Teknofest Istanbul opens doors for enthusiasts

The six-day festival, jointly organised by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation and Industry and Technology Ministry, is expected to attract at least one million visitors.

Greta Thunberg wins Amnesty International's highest award

The teenager, who is taking a year off from high school, received a standing ovation from students at The George Washington University in the US capital where the ceremony was held.

Vapes spiked with illegal drugs show dark side of CBD craze

Some operators are cashing in on the CBD craze by substituting cheap and illegal synthetic marijuana for real CBD in vapes and edibles such as gummy bears, an investigation has found.

Duchess of Sussex returns to work to launch new charity fashion range

Meghan Markle has made her first official public appearance since the birth of her son to launch the fashion collection, created in collaboration with well-known British stores and fashion designers.

Tropical Storm Humberto targets hurricane-hit Bahamas

The announcement from the National Hurricane Centre came after it had warned early Friday that a strengthening tropical depression was headed for the same islands hit by Dorian last week.

Snowden tells life story in new memoir

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says had no other choice than to share top-secret documents with the world.

Tropical storm warning issued for hurricane-hit Bahamas

Bahamian meteorologists said the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, which were the worst-hit by Hurricane Dorian, were in the path of the approaching weather system.

1,300 still missing in hurricane-hit Bahamas - officials

Officials in the Bahamas believe that there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on the missing registry a day earlier.

Skip school for climate protests, New York tells kids

Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg will join a protest in NY on September 20 that is taking place as part of coordinated climate demonstrations held around the world while authorities gave their blessings to children who want to join it.

Surging Indonesia forest fires further stoke global warming fears

Blazes have been raging on Sumatra and Borneo islands with Indonesia deploying water-bombing helicopters and thousands of security forces to tackle them. In recent days, fires sent toxic smog floating over Malaysia triggering a diplomatic row.

Water found on possible habitable planet

Scientists for the first time have detected water in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star.

Scientists create embryos to save northern white rhinos

Conservationists have successfully created two northern white rhino embryos in a key step towards pulling the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists in Italy say.