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by Reinnier Kaze Agence France-Presse DOUALA, Cameron (AFP) — Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first “made in Cameroon” drone at his sixth-floor workshop in downtown Douala, minutes from the economic capital’s Atlantic seafront. The 25-year-old, known as a high-flyer after being named one of Forbes’ most promising young Africans under 30, is enthusing about his new unmanned aerial drones and keen to promote his company and Africa as a place […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A thriving “hotspot” of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists said Friday. The first bird census of the Danger Islands unearthed over 750,000 Adelie breeding pairs, more than the rest of the area combined, the team reported in the journal Scientific Reports. The group of […]
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by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins has been discovered on the remote Danger Islands in the east Antarctic, surprised scientists announced Friday. Just 160 kilometers (100 miles) away in the West Antarctic, the same species is in decline due to sea ice melt blamed on global warming, they said. The first complete census revealed that the Danger Islands host more than 750,000 […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sea ice cover in Antarctica has dropped to its second-lowest on record, Australian authorities said Friday, adding that it was not yet clear what was driving the reduction after several years of record-highs. The report came as scientists said earlier this week that the Arctic region was seeing record high temperatures, with sea ice covering the smallest area in winter since records began more than half-a-century ago. The Australian Antarctic […]
A replica of the Hogwarts Express is one of the many attractions at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka which is attracting numerous visitors yearly. More than three years after this opened at Universal Studio Japan (USJ) in Osaka on July 15, 2014, USJ has doubled its foreign visitors and reached two million in 2017. According to an expert, the theme park’s original attractions that […]
More than three years after the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studio Japan (USJ) in Osaka on July 15, 2014, USJ has doubled its foreign visitors and reached two million in 2017. According to an expert, the theme park’s original attractions that are not found elsewhere have met foreign public demand. Two of the main attractions that are not found in its counterparts in Orlando, Florida and Hollywood, California […]
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A new US satellite that offers speedy, high-resolution images of storms and may save lives by making forecasts more accurate blasted off Thursday from a NASA launchpad. “Three, two, one and liftoff!” said a NASA commentator as the Atlas V rocket rumbled into the blue sky at 5:02 pm (2202 GMT) over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S […]
WASHINTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook remains the most popular social network among Americans but faces a growing challenge from Snapchat for young audiences, a survey showed Thursday. The Pew Research Center survey showed Facebook holding the dominant platform with 68 percent of Americans using the world’s biggest social network. While Facebook leads the other social networks in all age groups, the gap has narrowed in the key 18-24 segment, where 78 percent use Snapchat […]
by Gaël Branchereau Agence France-Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Spotify may uncontestably be the king of music streaming, but as the Swedish firm prepares for a stock listing, there is still a divide whether its reign is benign or not for artists and the music industry. “We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time,” Spotify’s 35-year-old chief executive and co-founder Daniel Ek said in the documents filed to […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wearing his classic look and well-groomed silver-gray hair, Eugenio “Eugene” Torre relived his signature moves as he played chess like he was 22. Forty-four years ago, in 1974, Eugene, then 22 was named as Asia’s first Chess Grand Master after winning the silver medal in the Chess Olympiad held in Nice, France. Two years later, he also made a significant […]
by Mathilde Bellenger Agence France Presse ANTARTICA (AFP) — A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica’s King George Island. Now, the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate change. “I had the opportunity to come here over a 15-year period, and even within a human’s lifetime, you can already see the changes brought […]
