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December 25, 2016 5:03 AM

Russian whistleblower Stepanova's coach given 10-year ban

The coach of Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova was hit with a 10-year ban for doping-related offences. In a statement, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS said, Vladimir Mokhnev, the coach of 800-metre runner Stepanova, was found to have violated International Association of Athletics Feder...

December 25, 2016 4:59 AM

Pilgrims gather in Bethlehem for Christmas eve celebration

Pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem today for Christmas Eve as Europeans worked up some holiday spirit despite tight security in the shadow of the Berlin market attack. <br/><br/>Dozens of Palestinians and tourists flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity, whe...

December 25, 2016 4:58 AM

Tunisia arrests three suspected militants with links to Anis Amri

Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected terrorists after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people. <br/><br/>Tunisia's Interior Ministry today said, Amri's nephew ...

December 24, 2016 9:30 PM

Obama signs defence bill; boosts security coop with India

US President Barack Obama has signed the National Defence Authorisation Act 2017, which asks US Defence Secretary and Secretary of State to take necessary steps to recognise India as America's major defence partner. <br/><br/>The Act, asks the US administration to designate an indiv...

December 24, 2016 8:00 PM

New Zealand: 1 person killed, dozens injured in bus crash in Wellington

In New Zealand, one person was killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying 46 people rolled down a bank in Wellington today. <br/><br/>Police said, the bus was 30 kilometres from the popular holiday resort town of Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island, when it crashed through...

December 24, 2016 7:57 PM

2 militants blew themselves up during police raid in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, Two militants - a woman and a teenager blew themselves up during a police raid on their hideout in a house in Dhaka today. The woman militant detonated a suicide vest she was wearing under her burqa as she came out of the house after police gave them a 2 minute ultimatum to surrender ...

December 24, 2016 4:28 PM

Scientists discovers blocking protein; May help in HIV treatment

Scientists have discovered a blocking protein that activates the body's immune response. This may help in better treatment of HIV. HIV cripples immunity of the body by destroying immune cells. The researchers' idea is to reduce chronic activation of the immune cells with the help of newly ...

December 24, 2016 4:27 PM

Scientists discovers blocking protein; May help in HIV treatment

Scientists have discovered a blocking protein that activates the body's immune response. This may help in better treatment of HIV. <br/><br/>HIV cripples immunity of the body by destroying immune cells. The researchers' idea is to reduce chronic activation of the immune cells w...

December 24, 2016 1:07 PM

Arctic heatwave could break records

Scientists have said, temperatures at the North Pole may rise up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what may be a record-breaking heatwave. <br/><br/>A senior researcher at Oxford University, Friederike Otto told BBC that the unseasonably warm weather patterns in th...

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