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Fly infertility shows we’re underestimating how badly climate change harms animals

11:29 am May 25, 2021

Canberra: Evidence of declining fertility in humans and wildlife is growing. While chemicals in our environment have been identified as a major cause, our new research shows there’s another looming threat to animal fertility: climate change. We know animals can die when temperatures rise to extremes they cannot endure. However, our research suggests males of […]

India’s Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

6:40 pm May 17, 2021

Dubai: The ICC on Monday dismissed claims made by news channel Al Jazeera that India’s Test matches against England (2016) and Australia (2017) were fixed, saying the passages of play identified as fixed were entirely predictable, and therefore ”implausible as a fix”. Al Jazeera in a documentary — ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers’ — released in 2018 […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts

11:40 pm April 22, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States. “Meeting this moment is about more […]

CSK sign Behrendorff as replacement for Hazlewood

6:12 pm April 9, 2021

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings have signed Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff as a replacement for Josh Hazlewood for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The left-arm quick has featured in 11 ODIs and seven T20Is so far. This is Behrendorff’s second IPL team, having represented Mumbai Indians in 2019 where he played five […]

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

Facebook to restore Australian news pages

2:10 pm February 23, 2021

Melbourne: Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week after the government introduced […]

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