ISTANBUL: A senior Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter have been found dead at their apartment in Istanbul, the Dogan news agency reported yesterday, reports AFP. Friends raised the alarm after being unable to reach Aroubeh Barakat and her daughter Halla Barakat by telephone, the…

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her beleaguered rival Martin Schulz embark on a final push for votes yesterday ahead of a weekend election,…

RIGA: By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing…

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron yesterday signed sweeping changes to France’s complex labour code into law, ramming through a landmark reform four months into his administration despite protests from hardline unions, reports AFP. “The reform... constitutes an unprecedented transformation…

BANGKOK: A form of malaria that is resistant to standard treatment has spread to Vietnam for the first time, researchers warned yesterday, reports AFP. The strain was originally detected in Cambodia in 2007, and experts are calling for action before it reaches other areas such as India or Africa. “It…