A new study that looks at lifespan in wild mammals shows that females live substantially longer than males. The research finds that, on average, females live 18.6% longer than males from the same species. This is much larger than the well-studied difference between men and women, which is around 8%. The scientists say the differences […]

CAIRO – 24 March 2020: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tweeted twice on Tuesday on strict protective measures taken against the coronavirus pandemic for 15 days starting Wednesday. A tweet came before the press conference held by Prime Minister Mostafa madbouly to make the announcement while the other came later. In the first tweet, the president […]

Australia is famously home to all sorts of exotic animals, including snakes. However, one woman was still shocked to find a 4.5-meter (14.8-foot) albino Burmese python on her front porch in Oxenford, Queensland, on Monday. The 50-kilogram (110-pound) snake was large enough to eat a dog, and removing the animal required the specialist skills of snake catcher Tony […]

Spanish troops brought in to help tackle the spread of the coronavirus outbreak have discovered elderly people “dead and abandoned” at their retirement homes, according to the country’s defence minister. Some elderly residents were “completely left to fend for themselves, or even dead, in their beds”, Margarita Robles told Spanish TV channel Telecinco when discussing […]

The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango – best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and funk music with traditional sounds from his home country, Cameroon. He collaborated with numerous artists […]

As the world continues to change amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, one thing that’s helped many people pass the time has been catching up movies and TV with Netflix. Unfortunately, as people’s self-quarantine makes its way into the month of April, there are many titles on the popular streaming service that will be going away to make room for some exciting new […]

Car firms are answering calls from governments to help make more ventilators and face masks to help out during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Fiat began converting one of its car plants in China to start making about one million masks a month. The carmaker wants to start production in the coming weeks, wrote its […]

Countries around the world are imposing stricter rules in an effort to slow the rapid spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus has infected more than 328,200 people and killed more than 14,300 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking the pandemic. Here are the latest updates. Australia Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison ordered the closure […]

Wuhan, China as the epicenter and origin of COVID-19, has been locked down by the Chinese government since January 23, 2020. The city holds 11 million people and during the outbreak, about 6 million people were put under quarantine, and approximately 5 million left the city during a holiday break. Many Wuhan people began keeping diaries during […]

  CAIRO – Egypt’s military said a senior officer died Sunday following his infection from the coronavirus. The military said in a statement that Major General Khaled Shaltout was infected while participating in sterilization which the military has been carrying out across the country. The military said it has sterilized and disinfected public institutions and […]