The knowledge of the composition of the microbial and fungal communities on the ISS can be used to develop safety measures for NASA for long-term space travel or living in space
Sydney: Police in Sydney on Monday launched a search operation for a convicted double murderer who removed his electronic monitoring anklet while on parole and is now on the run. Damien Peters, 50, was last seen at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, a suburb of the Australian city,[Read More…]
The delivery was well documented by the cops and they also shared a picture of the newborn on Facebook
A flight attendant named Adele raps the safety instructions and also involves her audience too
The company was duped by the students when they apparently replaced or repair requests for their counterfeit iPhone shipments from China which were returned claiming they failed to power on
Washington: The US Air Force has identified the six military bases that could house the military’s newest combatant command, Space Command, according to a defence memo. Four of the proposed locations are located in Colorado — Buckley Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Peterson Air Force Base Schriever[Read More…]
Washington: The US Treasury on Friday listed Venezuela-related companies and vessels as its designated targets in a new round of sanctions to pile up pressure on the Maduro government. The two companies blacklisted operated in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and were accused of shipping oil to Cuba,[Read More…]
Jerusalem: Patients’ CT and MRI scan results can be easily changed by hackers, thereby deceiving radiologists and Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms that diagnose malignant tumours, Israeli researchers have warned. The researchers from the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) showed that hackers could access to add or remove medical conditions from lung cancer[Read More…]
Washington: A new poll has revealed that nearly 70 per cent of Americans said they would be either enthusiastic about or comfortable with a candidate who is gay or lesbian. The NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, released earlier this week, revealed that those under 35 years of age who said they[Read More…]
Washington: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has said the company was “sorry for the lives lost” in the two 737 Max crashes that took place within a span of five months, the media reported on Friday. “These tragedies continue to weigh heavily on our hearts and minds, and we extend our[Read More…]
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Jakarta: Indonesia’s Komodo Island, the home of the ancient Komodo dragon, will indefinitely ban tourists from January 2020 for conservation efforts, after a smuggling case involving the endangered animal. The island, in Manggarai Barat, has been a major tourist destination, with many making the trip to see the lizard, which[Read More…]
Canberra: Internet providers and tech giants like Facebook and Google will be compelled to remove violent content in a sweeping new law passed in Australia on Thursday. Under the new law, which passed both houses of Parliament, obligations will be placed on internet companies to stop the spread of violent[Read More…]
Washington: Saudi Arabia has nearly completed its first nuclear reactor, new satellite images have shown, but it has yet to express any readiness to abide by safeguards that would prevent it making a bomb, the media reported on Thursday. The reactor site is in the King Abdulaziz city for science[Read More…]
Washington: Authorities in the US state of Kentucky have launched a probe after a 14-year-old who identified himself as missing Illinois boy Timmothy Pitzen told the police that he had escaped his kidnappers who held him for seven years, the media reported. The boy told the authorities in Campbell County,[Read More…]
Lori Lightfoot made history on Tuesday as she defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff election to become the next mayor of Chicago, becoming the first African-American and first openly LGBT person – to hold the position in the city. Lightfoot, a 56-year-old former federal prosecutor and practicing lawyer who has never[Read More…]
New York: The US dollar increased amid a weaker euro, as latest data showed the eurozone suffered a sharp contraction in the manufacturing sector, raising concerns over a slowdown in the region’s economy. In late New York trading on Tuesday, the euro decreased to $1.1198 from $1.1211 in the previous[Read More…]
Bandar Seri Begawan: The tiny Southeast Asian nation of Brunei brings into force on Wednesday harsh sharia laws, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, that has sparked an international outcry and fears among some citizens. A new penal code based on sharia or Islamic laws will be[Read More…]
The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were given million-dollar houses and large monthly payments as “blood money” by the Middle Eastern country in compensation for the killing of their father. “The payments to his four children – two sons and two daughters – “are part of an effort by Saudi Arabia to reach a[Read More…]
Beijing: A kindergarten teacher has been detained for allegedly poisoning 23 children with nitrite in China’s Henan province. According to the state media, several children at Jiaozuo’s Mengmeng kindergarten were hospitalised for fainting and vomiting. Most of them had left the hospital after recovery, said the report. One parent[Read More…]
Kathmandu: At least 29 people were killed and over 600 others injured as a massive storm lashed Nepal, authorities said on Monday. Of the 29 victims, 28 were from the Bara district, while one person was killed in Parsa, The Himalayan Times reported. The storm accompanied by hail and heavy[Read More…]
San Francisco: Elon Musk has combined a Twitter joke, a years-old meme and Auto-Tune into a surprise new song called “RIP Harambe”, which the Tesla CEO uploaded on the online audio distribution platform SoundCloud. “This might be my finest work,” said Musk, adding: “I’m disappointed that my record label failed.”[Read More…]
People on Twitter began sharing stories of horrific incidents, the times they got away with, due to their ‘White Privilege’. The trend which began on Saturday in the United States, seems to have garnered more momentum as it is now in the top five trending global topics. The hashtag looks to have been[Read More…]
Convicted drug lord El Chapo, whose real name is Joquin Guzman, is planning to launch an eponymous fashion brand this summer. The 61-year-old kingpin is working with his wife Emma Coronel Aispuro on the sartorial project. The El Chapo-branded clothing will feature the drug lord’s name and signature and could soon become[Read More…]
Tehran: At least 30 people were killed in the flash floods that ravaged several parts of Iran over the last few days, the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said in a statement. According to ILMO website, Mehrdad Ali Bakhshi, deputy head of the organisation said that among the deceased, 19[Read More…]