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Israel pushing Iran to take legitimate steps: Turkey

Shawdesh desk: Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and Gaza are pushing Iran to take ‘legitimate steps’, Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday in a joint press conference in Istanbul with his Iranian

Recent winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize

Shawdesh desk: Here is a list of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners over the past 10 years: 2023: Moungi Bawendi (United States-France-Tunisia), Louis Brus (United States) and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov for

Israeli strike in Gaza refugee camp kills 17

Shawdesh Desk: Gaza’s civil defence agency on Tuesday said an Israeli strike killed at least 17 people at a refugee camp in the centre of the territory, as Israel’s military

Families farewell Thai school bus fire victims

Shawdesh Desk: Thousands gathered in central Thailand on Tuesday to mark the last rites for 20 schoolchildren and their three teachers killed in a bus inferno last week. The students

American Hopfield, Canadian-Briton Hinton win Physics Nobel

Shawdesh desk: American John Hopfield and Canadian-Briton Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering work on machines that can learn. The pair were honoured “for

Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun win Nobel Prize in Medicine

Shawdesh Desk: US duo Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated,

Thousands march for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire

Shawdesh Desk: Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian

Flash flood kills 3 in Thailand

Shawdesh Desk: Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and shops