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Egypt’s constant mediation between Israel and Gaza and presence of United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon in Israel may bring out positive results at last. Diplomatic efforts will reach a peak with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrival in Israel. The message of Clinton’s trip will be that it is in nobody’s interest for there to be an…

Continued Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and in return rockets fired at Israel by Gaza, is causing heavy loss of life on both sides. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on way to Cairo,where he intends to “appeal personally for ending the violence,” a statement from his office said. Leaders across the world,…

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying astronaut trio  Sunita Williams, Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide landed at 0726 IST in the town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan, Russia. The crew undocked  from International Space Station yesterday ending Expedition 33. Expedition 34 at ISS begins under the command of Kevin For, with Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy until March. The astronauts…

A huge waterspout has been caught on tape off the coast of Batemans Bay in the Australian state of New South Wales. So far there has been no damage but some bad weather is expected. Check this out:

Scientists have now found  a planet that is not revolving around the sun.  Although the scientists were hoping to find such a planet  this is the first time such a planet have been discovered. It was found by researchers working at the ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

Xi Jinping has become the new general-secretary of China’s ruling Communist Party will now take charge of the world’s number two economy for next ten years. He is succeeding President Hu Jintao. Xi Jinping has a few challenges to face as the Communist Party is facing slower economic growth and  a public protest to end…

You must be thinking that why would a cobra need to be saved, after all they are the most poisonous snakes in the world. But it is true. Thai Customs officials have seized over 600 cobras saving them from ending on dinner tables. Snake meat is very popular in some south east asian cultures like Vietnam, Thailand…

Israel in Asia, on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea, is the only Jewish country. Gaza Strip is a stretch of land along the Mediterranean. The main city in the Gaza Strip is called Gaza inhabited by Arabs known as Palestinians. The strip is not part of any recognized country. It is currently ruled by…

Soon the spacecrafts would be able to land like helicopters. NASA has developed a new rotor landing system that will enable the space capsules to do so. At present the capsules use parachutes to land in the ocean, they will be replaced by spinning blades to enable soft and controlled landings on land. A lot of…

  China plans to launch its next manned space mission in June next year. It might carry three astronauts to space. China also plans to develop a full orbiting space station by 2020 and is hopeful about a Chinese landing on moon one day. Like NASA in US, the space program of China is controlled by the…