A new study has claimed the vast construction of solar farms around the globe has used so much fossil fuel they will not contribute any ‘real’ energy to the world until 2020.
TheStanfordUniversitystudy analysed the fossil fuels used in the construction of solar panel.
It found the panels have only just begun to surpass the amount of energy ploughed into created...
A family of five set themselves alight in a desperate final protest against the demolition of their home.
Bharat Mansingh, 40, died in hospital after self-immolating in the centre of a local authority compound in the city ofRajkotinnorth westIndiatoday.
Three of his females relatives, Rekha, Asha, Vasumati and one male relative Girish Mansingh have all been taken to hospital...
French troops will take part in a future U.N. peacekeeping mission inMaliafter they end their task of clearing al-Qaida-linked rebels out ofMali’s vast northern region.
French President Francois Hollande made the announcement Thursday as he spoke beforeMorocco’s parliament, part of a two-day visit celebrating the two nations’ close cooperation.
Elections...
Anti-rape underwear which delivers a 3,800 kilovolt shock to any would-be attacker has been created by a team of Indian engineering students.
After disabling the assailant, the undergarment has been designed to automatically send a text message to police or family members containing the GPS location of the attempted crime.
Pressure sensors on the garment, sewn in around...
AU.S.based advocacy group says in a new report thatSudan’s government has committed war crimes since mid-2011 in two of its southern states near the border withSouth Sudan.
The Enough Project said Wednesday that two years of eyewitness reports, photos, video and satellite imagery present strong evidence thatSudanshould be referred to the International Criminal Court.
The...
Several prominent Germans are urging the U.S. and Europe to take in members of an Iranian opposition group whose lives are at risk in Iraq.
The call was made Wednesday at a meeting in Berlin of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, whose militant wing is housed at a former U.S. base in Baghdad. A rocket attack last February claimed by a Shiite militant group killed...
A Chinese student has staged a ‘rehearsal’ for her own funeral because she didn’t want to miss the chance the festivities.
Zeng Jia forked out her savings on an elaborate service complete with flowers, photographers and a full crowd of mourners.
But the 22-year-old says the bizarre experience was not morbid – in fact, it has given her a more positive...
A passenger bus plunged from a 15-metre-high bridge in The Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro yesterday killing at least seven people and closing the major thoroughfare where it landed.
Around 11 more people were injured in the accident, said Sergio Simoes, who heads Rio state’s Civil Defense department, adding that number of injured was likely to rise.
Simoes said...
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