'Mini ice age' coming in next fifteen years, new model of the Sun's cycle shows
The findings are being presented by Professor Valentina Zharkova at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno.
In 1843 scientists first discovered that the sun's activity varies over a cycle of 10 to 12 years.
Iran and world powers give themselves 72 hours to clinch nuclear deal
The ‘painfully slow’ negotiations in Vienna are given until Monday – their third extension in two weeks – as 12-year dispute nears its conclusion
Iran and the world’s leading powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the west of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.
Both sides say there has been progress in two weeks of talks, but on Friday night British foreign secretary Philip Hammond called it “painfully slow” and he and his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, left Vienna saying they would return on Saturday.
Having missed a Friday morning US congressional deadline, US and European Union officials said they were extending sanctions relief for Iran under an interim deal until Monday to provide more time for talks on a final deal.Srebrenica memorial ceremony ends in disarray
A ceremony to mark 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre has ended in turmoil after Serbian PM Vucic was chased away by a stone-throwing crowd. Earlier, he fiercely condemned the mass killing.
A crowd throwing stones and bottles on Saturday chased Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his delegation away from a ceremony in Srebrenica marking the 20th anniversary of the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War.
Vucic also faced boos and jeers from some of the crowd gathered for the ceremony to commemorate the mass killing, in which thousands of Muslims were killed by Bosnian Serb forces toward the end of Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
Prior to the service, Vucic had condemned the Srebrenica massacre as a "monstrous crime."
"There are no words to express regret and pain for the victims as well as anger and bitterness towards those who committed the monstrous crime," Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement issued before he attended the ceremony in the eastern Bosnian town on Saturday.
Homeless Filipino boy overwhelmed by support after being photographed doing homework
July 11, 2015 - 7:55PMBrittany Ruppert, Rachel Olding
A homeless Filipino boy touched hearts around the world after he was photographed doing his homework in the dim light of a McDonald's carpark. Now the young boy's determination has earned him more than just admiration.
Nine-year-old Daniel Cabrera and his family were flooded with donations and offers of assistance after the moving image was posted online last month. It quickly went viral, amassing more than 8000 shares on Facebook.
"We're overjoyed. I don't know what I will do with all of these blessings," Daniel's mother, Maria Christina Espinosa, told AFP.
Daniel had received donations of cash, school supplies and a college scholarship, Ms Espinosa said.
It takes him much closer to fulfilling his dream of becoming "a policeman ... and a doctor".
India and Pakistan, neighbors with checkered past, to discuss combatting terrorism
Can new initiatives help alleviate decades of tension from wars, border skirmishes, and Kashmir?
India and Pakistan agreed Friday that their national security advisers would meet to discuss terrorism.
A joint statement released by the countries detailed five action steps, which also included dialogue between their armies, the release of fishermen in each other’s custody, mechanisms to facilitate religious tourism and discussions to expedite the Mumbai trial case that followed the terrorist attack by a Pakistani-based Islamic extremist group on the Indian city.
The announcement was made following a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, at the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Russia.
Japan PM Abe studies possible China visit in September: Asahi
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is studying the possibility of a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in September, the Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday, citing sources close to Abe.
The two leaders held talks in April in Indonesia, but Abe, faced with a controversial security policy change as part of his domestic agenda, sees better Japan-China relations as a way to boost his job approval ratings, the paper said.
China invited Abe to events on Sept. 3 to mark 70 years since the end of the World War Two, and the Japanese prime minister has told aides he is willing to visit, the paper added.
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