LOS ANGELES: Thousands of marine worms dubbed “penis fish” for their shape and color appeared this week on a California beach after a strong winter storm exposed them. The creatures — more commonly known as fat innkeeper worms — covered Drakes Beach, 50 miles north of San Francisco. Despite their
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Britons to put years of bitter divisions over the country’s EU membership behind them as he vowed to use his resounding election victory to finally deliver Brexit next month. Johnson’s ruling Conservatives won their best result for three decades on Thursday night after
MEDAN (Indonesia): More than 27,000 pigs have died in a hogcholera epidemic that has struck Indonesia, with thousands more at risk, an animal welfare official said. Thousands of pigs have died in more than a dozen regencies across North Sumatra over the past three months, and the pace of deaths
SEOUL: North Korea has conducted another “crucial test” at its Sohae satellite launch site, state media reported yesterday, as nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington remain stalled with a deadline approaching. The announcement comes a day before US Special Envoy on North Korea Stephen Biegun is set to arrive in
WHAKATANE (New Zealand): Elite soldiers retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s volatile White Island volcano yesterday, winning praise for their “courageous” mission carried out under the threat of another eruption. At first light, two military helicopters set off from Whakatane airport for the offshore volcano, where an eruption last Monday
OTTAWA: A fishing guide has become the first person in Canada to be convicted of getting too close to a whale under new marine mammal regulations, the government announced. According to a summary of the court decision obtained Thursday, Scott Babcock was ordered to pay a Can$2,000 fine and spend
LONDON: Retrievers, beagles, poodles and pugs lined up in the rain at Britain’s polling stations on Thursday as thousands of voters brought their canine companions to take part in the general election. Pet owners took to Twitter to post photographs of their dogs next to polling station signs at schools
Johnson wins historic victory in election LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday hailed a political “earthquake” in Britain after a thumping election victory which clears the way for the country to finally leave the EU next month after years of paralysing deadlock. With all but one result declared for the
SINGAPORE: Scientists said Wednesday they have come up with an environmentally-friendly method that uses artificial sunlight to transform plastic into power-generating chemicals, as countries worldwide battle to reduce waste. Huge quantities of plastic have piled up on land and been dumped in the sea across the world, with Asian nations
JAKARTA: An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world’s oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, a discovery that points to an advanced artistic culture, according to new research. Spotted two years ago on the island of Sulawesi, the 4.5 metre wide painting
