Google announces ‘Instant Previews’ search feature
NEW YORK: People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them. The "Instant Previews" feature announced Tuesday is meant to help people…
Scientists find damage to coral near BP well
NEW ORLEANS: For the first time, federal scientists have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the ocean floor several miles from the blown-out BP well…
NASA’s new space telescope costs shoot the moon
WASHINGTON: The cost of NASA's replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope is giving new meaning to the word astronomical, growing another $1.5 billion, according to a new internal NASA study…
Funding the low-carbon revolution
By Trevor Manuel and Nicolas Stern PRETORIA: The two defining challenges of our time are managing climate change and overcoming world poverty. We cannot succeed on one without succeeding on the…
Dreaming of a new Edo era
By Guy Sorman SEOUL: In mid-November, all eyes will shift to Seoul, when G-20 leaders convene for the first time in the South Korean capital. The choice is long overdue, as…
Is America catching the ‘British disease?’
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: In the United States, the scent of decline is in the air. Imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis are weighing on the economy. Some…
Opportunity amid danger
By John Drake LONDON: Two attempted suicide bombings have hit Iraqi Kurdistan in just over a month but, amid a spate of violence across Iraq, including an attack on a church…
Rights groups fear rigging in Egypt’s election
By Hadeel Al-Shalchi /AP CAIRO: A coalition of 16 rights groups said Tuesday it expects Egypt's parliamentary election later this month to be rigged because of severe restrictions imposed by the…
Cairo governorate amends waste management contracts
CAIRO: The governorate of Cairo amended the terms of its contract with AMA Arab Environmental Company (AAEC) — an Italian waste management firm responsible for western and northern Cairo —…
New York museum to return Tutankhamun relics: Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities council said on Wednesday that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to send back treasures believed to have been taken from the tomb of the…
