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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The clinging power of octopus tentacles has inspired a breakthrough new adhesive patch that works on wet and oily surfaces with potentially huge medical and industrial uses, according to South Korean researchers. Octopuses are among the most intelligent and behaviourally diverse of all invertebrates, but it was their extreme strength that attracted the interest of the research team from Sungkyunkwan University. “Two years ago, we bought an octopus from a […]
(Eagle News) – About 11 kilos of suspected were recovered in formerly Maute-controlled areas by government forces in Marawi City, with an estimated amount of P100 million. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said the bags of shabu were seized while the military was undertaking clearing operations. Padilla said that the Islamist terrorists were apparently using illegal drugs to help them keep awake at night. The illegal drugs were also allegedly being used […]
RAQQA, Syria (CCTV) — The Syrian government has blamed the U.S.-led coalition for bringing down a Syrian Su-22 warplane from over the country’s northern city of Raqqa on Sunday. The pilot is reported as missing, according to the Syrian state news agency. The Syrian government forces have blamed the downing of its warplane as overt infringement upon the country’s sovereignty. The downed warplane was on a combat mission against the Islamic State (IS) group. The general […]
(Eagle News) — A sister of the two Maute brothers Omarkhayam and Abdullah was arrested on a ship near the Iloilo port together with two other suspected terrorists, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Capt. Leopoldo Panopio, Coast Guard commander in Northern Mindanao said that the Maute sister was arrested while on board 2GO’s MV St. Therese of the Child Jesus. According to Panopio, the Maute sister, whose name was withheld by the authorities, was […]
SOMALI REGIONAL ESTATE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – United Kingdom International Development Secretary Priti Patel has called for a new concerted global push to prevent millions of people losing their lives across East Africa to the threat of starvation and disease. Patel warned that the crisis had reached a critical point and that a loss of momentum in the international response could rapidly reverse the progress made, cost lives and further destabilise the already fragile region. Patel […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Tokyo Ueno Zoo on Sunday (June 18) released new images of a panda cub which was born on June 12. The mother, Shin Shin, 11, had the cub five years after her first cub was found dead just days after it was born. The new cub has yet to be named and the sex of the cub has yet to be determined, but its weight was estimated at around 180 grams, […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Japanese Chief Cabinet Suga Yoshihide on Monday (June 19) offered condolences to seven sailors found dead in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday (June 17). A significant portion of the crew was asleep when the collision occurred, tearing a gash under the warship’s waterline and flooding two berthing compartments, the radio room and the auxiliary machine room. The U.S. Navy on […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, tracking a record close for the Dow on Wall Street, with exporters boosted by a weaker yen as data showed Japan saw a surprise trade deficit in May. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.60 percent, or 118.93 points, to 20,062.19 by the break while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.61 percent, or 9.69 points, at 1,605.73. Japan logged a surprise deficit […]
A van ran into pedestrians near a north London mosque, killing one man and injuring eight others in an incident that British Prime Minister Theresa May said was being treated “as a potential terrorist attack” police on Monday said was being investigated by counter-terrorism officers. “I will chair an emergency meeting later this morning. All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene,” she said in a statement […]
by Jürgen HECKER Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The aircraft industry descends on Paris for the world’s biggest airshow Monday, which sees bitter rivals Boeing and Airbus battle for contracts as newcomers snap at the heels of the two giants. Single-aisle planes for short and medium distances are the hottest ticket in the world’s civil aviation industry, with airline demand for models in the Airbus A320 family giving the European company an edge, for […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pop diva Beyonce and her rap mogul husband Jay Z have welcomed twins, the United States singer’s father tweeted Sunday, appearing to confirm the arrival of new additions to a music family that already includes five-year-old Blue Ivy. News that the singer had given birth, reported on Saturday by entertainment outlets including People magazine and US Weekly, ignited social media, with the so-called “Bey hive” fan group buzzing over […]
Volunteers and police in Cyprus are struggling to tackle illegal songbird trapping operations that kill millions of birds a year and net huge profits for poaching gangs. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/y1VEvRgFPIU
