For the first time in over a year, a volcano lake is visible on top of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. USGS/Reuters
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Haptic skinsuit lets you ‘feel’ virtual reality
Designers from London’s Royal College of Art have created a skinsuit which allows the user to go from the physical to the virtual world by ‘feeling’ invisible objects. Reuters
Man who wounded eight in knife attack at Minnesota mall made references to Allah: police
(REUTERS) A man wearing a private security uniform wounded eight people in a knife attack on Saturday at a mall in central Minnesota before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said. The man made references to Allah and asked at least one person if they were Muslim before he assaulted them at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, the city’s Police Chief William Blair Anderson told reporters. “Whether that […]
Developing story: Pressure cooker device found near site of Manhattan explosion: CNN
(REUTERS) Police combing the area around the scene of an explosion on Saturday in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood found a pressure cooker nearby connected to a cell phone with wires attached, CNN reported, citing law enforcement sources. (Reporting by Frank McGurty; Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Mary Milliken)
U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency U.N. meeting
(REUTERS) U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting as tensions between Moscow and Washington escalated. The United States military said the coalition stopped the attacks against what it had believed to be Islamic State positions in northeast Syria after Russia informed it that Syrian military personnel and vehicles may have been hit. The United States relayed […]
Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos
(REUTERS) An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected to win Florida, an essential battleground state, if the election were held today. The project, which is based on a weekly tracking poll of more than 15,000 Americans, shows that the 2016 presidential race could end in a photo finish on Nov. […]
New York City shaken by ‘intentional’ explosion, 29 injured
(REUTERS) An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators had turned up no evidence of a “terror connection.” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials said investigators had ruled out a gas leak as the cause of the blast, but they stopped short of calling it a bombing and […]
Philippines looks into plans to revive mothballed nuclear plant
(REUTERS) — Philippine energy officials on Friday (September 16) held a tour inside the country’s only nuclear plant which was built four decades ago but never used, as they look into its revival to address the growing power shortage. Former Philippine president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos built a 620-megawatt nuclear plant in Bataan province, northwest of Manila, in 1976 in response to rising energy prices, but it was never opened due to safety hazards […]
Underfire Trump admits Obama is American
by Andrew Beatty WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – After years of fueling conspiracy theories, Republican White House nominee Donald Trump admitted that President Barack Obama is an American citizen in a much-hyped and nationally televised event Friday. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,” Trump said, as his campaign tried to silence damaging charges of racism. Trump pointedly did not apologize, and repeated false allegations that Hillary Clinton started the so-called […]
iPhone launch generates excitement, frustration
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – by Glenn CHAPMAN with Rob Lever in Washington Apple delivered its new iPhones on Friday in a global launch marked by long queues at its retail stores but also frustration over the sellout of some models. The scenes in Apple stores around the world were reminiscent of earlier launches, generating both anticipation and disappointment, but it was unclear if the shortages were the result of strong demand or limited […]
Three attacks on Israelis shatter relative calm
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – by Joe Dyke Three alleged assailants were killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis on Friday, security forces said, shattering weeks of relative calm in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The attacks were a reminder of persistent tensions that continue to alarm the international community and came a day after UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned the two-state solution was “further than ever” from becoming reality. In the first incident, a man […]
Dutch say EU’s biggest field is running out of gas
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – The Groningen natural gas field, the largest in the European Union, is running out of reserves, with an estimated 17 years left before stocks will be depleted, The Netherlands announced on Friday. “Dutch natural gas is nearly finished,” said Peter Hein van Mulligen, chief economist at the country’s Central Statistics Bureau (CBS). “Since natural gas was discovered in 1959 in Groningen, we’ve used up some 80 percent of our reserves. If […]
