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Now that's what you call airplane mode -- an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska ..
In a cancer hospital located in Silchar, northeastern India, a surge in patient numbers has been observed due to a transformative approach aimed at making cancer drugs more affordable. The Cachar Cancer Centre, part of the National Cancer Grid, co..
A series of powerful winter storms has caused significant havoc in parts of the eastern US and Canada, resulting in at least three fatalities and leaving over half a million homes without power. The storms, featuring tornadoes, snowfall, and..
In a historic first, Saudi Arabia accommodated 13.55 million Umrah pilgrims in 2023. The Minister of Hajj and Umrah. Dr Tawfiq al-Rabiah stated this while addressing the third annual Hajj and Umrah Services Conference in Jeddah. He announced that ..
New research reveals that the past year witnessed the greatest number of civilian casualties, both fatalities and injuries, resulting from explosive incidents in over ten years. The UK-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) reported the hig..
Norway is poised to become the world's first country to embrace the controversial practice of large-scale deep-sea mining, with a parliamentary vote expected soon. The plan aims to expedite the extraction of precious metals essential for..
South Korea has approved a new law with the goal of putting an end to the slaughter and trade of dogs for meat by 2027. This legislation targets the centuries-old practice of consuming dog meat, which has seen a decline in popularity, especially a..
A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a citizen to seven years in prison on charges of causing a grievous bodily harm to an expatriate, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported. The victim has suffered quadriplegia, a condition where all four limbs experience paralys..
Saudi authorities daily use 115 tonnes of rug sterilisation substances and 30 tonnes (30,000 litres) of perfume at the Prophet’s Mosque, Islam’s second holiest site in Medina, a major destination for the Muslim faithful from around the wo..