The collapse is the result of decades of economic mismanagement, corruption and overspending. Hopes for a rescue are fading as the country’s ruling elites balk at the kind of reforms and outside ... ( read original story ...)
Laos, Turkey partner on UXO risk education, disaster preparedness
The governments of Laos and Turkey have teamed up for the ongoing ‘Strengthening Early Warning Systems and incorporating UXO Risk Education in Laos’ project. ( read original story ...)
Israel: Netanyahu corruption trial to intensify in January
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in January with witnesses and evidence given three times a week, a Jerusalem court ruled on Sunday. It was not immediately ... ( read original story ...)
UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. ( read original story ...)
UAE successfully launches Hope probe, Arab world’s first mission to Mars
Amal in Arabic, joins China and US in race to red planet ... ( read original story ...)
UAE launches ‘Hope’ Mars orbiter to study red planet’s atmosphere
UAE's Hope Mars mission is intended to collect world-class science while inspiring the youth of the Middle East. ( read original story ...)
UAE celebrates launch of first Arab interplanetary mission
The long-anticipated blast-off of the unmanned spacecraft at 6:58 am local time (2158 GMT Sunday) from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center was met with rapturous applause in the Emirates. Meanwhile, the ... ( read original story ...)
UAE Successfully Launches ‘Hope,’ First Of Three Major Mars Missions This Summer
The 'Hope' probe is expected to arrive at the Red Planet in February 2021, in time for the 50th anniversary of the UAE's formation. ( read original story ...)
Former Sri Lanka coach Hathurusingha joins New South Wales
Former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha joined the New South Wales Blues Monday as an assistant to Phil Jaques. It is the second stint at the Sydney-based club for the experienced ... ( read original story ...)
Brutus or Caesar? Now visitors can identify individual leopards at Sri Lanka park
Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, the island’s most visited wilderness area, has introduced a new information center that lets visitors identify the area’s star attraction: Sri Lankan leopards ... ( read original story ...)