NEW YORK: Popular Russia-based application FaceApp, which allows users to change their appearance to look older or younger, came under fire in the United States Wednesday, with one senator urging an FBI investigation. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the FBI and the FTC, the US consumer protection body,
LAHORE: Pakistani authorities yesterday detained the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a security official said, as the country faces increased pressure to crack down on militants operating on its soil. Firebrand cleric Hafiz Saeed — declared a global terrorist by the US and UN, and who has a
MUMBAI: Rescuers pulled a woman from the rubble of a Mumbai building a day after it collapsed but her two young children did not survive, officials said yesterday, as the death toll from the tragedy rose to 13. Heavy monsoon rains on Tuesday trapped more than 40 people after the
Sue Finley began work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the US prepared to launch its first satellite into orbit in 1958, racing to match the Soviet Union, which had accomplished the feat months earlier. Now 82, she is one of Nasa’s longest-serving women, starting out as one of its
Popularised by Disney’s ‘Finding Nemo’, the common clownfish may not see its eggs hatch if they are exposed to artificial light at night, researchers reported. “Clownfish, and likely other coral reef fish species living in areas exposed to light pollution, might not be able to produce viable offspring,” Emily Fobert
Fifty years to the day since mankind launched the first mission to set foot on it, the Moon treated Earthlings with a partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday. Britain’s Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) said in a statement the event was visible from parts of northern Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and
SYDNEY: Australia’s government on Wednesday called on China to allow an Australian child and his Uighur mother to leave the country, stepping up pressure on Beijing days after Canberra co-signed a letter denouncing its treatment of the Muslim minority. China has rounded up an estimated one million Uighurs and other
SYDNEY: The Australian government has rejected calls to expedite visa applications of 30,000 asylum seekers who have been stuck in legal limbo in the country for more than five years, a report released yesterday shows. The plight of hundreds of refugees held in Australia’s offshore detention centres on Nauru and
WELLINGTON: A pair of New Zealand penguins that broke into a sushi stall at Wellington’s busiest railway station have been returned to their natural habitat. Police said they initially received a report about a little blue penguin in the city centre over the weekend and released the animal back into
TAIPEI: Taiwan urged China and Hong Kong on Tuesday to work together to investigate a spate of financial love scams that have caused over US$30 million in losses to Taiwanese targets. Fighting this new type of cross-border fraud will require the cooperation of all three administrations, and sits in contrast
