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Three astronauts reach ISS for five-month mission

by Kirill Kudryavtsev  Agence France-Presse   BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut docked at the International Space Station for a five month mission on Wednesday following a night-time launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said that the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft “successfully docked” at the ISS at 0255 GMT in a statement on its website. The Soyuz rocket carrying Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei […]

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Internet hindering fight against human trafficking: experts

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP) — The anonymity afforded by the internet — especially in the dark web — is hindering efforts by organizations to fight human trafficking, especially the sexual exploitation of minors, experts from key groups said Tuesday. “The issue of the dark web, which for its form and configuration is extremely untraceable, is it makes it very difficult to find the criminals we are looking for,” Rosilyne Borland, a specialist on migrant […]

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World lags badly on targets to slash TB, HIV, obesity: study

by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Not a single country, out of nearly 200 reviewed, was on track to meet the United Nations target of eliminating new tuberculosis infections by 2030, according to a global health review published Wednesday. At the same time, less than five percent of countries were likely to reach the UN goal of reducing suicides, road deaths and child obesity by that date, and only seven […]

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Robot ‘conductor’ steals the show from Italy’s top tenor

by Ella Ide Agence France Presse PISA, Italy (AFP) — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theater, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him — a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi. The concert in the heart of Pisa is a world first, with two mechanical “arms” conducting live music at the grand finale of the first International Festival of Robotics. The Swiss-designed YuMi sweeps […]

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Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission

by Kirill Kudryavtsev  Agence France Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off for the International Space Station in a nighttime launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, heading for a five-month mission. The Soyuz MS-06 rocket carrying Alexander Misurkin of the Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and his veteran colleague Joe Acaba launched as scheduled at 3:17 am (2117 GMT), according […]

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Volkswagen to electrify entire range by 2030

(AFP) — German carmaker Volkswagen doubled down Monday on efforts to clean up its image tarnished by the dieselgate scandal, vowing ahead of the IAA auto industry show to electrify its entire range by 2030. By the end of next decade, VW vows to offer “at least one electrified version of each of the 300 or so group models”, the firm said in a statement. The Wolfsburg-based group owns a stable of 12 brands ranging […]

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Carolina Herrera gets playful with color for Spring 2018

NEW YORK CITY, USA (Reuters) — Fashion designer Carolina Herrera, known for her timeless designs, debuted an electric, multi-color Spring 2018 collection at the Museum of Modern Art’s Sculpture Garden for New York Fashion Week on Monday (September 11). Herrera, who has dressed five first ladies, stayed true to her glamorous and feminine silhouettes, bright hues of red, iris and yellow added a playful twist to the veteran designer’s latest collection who called it a […]

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The submarine of the future?

PORTSMOUTH, England (Reuters) — Britain’s Royal Navy has released a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine life forms and radically change the way underwater warfare could look in 50 years. The concepts, called Nautilus 100, include a mothership shaped like a manta ray, unmanned eel-like vessels equipped with sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets. The project, celebrating the centenary […]

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Take a Look: Spectacular northern lights illuminate Lapland sky

LAPLAND, Finland (Reuters) — Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on Friday (September 8), the result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. According to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Centre there was a strong geomagnetic storm on September 6 and 7 connected to a coronal mass ejection observed on Monday (September 4). Travel magazine “All […]

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Mythical, magic, unique: Ferrari turns 70 in style

by Céline CORNU Agence France-Presse   MILAN, Italy (AFP) — It’s the black prancing horse’s 70th birthday and gleaming Ferraris are out in force in Italy this weekend to celebrate. Some 500 sleek, purring sports cars are gathering in Milan on Friday before the festivities move to Modena, where founder Enzo Ferrari was born, and end with an exclusive party in Maranello, where Ferraris have been made since World War II. “Ferrari is a mythical brand: it has […]

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Look: Capturing a volcano in Hawaii

KILAUEA, Hawaii (Reuters) — Liquid lava flowed at the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island on Thursday (September 7). The Kilauea volcano has erupted from its Pu’u O’o vent since 1983. Late this week, Kilauea, the world’s most active volcano sent streams of lava rolling down a thirty foot cone. The outbreak came from a break at the top of a huge tumulus just above the cliffs about four miles below the active Pu’u ‘O’o […]

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