A voter survey released after polls closed predicted victory for a secular businessman against a powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader in Jerusalem’s mayoral race Tuesday, a contest that again exposed the deep divide between religious and secular Israelis.
Israelis voted around the country, picking mayors and city councils, but local issues and strong independent candidates overshadowed clashes [...]
Bunking classes for the school students in the United Arab Emirates’ capital is likely to get tough as Ministry of Education is planning to alert the parents of such non-serious students through Short Message Service (SMS).The new system, if gets approval of the Ministry of Education (MoE), would monitor the movement of the students and [...]
Deeming mathematics ‘uncool’ in the social context of middle and high schools in the US is hurting the country as a new study found that a majority of young mathematicians working here were born in a foreign country.
‘It is deemed uncool within the social context of US middle and high schools to do mathematics for [...]
Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule Sunday after a milestone mission to carry out the country’s first spacewalk, showing off China’s technological know-how and cementing its status as a space power and future competitor to the United States.
A senior space official said the mission — China’s most ambitious yet — took the country one [...]
Scientists have found the oldest known rocks on Earth. They are 4.28 billion years old, making them 250 million years more ancient than any previously discovered rocks.
Scientists have found the oldest known rocks on Earth. They are 4.28 billion years old, making them 250 million years more ancient than any previously discovered rocks.
An internationally recognized scholar of presidential debates believes that the McCain-Obama presidential debates coming up this week and next month, will be as significant as the debates that took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the run-up to the 1960 presidential elections.With many polls showing Obama and McCain in a dead heat, [...]
Iran has failed to provide information that would clear up allegations it was involved in nuclear weapons-related research, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday.A report issued by the nuclear watchdog provided further indications that Iran’s studies on high-explosives testing and missiles, which the IAEA says could have been related to weapons, were technically [...]
Three men were shot dead and two left injured after an argument between a group of Indian and white visitors to a bar here, allegedly over the size of genitals.Superintendent Muzi Mngomezulu of the South African police confirmed that five people were arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning in connection with the shootings, [...]
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari soon after his swearing-in has assured of progress on fast track to resolve the Kashmir issue. Addressing a news conference jointly with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in Islamabad, Zardari said that his party was working hard with all the political forces in Pakistan to arrive at a solution on the [...]
The number of people confirmed dead in Saturday’s rockslide in Cairo reached 30 by Sunday, as frantic efforts to rescue survivors and recover the bodies continued.With hundreds of people suspected to be still under the rubble, the full extent of the tragedy was yet to become clear.
Hundreds of tons of limestone rock came crashing down [...]