FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 219 for 6 (Seifert 84, Hardik 2-51) beat India 139 (Dhoni 39, Southee 3-17) by 80 runs
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - A New Zealand wicketkeeper-opening batsman surging down the track to belt the ball down the ground or pulling off outrageous scoops. Sounds familiar? Tim Seifert channeled his inner Brendon McCullum and turbo-charged New...
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
The midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. (David Goldman/AP)
Magnetic north is not where it used to be.
Since 2015, the place to which a compass points has been sprinting toward Siberia at a pace of more than 30 miles a year. And this week, after a delay...
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - The former mayor of Moscow has confirmed Donald Trump met with officials in Russia in the 1990s to discuss a possible building project after archival footage of the meeting was posted online.
The video, allegedly aired by Russian state television in 1995, shows the US president meeting with members of the former mayor’s administration.
“Trump was...
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Russia's military and state-sponsored media have reacted with a fire and fury of their own to the news that the US will exit the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaties, one of the last barriers to a full-on Cold War-like arms race in Europe - and there's already talk of a nuclear doomsday device visiting the US.
The INF treaty...
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Avi Loeb poses in the observatory near his office in Cambridge, Mass. His theory about an alien spaceship has made the rounds in the media and caused controversy in the academic community.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Before he started the whole alien spaceship thing last year, the chairman of Harvard University's astronomy department was known for public lectures...
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
In this Jan. 27 photo, U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq speak to families in rural Anbar during a reconnaissance patrol. (Susannah George / Associated Press)
Iraq’s constantly squabbling politicians were united in umbrage Monday after President Trump said the United States would maintain a military presence in Iraq to keep an eye on Iran.
“Don't overburden Iraq with your...
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro passes by a portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he arrives to speak before the Constituent Assembly to announce measures to alleviate the serious economic crisis, at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas on Jan. 14, 2019.Federico Parra / AFP - Getty Images
Caracas, Venezuela - What would Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro...
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 01: Seen is a lone tree in raging floodwaters of the Ross River on February 01, 2019 in Townsville, Australia. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has declared Townsville a disaster area and has ordered school closures today after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in the area. The bureau of meteorology is predicting 400mm...
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Just eight months ago, Kenobi the tiger cub was almost someone’s pet — or worse. In May, U.S. border patrol agents spotted three people trying to cross into Texas illegally while carrying a black duffel bag. Noticing the officers, the migrants turned back, ditching the bag as they ran away.
Officers unzipped the bag and stuffed inside was...
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Rising temperatures will change the colour of the world's oceans, making them more blue in the coming decades say scientists.
They found that increased heat will change the mixture of phytoplankton or tiny marine organisms in the seas, which absorb and reflect light.
Scientists say there will be less of them in the waters in the decades to come.
This...
