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16:00 • 01.02.21Rare ancient coin unearthed near Jerusalem's Temple MountThe rare bronze coin was unearthed at the foot of the Temple Mount, the religious and historic centre of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Archaeologists have dated the discovery ...
13:48 • 30.01.21Iran to take delivery of Russia's COVID-19 vaccines on February 4Speaking to reporters, Jalali said in the wake of approval of Sputnik V vaccine by Iranian Health Ministry announced by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the agreement was signed ...
10:08 • 30.01.21China to transfer BeiDou tech to IranIran Electronics Industries, which is the largest electronic conglomerate in the country, will do space data collection. Notably, the United States, as a country possessing the GPS technology, had prohibited ...
14:51 • 29.01.21Spain blames EU for 'dwindling' COVID-19 vaccine suppliesWith stocks dwindling and new infections near record levels, regional authorities in Madrid have stopped vaccinating new people and are using their remaining supplies to administer ...
13:55 • 29.01.21Spain launches low-cost bullet train between Madrid and BarcelonaWhile most journeys will take at least three hours, with additional stops in Guadalajara, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Lleida, Tarragona and Girona, the fastest trains will reach their final destination in around ...
09:07 • 29.01.21Nasa Perseverance rover bearing down on MarsThe robot's current distance to the Red Planet is still some 4.5 million km (3 million miles), but that gap is closing at a rapid rate ...
12:00 • 28.01.21Apple Christmas sales surge to $111bn amid pandemic"The products are doing very well all around the world," said Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer. "As we look ahead into the March quarter, we've very optimistic."
14:36 • 27.01.21Biden administration orders 200 million more doses of Moderna vaccineThe government is seeking 100 million doses from Pfizer/BioNTech and 100 million from Moderna, an order that would be made available over the summer. They would be ...
10:22 • 27.01.21Apple reports risks of magnetic interference in medical devicesMedical devices such as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators might contain sensors that respond to magnets and radios when in close contact. To avoid ...
09:15 • 26.01.21AstraZeneca denies reports on low efficiency of COVID-19 vaccineIn separate reports, German daily papers Handelsblatt and Bild said the vaccine had an efficacy of 8 per cent or less than 10 per cent, respectively, in people ...
17:09 • 25.01.21Earth lost a record 28 trillion tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017The team found that the annual rate of ice loss increased by 65 per cent over the 23-year period — going from 0.8 trillion tons in the nineties up to ...
11:50 • 25.01.21Bushfire alarm in south-east Australia as heatwave sweeps citiesA large blaze brought an emergency warning to Adelaide in South Australia on Monday, while neighbouring Victoria faced its worst fire risk in a year. Victoria's capital Melbourne reached ...
14:50 • 23.01.21French-Armenian doctor Aram Gazarian leads world's first double-arm-and-shoulder transplantation surgeryThe patient is said to be recovering well after the operation, 23 years after the accident that cost him both limbs ...
10:37 • 23.01.21Twitter bans suspect Iran account after post threatening TrumpIn response to a request for comment from the agency, a Twitter spokesman said the account was fake and violated the company’s “manipulation and spam policy,” without elaborating ...
09:50 • 22.01.21Google threatens to shut down search in AustraliaThe move would mean the 19 million Australians who use Google every month would no longer be able to search, and 17 million Australians who ...