WORLD

With less than a week before the Olympics kick off in Rio, athletes and tourists are being warned to avoid putting their heads under the city's polluted waters.

The heroin, which was worth nearly $900,000, was found in the toilet of a flight during a raid conducted by the military-run Anti-Narcotics Force.

The solar-powered spacecraft is now falling back toward the gas giant, and will fly by Jupiter on Aug. 27 at a distance of just 2,600 miles above its cloud tops.

This month promises a higher than usual peak for the annual Perseid meteor shower and two planetary pairings.

The new company, named Galvani Bioelectronics, will focus on research, development and commercialization of “bioelectronic” medicines.

Despite being expensive, the system could possibly be used to manufacture vaccines to prevent a disease outbreak in a remote village, the researchers said.

The majority of the firm's clients are foreign investors, many of whom have been affected by the sanctions.

Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago have filed for a provisional patent for a solar cell that converts carbon dioxide into a usable fuel.

Australia is moving north by about 2.75 inches annually due to normal tectonic movements, and, as a result, the nation’s local coordinates are out of sync with the global ones.

This year’s International Army Games feature 121 teams from Russia and 19 countries, representing Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The nine-minute video surfaces as Russia and the United States are in talks to fortify military cooperation to fight ISIS and al Qaeda in Syria.

A team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists used drone technology to get highly accurate information about the animals during a 30-day expedition.

There were also widespread reports of power outages in Kabul after the blast, with electricity cut off in several areas of the city.

Yuriko Koike, Japan’s first female defense minister, beat fellow member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party Hiroya Masuda, as well as liberal journalist Shuntaro Torigoe.

Pope was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest in a knife-attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Data gathered by NASA’s NuSTAR is helping scientists pinpoint the supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays — a significant step toward resolving the so-called cosmic X-ray background.

Chan Ho-tin had declined to sign a controversial new form saying the city is an “inalienable” part of China.

In comments that are sure to disappoint die-hard Potterheads, the writer of the fantasy series said that “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” does not herald a new phase of stories for the boy wizard.

The protest stemmed from the death of a 37-year old mentally ill black man who died last week after being hospitalized in a critical condition following his arrest.

The changes come after more than 1,700 military personnel were dishonorably discharged this week for their role in the July 15-16 failed coup.

As the Large Hadron Collider powers up for a fresh run, physicists are racking their brains to explain the mysterious “bump” observed by the ATLAS and CMS detectors last year.

There were no further details of the possible threat but extra security measures were implemented, including vehicle searches, at Schiphol airport.

According to a new study based on data by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the trenches were likely formed by the seasonal freezing and sublimation of carbon dioxide

The overnight attack came hours after clashes in the southeastern province of Hakkari between soldiers and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party.

Ukraine is considering erecting one of the world’s largest solar panel farms in the 1,000-mile exclusion zone of the ill-fated city.

Researchers find that despite having a low incidence rate, people of color are less likely to survive skin cancer.

Researchers explored the relationship between beer taste-satisfaction and music to find background music enhances the consumption experience.

India is upgrading its military and includes an overhaul of a number of its fighter jets.

A new study, conducted on rats, looked at blood vessel function before and after exposure to secondhand marijuana and tobacco smoke.