Day: December 26, 2019

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Erdogan says parliament to vote in January on Libya troop deployment

7:24 pm December 26, 2019

Ankara: The Turkish parliament will in January vote on a motion to send troops to Libya to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday. “We will present the motion to send troops (to Libya) as soon as parliament resumes” on January 7, Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara. “God […]

Iraqi protesters torch buildings, block roads over PM pick

7:22 pm December 26, 2019

Nasiriyah (Iraq): Iraqi anti-government protesters blocked roads and bridges in Baghdad and the country’s south Thursday after torching several buildings overnight. The demonstrators oppose the entire political class and have vented their anger against leaders who are negotiating to nominate an establishment insider as the next prime minister. “The government is hostage to corrupt parties […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

One in three teens globally at risk of lifestyle diseases: Study

7:15 pm December 26, 2019

Melbourne: One in three adolescents globally are at the risk of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cancer, with low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical inactivity as the most prominent risk factors, according to a study. The study, published in the journal Preventive Medicine, is the largest global research of the major lifestyle risk […]

Norwegian author Ari Behn, former spouse of princess, commits suicide

4:32 pm December 26, 2019

Stockholm: Norwegian author Ari Behn, who was previously married to the country’s Princess Maertha Louise, died on Wednesday aged 47, his manager told news agency AFP, saying he had committed suicide. “It is with great sadness in our hearts that I on behalf of the very closest relatives of Ari Behn must announce that he […]

Artificial Intelligence hub in Bengaluru to promote technology innovations: DST

‘New model may shed light on how our brain works’

4:13 pm December 26, 2019

Tokyo: Researchers have developed a brain-like network composed of ultrasmall metallic wires, an advance that may lead to new ways for understanding the brain’s computation processes. As part of the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers used the metallic nanowire network to simulate the human brain’s electrical activity unique to processes like […]