidote for the sting of the world’s most venomous sea creature: the Australian box jellyfish. The jellyfish has about 60 tentacles that can grow up to 3 meters (almost 10 feet). They live mainly in coastal waters around …

Mohammed was found to be a popular name in several German states last year and managed 24th in the national rankings. Mohammed was among the most popular baby names for boys born in Berlin in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Germany’s government language society. The Association for the …

This week, fresh statistics from the World Gold Council revealed that net gold purchases by central banks around the world reached their highest levels since 2013, increasing by a whopping 68 percent to 145.5 tonnes over the past year. Estonia’s Central Bank has just one 11 kg gold ingot left …

Security officials and experts from more than 30 countries came together in Prague this week to work out guidelines for the deployment of 5G networks. On Friday, they issued a set of proposals to secure the rollout of the next generation of cellular technology. The nonbinding Prague Proposals warn governments …

Astronomers say they may have spotted a neutron star being swallowed by a black hole for very the first time after seeing vast gravitational waves rippling across space. The waves were spotted by the twin Ligo observatory in the US and the Virgo detector in Italy following a possible collision …

Cocaine deaths have been rising in the United States, amid the nation’s deadliest drug overdose epidemic, US health officials have said in a new report. After several years of decline, overdose deaths involving cocaine began rising around 2012 and they jumped by more than a third between 2016 and 2017, …

Looking over football news and the Champions League, Barcelona have taken a massive step toward securing a place in the final showdown after sweeping Liverpool aside 3-nil in the first leg of their semifinal tie. In a breathtaking match at Camp Nou on Wednesday, former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez gave …

Iraq’s oil exports rose to 3.466 million barrels per day (bpd) in April from 3.377 million bpd the previous month, a statement from the oil ministry said. Exports from the southern Basra oilfields rose to 3.354 million bpd from 3.254 million bpd in March, it said. Exports had fallen in …

Spain’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas says “everything is controlled” after he had a heart attack during training with his club Porto. The 37-year-old is “stable” in hospital and remains under observation. Casillas, regarded as one of Real Madrid’s greatest keepers, says he had “a big scare” but added that …

The foreign minister of Qatar said on Wednesday that Washington’s decision not to extend sanction waivers on Iranian oil exports would harm countries that rely on the supplies. The United States has demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face the prospect of sanctions, ending …

Barcelona has fired an apparent riposte to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after he said the Catalan’s Camp Nou home “is no temple of football” ahead of the teams’ UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday. German Klopp told DAZN: “The Camp Nou is just a stadium. It is pretty …

US President Donald Trump, three of his children, and the Trump Organization filed a federal lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block them from complying with federal subpoenas investigating his financial dealings. The federal lawsuit was filed in the US District Court’s Southern District of New York. It …

Czech soccer player Josef Sural from Turkey’s top tier Aytemiz Alanyaspor was killed after a minibus carrying players from the club crashed while returning from an away match, the club said on Monday. Sural, a striker for Alanyaspor and the Czech national team, died at the hospital where he and …