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Chambers to miss up to 9 months as Arsenal suffer huge injury blow

Arsenal's hopes of a belated revival have been dealt a major blow with key center-back Calum Chambers set to be out of action for six to nine months due to an injury.The England international sust

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What led to the Australian wildfires?

01:41 Australia is facing the worst bushfires in decades.Since fire season began last September, large parts of the country have been devastated.New South Wales, the country's most pop

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Australia fires: tens of thousands stranded while attempting to flee

Tens of thousands of people remained stranded on Thursday evening while attempting to flee bushfire-ravaged areas of the south-east Australian coast – having earlier be

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Indonesia floods leave nearly 30 dead, several missing

Indonesia's disaster agency warned Thursday of more deaths after torrential rains pounded the Jakarta region, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 29 a

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Australia's bushfire crisis rages on in new year

Throughout the final months of 2019, Australia experienced its most destructive bushfire season ever recorded. Between November and December in the worst hit State of New South Wales, nine people we

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Should I worry about… the anti-vaccination movement?

Since the first vaccines were discovered, there has been skepticism and resistance towards them.In 18th century England, for example, clergymen openly criticized vaccines for opposing what was, accor

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Australia fires: Military to be deployed to help rescue effort

Australia has launched a major operation to reach thousands of people stranded in seaside towns after deadly bushfires ripped through popular tourist areas on New Year's Eve. As emergency-level fires

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Tech’s biggest companies are worth ~$5T as 2019’s epic stock market run wraps

Look, this is the last post I’m writing in 2019 and I’m tired. But I can’t let the year close without taking stock of how well tech stocks did this year. It was bonkers.So let’

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TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice

The Pallone-Thrune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the President. It’s still possible to

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'Emoji Movie', Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson roasted at Razzies

“TheEmojiMovie,”TomCruiseandMelGibsonwonthetopawardsofdishonorattheannualRazzieawardsonSaturday.“TheEmojiMovie,”SonyPictureschildren’sanimatedfilmabouttalkingem

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'Transformers' leads Razzie pack for Hollywood's worst in 2017

"Transformers:TheLastKnight"ledthepackwithninenominationsMondayfortheRazzies,Hollywood'santi-awardscelebratingtheworstfilmsof2017.ThefifthinstallmentoftheTransf

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Swine flu cases on the rise in India

NEWDELHI,May12(APD)—CasesofswinefluareontheriseacrossIndia,withprovincesinsouthandwestbeingworstaffected.TillthebeginningofMay,8,648casesofswinefluand345deathso

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Myanmar to get 200 mln USD aid from World Bank for post-disaster relief

Myanmar will get 200 million U.S. dollars' aid from the World Bank for post-disaster relief for the year 2015 under Flood and Landslide Emergency Recovery project, official media reported Monday.

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Xinjiang city tops China's Q1 smog list

Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, registered the country's worst air quality in the first quarter of 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Monday.