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Reuters – A Siberian tiger gave birth to four cubs on Friday in Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The four cubs are doing well and expected to make their debut before the public in May, according to Wang Zhanjun, a breeder in the park. “Normally, they should be with their mother. But the mother isn’t very motherly, so we have taken them away for artificial feeding and will put them back […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday (April 11) ahead of a visit to the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park. Kerry will be the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Hiroshima’s atomic bomb museum and pay respects at a memorial for victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack, raising expectations that President Barack Obama may make an historic visit next month. “We would like to […]
Reuters – Greeks gathered to show support to refugees in the port city of Piraeus in the past weekend. Some threw leaflets to sky, on which printed Arabic slogans saying the western countries should be blamed for leaving so many homeless after wars. The protesters said opening the border is in accordance with humanitarian principles and they oppose the decision of the European Union deporting refugees. Some leaflets said the Greeks will stand together with […]
Reuters – A SpaceX cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday (April 10), carrying food and supplies for astronauts. The cargo ship that lifted off on Friday (april 8), a capsule dubbed “Dragon”, was bolted on Sunday morning to the $100 billion laboratory flying about 250 miles (400 km) above earth. Dragon was packed with about 7,000 pounds (3,175 kg) of food, supplies and experiments, including a prototype inflatable habitat. Built […]
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) – Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge dined with India’s movie elite on Sunday (April 10), capping their first day of a week-long tour of the country. The Bollywood gala winded down a full day of activity for the royal couple, which included a visit to an impoverished neighborhood in Mumbai and a memorial tribute to the 2008 attack at the Taj Mahal hotel. “Catherine and I are full of admiration for […]
Reuters – For those baby pandas that lack of cares from their mothers after birth, a kindergarten could be another anchor for them. Currently, three baby pandas have been living in the kindergarten at China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Ya’an City of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. In order to improve their health quality, staff at the center has used trees to make the climbing frames for these baby pandas. During the […]
China has shipped its first self-designed core kit of liquefied natural gas to the Arctic from Qingdao City, Shandong Province on Saturday. This is the first time China has transported a core process module of liquefied natural gas overseas. It will be shipped to the Yamal L-N-G, a liquefied natural gas plant located deep in the Arctic Circle. China has undertaken design and manufacturing of 36 process modules from the plant. “It is the world‘s […]
A group of Italian architects are resurrecting parts of the war-ravaged ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by recreating the 2,000-year-old Triumphal Arch from the Temple of Bel – much of which was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) over the past year. The 3D robotic printers are being used to print the arch in Italy’s Carrara mountains so as to bring the historic ruins back to life. Later this month, it will go on display […]
by Gregory FEIFER WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Ted Cruz both scored weekend victories against their front-running rivals in a tightening race as the two major parties prepare to pick their White House nominee. Cruz, the Texas Senator, chipped away at Donald Trump’s lead by taking all 13 Colorado delegates at stake in a state Republican convention Saturday, notching his fourth win in a row against the brash billionaire with […]
The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international trade routes against possible threats, including from Islamic State and al Qaeda. The exercise, which is partly being held in the Gulf, comes as tensions run high between Gulf Arab countries and Iran over its role in the region, including its support for President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war, for the Houthis in the […]
G7 Foreign ministers meeting kicks off in the central Japanese city of Hiroshima. Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven Industrialised Nations (G7) began arriving in the central Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday (April 10) for a two day meeting. They were greeted at the entrance of the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko. The first guests to arrive were French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and […]
FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) – More than a 1000 runners competed in 35th annual Seven Mile Bridge Run in Florida Keys on Saturday (April 9). South Florida resident Josh Peterson won his third consecutive overall men’s title while the women’s division title was claimed by Laura DiBella of Fernandina Beach, Florida. The race over the convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico started in 1982 and marked the completion of a project to […]
