Month: May 2022

(CNN)Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes refer to the distant, icy planets as planetary twins. But these ice giants have one big difference: their color. New space and ground-based telescope observations have revealed what’s behind this difference in tone. The most distant planets from the sun in our solar system, Neptune and…

Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN)The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first “carbon neutral” FIFA World Cup.Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with regional carriers…

(CNN)More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, a record figure that the United Nations says highlights a “staggering” increase in the regional synthetic drug trade.Meth production and trafficking is surging in countries in the Lower Mekong region — Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar — according to…

CNN Weather CNN  —  Agatha was downgraded to a tropical storm late Monday after making landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph with some higher gusts, the National Hurricane Center said. Agatha made landfall Monday afternoon, just west of Puerto Angel, packing 105 mph…