WASHINGTON BBC - The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet. Scientists say these new worlds are the right size and distance from their parent star, so that you might expect to find liquid water on their surface.It is impossible to know for sure. ...

THOMAS L. FRIEDMANFor many years, strategists have debated whether Turkey would be a “bridge” or a “gully” between predominantly Christian Europe and the Arab/Muslim Middle East. If Turkey were admitted to the European Union, it would be a bridge binding these two worlds. If ...

PERTH (AFP) - British sailor Ben Ainslie made an impressive entrance as the action hotted up on the third day of the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Western Australia on Monday. Although it was the third straight day of scorching local temperatures for the competitors, with the mercury again in ...

On the surface, it looks like any ordinary mince pie. But this one is worth a staggering 3,000 ($4,700). What makes it so special? Mixed in with some of the more traditional ingredients are vanilla beans, cinnamon, holy water from Lourdes and ambergris sugar derived from sperm whale secretions. ...

A team of engineers claims to have created the worlds lightest material. The substance is made out of tiny hollow metallic tubes arranged into a micro-lattice - a criss-crossing diagonal pattern with small open spaces between the tubes. The researchers say the material is 100 times lighter than ...

CHUNIAN - Throwing the Lahore High Court orders into the dustbin, the unbridled wood mafia in connivance with the forest officials are rapidly deforesting the worlds largest artificial forest and so far more than 60 percent of Changa Manga Wildlife Park has been deforested, TheNation has learnt. ...

IMPHAL - Irom hasnt willingly ingested food or water for 11 years, in protest of a law granting legal immunity to the Indian armed forces for human rights abuses. As the anniversary of her hunger strike nears, her mother imagines what might be. Im still waiting for her to come home, said Shakhi ...

If you were impressed by LG being able to squeeze an optical drive into its super-thin Blade P430 notebook, then you may need to sit down for Dells upcoming XPS 14z. The slot-loading DVD burner on the right of Dells new thin and powerful mobile business solution sits in a frame thats just 0.9-inch ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - British billionaire Richard Branson on Monday opened the worlds first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. The eccentric businessman, with usual flair, sported a black jacket and waves of hair flying as he inaugurated ...

An Indian boy has roller-skated into the record books - by stooping to limbo under 20 cars. Rohan Ajit Kokane whizzed into the Guinness Book of World Records after performing the furthest ever roller-skating limbo in Mumbai. Decked out in a green Lycra outfit and a purple headband, Rohan picked up ...

PARIS (AFP) - A virus found in the sea off Chile is the biggest in the world, harbouring more than 1,000 genes, surprised scientists reported on Monday. The genome of Megavirus chilensis is 6.5 percent bigger than the DNA code of the previous virus record-holder, Mimivirus, isolated in 2003. ...

KATHMANDU (AFP) - The worlds highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planets tallest peak. The solar-powered camera, set at 5,675 metres (18,618 feet) on Kala Patthar, a ...

COPENHAGE - Denmark Saturday became the first country in the world to impose a fat tax after a week in which consumers hoarded butter, pizza, meat and milk to avoid the immediate effects. We have had to stock up with tonnes of butter and margarine in order to be able to supply outlets, Soeren ...

Frank andis the worlds oldest two-faced cat, which is not to say he is deceitful or insincere. Rather, the fluffy, gray feline with two mouths, two noses and three eyes, turned 12 years old this month, setting the record for longest surviving Janus cat, Sara Wilcox, a Guinness World Records ...

A Russian artist has created the worlds smallest working aquarium - which holds just two teaspoons of water. The tiny fish tank contains miniature plants, multicoloured stones, and miniature zebra danio fish. Measuring just 30 mm wide by 24 mm high and 14mm deep, the glass tank can be held in the ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the worlds most liveable city, a worldwide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped the Global Liveability Surveys ranking of 140 cities worldwide, ahead of Canadas ...

LAHORE: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) announced that Dr. Umar Saif, Associate Professor at the LUMS School of Science of Engineering, has been recognised by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 innovators (TR35) in the world. In the last decade, this is the first time a ...

PARIS (AFP) - Usain Bolt is the headline act for the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, but the Jamaican sprint star has warned that more world records are not likely to be on the cards. Bolt has dominated the 100 and 200m since storming to double gold in world record times at the Beijing ...

A US boy who has been 'preaching since he was a toddler has wowed millions of followers online. Kanon Tipton, now four, is a Youtube sensation whose precocious speeches have been watched by more than four million people. He shot to fame aged just 21 months when, barely able to talk, a video of him ...

A computer sciences professor in China claims he has artificially bred the worlds smallest frog. Hu Gansheng, 56, says his tiny frogs are so small they can only be seen clearly through a magnifying glass. But he added that he was reluctant to tell his colleagues at the Jiangxi Science and ...

A plumber has built the worlds longest motorbike - which is an incredible 22 metres (72ft) long. Colin Furze, 31, spent a month building the 25-seater bike, which is as long as a tennis court He used one-and-a-half 125cc mopeds which he extended using an aluminum frame and drove the bike a mile ...

SHANGHAI-Pakistani media delegation on the second day of their visit to Shanghai, the industrial hub of China during their tour regarding 60 years celebration of Pak-China friendship and China river civilisation visited several places of the City. Delegation alongwith China Radio International ...

LONDON (AFP) - Angolas capital Luanda retained the unenviable title of the worlds most expensive city for expatriates, narrowly edging out Tokyo, according to a survey published Tuesday. At the other end of the scale, the Mercer groups study named the Pakistani port Karachi as the least expensive ...

After decades of war and millions of dead, and before a crowd of tens of thousands of Sudanese and foreign dignitaries, the world's newest nation was born in Juba on Saturday. To rapturous cries and tears of joy, South Sudan became the 193rd country recognised by the United Nations, and also one of ...

If youre looking for somewhere with plenty of room, itll be slim pickings at what architects of this new home are claiming is the narrowest property in the world. The home - complete with bedroom, lounge, bathroom and kitchen - is just under 60inches wide and is so narrow that the builders have ...

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese machine has become the fastest supercomputer in the world, making calculations three times faster than a Chinese rival, its developers said Monday. The K Computer, developed by Fujitsu Ltd. and the state-funded RIKEN institute of physical and chemical research, has achieved ...

While the average hardware store light bulb lasts only 1,000 hours, this bright bulb has lasted 110 years... proving once again that they 'dont make them like they used to. On June 18, the worlds oldest-known working light bulb reaches another milestone, and will begin its 110th year of operation. ...

For someone covered from head to toe in nearly 7,000 metallic piercings, one extra ring might not be anything particularly special. But the latest addition to Elaine Davidsons collection could be her most cherished ring yet, as the worlds most pierced woman marries. Miss Davidson, who at a recent ...

The world's oldest panda has died at the age of 34, Chinese state media has reported. The Panda, Ming Ming, died from old age and had kidney failure. She had been living at a zoo or preserve in Guangdong province, said The Global Times. The China Panda Protection Center in Sichuan province said in ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban cigar roller broke his own record on Tuesday by rolling the worlds longest cigar, a monster smoke that stretched 268 feet 4 inches (81.8 metres), or most of the length of a football field. Resting on tables, it sprawled through El Morro, an old Spanish fort overlooking ...