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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday with a weaker yen lifting car makers and other exporters as risk fears over last week’s US attack on Syria waned. Geopolitical tensions spiked after US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack in the country blamed on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. “The US strikes were seen for what they […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (April 10) – What will happen if you take a human brain and transplant it inside an artificial body? That is the profound question asked by the American science fiction/action film “Ghost in the Shell.” Based on the Japanese media franchise of the same name, “Ghost in the Shell” is set in the future. If you are imagining a future that is bright and shiny, you are wrong. In this movie, the […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A fleet of colorful hot air balloons crossed English Channel on Friday (April 7), attempting to break the record for the largest group of hot air balloons to cross the English Channel. The total number of 85 balloons took part in the attempt, the BBC reported. Organizers said 82 balloons that took off from Dover in Kent on Friday morning made it to Calais in France in less than three […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Atlanta Hawks seized their chance as the Cleveland Cavaliers collapsed late, erasing a 26-point second-half deficit to stun the NBA champions 126-125 in overtime on Sunday. The Hawks, who were short-handed when they shocked the Cavs in Cleveland on Friday, never led until overtime. They took the lead for good on a three-pointer by Mike Muscala with 35 seconds remaining. Kent Bazemore had a steal and basket with […]
AUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) — German scientists say they have created the world’s largest disclosed synthetic diamond. Researchers at Ausgburg University have developed a process for producing synthetic diamonds through chemical vapour deposition at around one tenth of atmospheric pressure. Hydrocarbon molecules are deposited on an iridium base and the diamond “wafer” grows layer by layer. Twenty six years after the research began in 1991, the scientists in Augsburg have created a single 155 carat […]
Reuters — A rocket, designed and manufactured by students from the University of Southern California’s Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, reached an altitude of 144,000 feet (43,891 meters) – a height the group says is a record for a rocket wholly engineered and built by students. Launched on March 04 from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the rocket, called Fathom II, took roughly three months to manufacture. Its launch marked a milestone in the unofficial ‘space race’ […]
by Guy JACKSON Agence France Presse VIMY, France (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country “was born here” as he led commemorations in France on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The battle, which started on April 9, 1917, was one of the defining moments of World War I and a founding moment in Canada’s history as Canadian troops fought under Canadian command for the first time. […]
Reuters — A suit-wearing baby showed viewers who’s boss at the box office for the second consecutive week as “The Boss Baby” held on to its top spot at U.S. theaters with a draw of an estimated $26.3 million, according to boxoffice.mojo.com. Featuring the vocal work of Alec Baldwin, the film follows a baby who up-ends a family with his arrival. Coming in a close second is Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” with an estimated […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that any further chemical attacks would be “very damaging” to their relationship and suggesting there can be no peace in Syria while Assad remains in power. President Donald Trump’s top advisers took to Sunday television talk shows to set the stage for a diplomatic confrontation in Moscow this week when US Secretary of […]
by Olivia HAMPTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat. The US naval move will certainly raise tensions in the region and comes hard on the heels of a US cruise missile strike on […]
(Reuters) — United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Sunday (April 9) peace in Syria would not be possible if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained in power. “In no way do we look at peace happening in that area with Iranian influence. In no way do we see peace in that area with Russia covering up for Assad. In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks in the country in recent memory. “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria,” said the group’s self-styled Amaq news agency in a statement published on social media accounts. Egypt’s interior ministry said a suicide bomber was behind the blast in Alexandria that killed 11 people on Sunday. The […]
