On July 1, Italian police made the largest amphetamine seizure in the world. At the port of Salerno, just south of Naples, they used chainsaws to open large cylinders of paper and industrial machinery that were inside shipping containers from Syria and found 14 tonnes of pills. In Hong Kong, customs officials seized record numbers […]
Issued on: 16/07/2020 – 15:56Modified: 16/07/2020 – 15:59 The French government presented a draft law Wednesday that would enable France to return certain cultural artifacts taken from African countries during the colonial era. Advertising Read more The law, which will go to parliament for consideration, centers on the transfer of ownership of several African objects, […]
BAKU — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has replaced the long-time Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov with Ceyhun Bayramov amid an escalation of the conflict with neighboring Armenia. Aliyev’s July 16 decision to sack Mammadyarov and appoint Bayramov to the post came a day after he harshly criticized Mammadyarov at a government session for his “passive” approach […]
After almost four months after the suspension of on-arrival tourist visas, the Maldives tourism industry has reopened with enhanced precautionary measures against Covid-19. The first tourists arrived earlier onboard a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, which landed in Velana International Airport. Connecting from various countries, 107 foreigners and 24 Maldivians arrived on the first commercial […]
Glee star Heather Morris has paid a heartfelt tribute to her screen wife Naya Rivera, following the actress’s death on a boating trip. The pair had “the most beautiful friendship built out of love and understanding”, Morris wrote. “You are and always will be the strongest and most resilient human being I know, and I […]
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses whether Americans and politicians agree on how to respond to the recent surge in coronavirus cases. They also question what some Democrats took to be the lesson of the 2016 election — that the party should focus less on “identity politics.” Nate Silver – FiveThirtyEight
Issued on: 16/07/2020 – 11:42 France will make it compulsory to wear a face mask indoors in public places from next week, the government said Thursday as the country reported an uptick in new coronavirus cases. Advertising Read more The masks, obligatory on collective transport until now, will become compulsory in all indoor places frequented […]
Fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly resumed early on July 16 after a brief de-escalation in fighting, with the two sides accusing each other of attacking their frontline positions and shelling villages. The Armenian military claimed to have thwarted a predawn Azerbaijani raid on one of its border posts in the northeastern […]
Nissan has introduced the Ariya, a 100% electric sports-utility vehicle (SUV) with a range of up to 610 km – or a one-way trip to Durban from Johannesburg or five to six days of travelling between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The Japanese auto maker believes the Ariya is perfect for the daily commute and weekend road trips […]
By Jason Arunn Murugesu A web constructed from synthetic spider silkLee et al., Sci. Robot. Material scientists have made artificial spider webs that attract objects and shake off water, just like the real thing. They hope that the material could one day be used to help robots self-clean. Won Jun Song at Seoul National University […]