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NORTHAM, Australia (Reuters) — Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov lifted off from Northam in Western Australia on Tuesday (July 12) in his attempt to break the world record for a hot air balloon solo flight around the world. The 64-year-old Russian Orthodox priest’s wife and children watched as he departed at sunrise from the same place American aviator Steve Fossett started his successful solo flight in 2002 to circumnavigate the globe. Fossett took 13 and a […]
REUTERS — NASA’S Juno spacecraft sent its first in-orbit view of Jupiter after it capped a five-year journey to the planet on July 4 with a do-or-die engine burn that looped it into orbit to probe the origins of the biggest planet in the solar system and how it impacted the rise of life on Earth, the U.S. space agency said. Juno’s visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Pokémon Go craze has sent young New Yorkers into the streets, hunting imaginary creatures on their mobile phones, despite safety warnings from the police. Those who grew up playing the original Nintendo game “love the nostalgia”.
SWITZERLAND (AFP) — Efforts to end the global AIDS pandemic by 2030 are lagging, the UN warned Tuesday, decrying rising numbers of new HIV infections among adults in many regions, with Sub-Saharan Africa especially hard-hit. https://youtu.be/zdIWE6EPpRE
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — More than half of people at high risk for diabetes are missed under current US screening guidelines, including many African-Americans, Hispanics and those who are not overweight, researchers said Tuesday. The government guidelines — issued just last year — missed 55 percent of people with prediabetes or diabetes, said the study by Northwestern Medicine. The 2015 guidelines, which were authored by the United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF), recommend […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Pokemon Go mania has players armed with smartphones hunting streets, parks, rivers, landmarks and other sites to capture monsters and gather supplies. The free app, based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago, has been adapted to the mobile internet age by Niantic Labs, a company spun out of Google last year. Pokemon Go uses smartphone satellite location, graphics and camera capabilities to overlay cartoon monsters on […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – by Nina LARSON Efforts to end the global AIDS pandemic by 2030 are lagging, the UN warned Tuesday, decrying rising numbers of new HIV infections among adults in many regions, with Russia especially hard-hit. In a new report, UNAIDS cautioned that while new HIV infections had fallen dramatically in the past two decades, especially among children, the trend among adults has stalled and even risen in a number of places over the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Disney chief executive Robert Iger on Monday said that nearly a million people have visited the entertainment giant’s theme park opened less than a month ago in mainland China. “It would be safe to assume almost a million people have experienced the park,” Iger said during an on-stage chat at a Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado. Visitors to the park are staying longer than expected each day […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Authorities will plant 18 million trees in Mexico City and its surrounding suburbs as part of efforts to combat air pollution, the government said Monday. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano dubbed it a “historic reforestation” to reinforce the “green belt in the megalopolis.” The greater Mexico City area was hit by the worst air pollution in more than a decade in March, prompting authorities to restrict traffic for the 5.4 million […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Pokemon Go mania has quickly swept the US as players armed with smartphones hunt streets, parks, rivers and elsewhere to capture monsters and gather supplies in the hit game. The free application based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago has been adapted to the mobile internet age by Niantic Labs, a company spun out of Google last year after breaking ground with Ingress, […]
TOKYO, Japan — The EZ10 robot shuttle runs entirely on electricity and can be ridden by up to 12 people. Equipped with a lift, the robot shuttle provides improved access to senior citizens and those with disabilities. With no driver, it runs on a pre-determined route set by its Global Positioning System (GPS) and external cameras. The bus weighs 1,700 kg (3.748 lb) and has a maximum speed limit of 40 km/h (25 mph). The […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A New Zealand man whose ambitious crowdfunding campaign raised millions of dollars to buy a pristine South Island beach and make it public parkland said Monday it was “surreal” to see his dream realized. Duane Major’s push earlier this year to take Awaroa beach out of private hands and make it a national park quickly went viral, attracting 40,000 donations to raise a total of NZ$2.3 million (US$1.7 million). Major, […]
