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Quote of the day by Barack Obama Failure is frequently viewed as something people should avoid at all costs. Failure is often associated with disappointment, embarrassment or regret, be it school exams, careers, relationships or public life. But some of the world’s most influential leaders have spoken openly about failure not as an end, but…

A recent study shows that urban tree canopies play a crucial role in combating the ‘Urban Heat Island’ (UHI) effect. They cut the temperature gap between cities and rural areas by almost half. Trees offer shade and cool the air through a process called transpiration, lowering summer air temperature by a population-weighted mean of 0.15…

Alfred Nobel (Image: Wikipedia) Love, feelings and human connection have always been some of the most complicated aspects of life. For centuries, philosophers, scientists, writers and thinkers have sought to explain why people feel affection, attachment, trust or distance. Alfred Nobel made a very thoughtful remark on this point when he said, “A heart can…

Nigerian-British man abducts son British authorities have launched a manhunt for a Nigerian-British man accused of abducting his five-year-old son from France to Nigeria after he was wrongly released from a London prison and may have fled the UK within days.Ifedayo Adeyeye, 58, walked free from HMP Pentonville in London on April 21 despite being…

Security researchers at Alphabet Inc’s Google said they believe a cybercrime group used artificial intelligence to create a hacking tool that can bypass defences in a widely used tool to administer computer systems.The scheme, which was foiled when Google alerted the tool developer, would mark the first time that Google’s Threat Intelligence Group caught a…

Most people expect nightfall to arrive at some point in the day. In one remote corner of Alaska, that simply stops happening for weeks. Residents in Utqiagvik, the northernmost town in the United States, have now entered the annual ‘midnight sun’ season, a strange period when the sun remains visible around the clock. The town…

Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose lifelong quest for the rare and the beautiful ended in a global health emergency, has been identified as patient zero in the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, according to Argentine authorities.Authorities believe the 70-year-old and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, contracted…

Horrifying video shows moment Frontier Airlines plane hits person on Denver runway A person who allegedly breached security at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines aircraft late Friday last week, triggering an engine fire and a chaotic emergency evacuation that left several passengers injured.The Frontier flight, headed from Denver…

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (AP photo) LONDON: PM Keir Starmer pledged Monday to prove “doubters” in his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party.Starmer argued that he will “face up to…

THE HAGUE: An artwork plundered by the Nazis from the world-famous Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the family of a notorious SS collaborator in the Netherlands, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand said Monday.“Portrait of a Young Girl”, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, had likely been hanging for decades in the home of descendants of Hendrik…