The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the four most distant galaxies ever observed, one of which formed just 320 million years after the Big Bang when the universe was still in its infancy, new research said on Tuesday.. The Webb telescope also confirmed the existence of JADES-GS-z10-0, which dates from 450 million years after the Big Bang and had previously been spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre is travelling to China this week as part of a cultural delegation accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron, who starts an official state visit in Beijing on Wednesday.. The first Western musician to stage an official concert in China after the 1976 death of Mao Zedong in 1981, Jarre's visit this week serves to underscore the cultural ties shared by the two nations.
Polls must be held for the assembly in Pakistan's most populous province next month, the Supreme Court declared Tuesday, voiding a bid to delay voting in Punjab and handing a political victory to opposition leader Imran Khan. . Pakistan's Supreme Court -- which took up the case on its own initiative -- on Tuesday declared the delay "unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction".
Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann said Tuesday he was "truly sorry" that the beleaguered bank could not be saved as he faced angry and tearful shareholders whose money has gone up in smoke.. UBS -- which faces its own annual general meeting in Basel on Wednesday -- is the biggest bank in Switzerland, with Credit Suisse in second place.
Britain on Tuesday announced a plan to protect water supplies, amid a long-running scandal over privatised water firms pumping raw sewage into rivers and onto seashores.. "Water companies develop long-term plans for water supply and wastewater, which include environmental improvements, but these are set to happen over decades.
Finland's move on Tuesday to become the 31st member of NATO is a strategic step that doubles the military alliance's border with Russia but provides the coalition with limited additional military capacity.. - More NATO border to defend - As a NATO member, Finland is bound by the alliance's mutual defence clause, Article 5.
The US military said Tuesday it had carried out a strike in Syria killing a senior Islamic State group official responsible for planning attacks in Europe.. It said he was "responsible for planning (IS) attacks into Europe".
At least one person died and 30 were injured early Tuesday when a high-speed passenger train slammed into heavy construction equipment and derailed near The Hague, Dutch emergency services said.. "One person has died and at least 30 people have been injured.
An upcoming meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will "further damage" relations between Beijing and Washington, China warned Monday.. As speaker of the House of Representatives, McCarthy is the most senior Republican lawmaker and second in line to the US presidency.
About 120 residents living near Colombia's Nevada del Ruiz volcano were being evacuated Monday, officials said, after increased seismic activity.. There has recently been a "significant increase in seismic activity," the ministry of mines said in a statement last week while Colombia's SGC geological service warned of a "probable eruption within days or weeks."
