Florida teen charged with 17 murders legally brought AR-15

Published On: February 15, 2018 07:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PARKLAND, Fla., Feb 15: An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and his own AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and federal authorities following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years.

Spain to announce new measures in Catalonia

Published On: February 15, 2018 05:04 PM NPT By: Agencies

SPAIN, Feb 15: Mariano Rajoy's central government is preparing to implement a new round of measures in Catalonia because the Prime Minister's plan to have a new regional executive installed this winter has failed, El País reported on Thursday.

PARKLAND, Feb 15: A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation’s deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Prince Henrik, husband of Danish monarch, dies at age 83

Published On: February 14, 2018 04:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Feb 14: Prince Henrik, the French-born husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe who publicly vented his frustration at not being the social equal of his wife or their son in line to become Denmark’s king, died late Tuesday. He was 83.

Satellites show warming is accelerating sea level rise

Published On: February 13, 2018 11:09 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.

Russian airline crashes moment after take-off, killing 71

Published On: February 12, 2018 02:36 PM NPT By: Republica

MOSCOW,  Feb 12:  A Russian airliner that had just taken off from the country’s second-busiest airport crashed Sunday, killing all 71 people aboard and scattering jagged chunks of wreckage across a snowy field outside Moscow.

SEOUL, Feb 12: South Korea said on Monday it will try to arrange more reunions for families divided by the Korean War and seek to lower military tensions with North Korea as the first steps towards establishing grounds for a rare summit between the two Koreas.

Russia: Regional plane with 71 aboard crashes near Moscow

Published On: February 11, 2018 07:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW, Feb 11: Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says a passenger plane has crashed near Moscow and fragments of it have been found.

Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings

Published On: February 11, 2018 03:03 PM NPT By: Reuters

MYANMAR, Feb 11: Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar’s security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a government spokesman said on Sunday, adding it was not related to a Reuters report on the incident.

Tackling Science’s Gender Parity Problem

Published On: February 11, 2018 11:25 AM NPT By: Agencies

LONDON — Two years ago, the United Nations designated February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. As we approach another commemoration, it is worth reflecting on female scholars’ countless contributions to science and technology.