Five times shot ‘very lucky’ Sulphur-crested cockatoo survives
CAMDEN, Australia: A Sulphur-crested cockatoo survived five bullets after being found in a Sydney neighborhood and taken to an animal hospital. The lucky bird, named...
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Australia’s national science agency and takeaway tycoon to make ‘fake-meat’ fast food
by TNT Desk
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has teamed up with the Australian billionaire fast food chain to...
‘Minutes of life lost’ counter on cigarettes to help quit smoking
by TNT Desk
QUEENSLAND, Australia: University researchers have found ‘minutes of life lost’ counter on cigarettes more effective and impactful than packet warnings. Queensland’s James Cook University research...
315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
by TNT Desk
AMERY, Antarctica: An iceberg, the size of urban Sydney, has broken off an ice shelf in Antarctica. The Amery Ice Shelf, the third largest ice...
Water discovered on ‘potentially habitable’ exoplanet
by TNT Desk
WASHINGTON, USA: Astronomers discover water for the first time ever in the atmosphere of an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star....
Australian Christian family refusing to pay tax for being against ‘God’s will’ fined
by TNT Desk
CANBERRA (Australia): A Christian family in Australia refused to pay income tax, arguing it went “against God’s will”. The refusal of the family to pay...
Parrot arrested in Brazil for alerting his drug dealer owners to police raid
by TNT Desk
Police in Brazil arrested a parrot for saving his drug dealer owners by alerting them to a police raid. According to Brazil’s R7 news, police...
Donkeys’ export: KP govt plans to establish donkey farms
by TNT Desk
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to establish donkey farms in DI Khan and Mansehra districts of the province. The plan is part of...
Women in Tunisia protest demanding polygamy
by TNT Desk
TUNIS: A group of Tunisian women are calling for a protest demanding polygamy in the country. The group is campaigning for allowing polygamy, which is...
Perth’s first eco-friendly hemp house has been built
PERTH: The Perth metropolitan is now home to its first hempcrete house, located in the Beaconsfield suburb near Fremantle. The pioneers of this toxic-free, sustainable...