Engineer Atsushi Shimizu, founder and CEO of the Japanese venture company Challenergy, stands next to his bladeless wind turbine in Tokyo Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes. As thousands of Australians seek shelter from a “monster” cyclone battering the […]
By Idrees Ali | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A senior U.S. general said on Wednesday it will be difficult to maintain “extraordinarily high standards” to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul, even as the U.S. military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Iraqi city that is believed to have killed scores of civilians. The U.S. military has acknowledged the U.S.-led coalition probably had a role in the […]
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, The general public truly lives in two separate worlds. We have the world of the mainstream media, popular culture and political rhetoric; a world which constantly and desperately seeks to twist or destroy any legitimate measure of reality, leading people into a frenzied fog. Then, we have the world of concrete facts; an ugly, brutal world that upsets many people […]
Titan is one of the weirdest things there is in space with all its methane seas and frozen volcanoes. Then add this possibility: electric sand. Titan is one of at least 62 moons orbiting around Saturn. Titan’s sands, when blown by the wind, start to move in a motion called as saltation. As each granule collides with each other, it becomes frictionally charged and bundle together. The […]
● Zhang Feng, Chief Engineer, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), delivers keynote address at Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit 29 March 2017● Zhang Feng, Chief Engineer, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), delivers keynote address at Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit Abu Dhabi, UAE – Day one of the Global Manufacturing and […]
JERUSALEM Israel said on Wednesday it would cut a further $2 million (£1.61 million) from its already reduced contribution this year to the United Nations in protest at resolutions taken against it at the world body’s various forums. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also holds the post of foreign minister, instructed the ministry to cut the funds and use the money as aid for developing countries who […]
Most people will tell you that where you stay on vacation doesn’t matter, that it’s the city that counts. I’ve unlearned this in my travels, so much so that I’ll pick a city to visit based on the place I can stay. How you experience a city has absolutely everything to do with the place you inhabit, particularly when you travel solo and are left to your […]
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber driving a truck filled with explosives attacked a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing at least 15 people and wounding 45 others, Iraqi officials said. Three police officers were among the dead and several were wounded, but most of the victims were civilians, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State has carried […]
The commodities trading house Trafigura and a bank are testing blockchain as a way to settle deals in the US oil market, a sign of the potential for digital technology to change how barrels of crude are bought and sold. Blockchain is the electronic ledger originally built to underpin bitcoin markets. Promoters say it will lead to cheaper, more secure ways of settling all kinds of transactions, […]
AUSTIN, Texas At least 12 people were killed and three others injured when a Texas church bus carrying senior citizens had a head-on collision with another vehicle on Wednesday, a Texas state trooper said. The church bus had 14 people aboard when it collided with a pickup truck, with one person in that vehicle. The cause of the crash was still under investigation, said Sergeant Conrad Hein, […]
By Isabel Coles and John Davison | MOSUL MOSUL Iraqi special forces and police fought Islamic State militants to edge closer to the al-Nuri mosque in western Mosul on Wednesday, tightening their control around the landmark site and in Baghdad a suicide truck bomb killed at least 17 people. The close-quarters fighting is focussed on the Old City surrounding the mosque, where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr […]
FUNCHAL When the island of Madeira on Wednesday renamed its airport in honor of its hometown hero Cristiano Ronaldo, all eyes were expected to be on the four-time world player of the year who is adored not only for his soccer skills but also his model looks. But grabbing attention instead was a bronze bust of the player with a toothy grin and bulging eyes that instantly […]
WASHINGTON Ivanka Trump said on Wednesday she would work in the White House in an unpaid, informal advisory role to the president as she sought to allay ethics concerns about working there. “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and I will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the White […]
Loss of memory is the painful part of Alzheimer’s disease. However, new research is throwing promising hints of methods that can rekindle memories after a successful experiment on mice that was conducted by doctoral student Dheeraj Roy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) has been used as a treatment method for Alzheimer’s to help patients recover cognitive functions albeit temporarily. However, deep-brain stimulation mainly helps Parkinson’s patients […]
In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s executive vice president of the Windows and Devices Group, discusses a Windows 10 update at a Microsoft media event in New York. The major update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 system will start reaching consumers and businesses on April 11, 2017. New features in the “Creators Update” include 3-D drawing tools, game-broadcasting capabilities and the ability to […]
By Mark Hosenball and Yeganeh Torbati | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A U.S. State Department employee with access to sensitive diplomatic information was accused of failing to report her contacts with Chinese foreign intelligence agents who provided her with gifts in exchange for economic information, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. A State Department spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements […]
Born in Sheffield, British chef Jason Atherton ran away from home at 16 to pursue a life in food. Early in his career, he trained with chefs such as Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White. In 2001, he joined the Gordon Ramsay group and opened Ramsay’s restaurant Verre at the Hilton Dubai Creek. He returned to the UK in 2005 to open another Ramsay restaurant, but by […]
The wait for Washington’s new Republican political establishment to take on the regulations that hold the country’s media, internet and communications industries in delicate balance is over. Both chambers of Congress have lined up over the past week to slash the power of regulators to limit the freedom of the country’s cable and telecoms giants. The opening shot came on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives voted […]
29 March 2017 Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Al Fadhil Bin Mohammed Al Harthy, Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, the first edition of Smart Cities Summit was launched on Tuesday at Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in the presence of a number of excellences, high officials and diplomats. The summit was attended by delegations from Dubai, Qatar, The Republic of Korea, KSA, USA, Belgium, […]
WASHINGTON The Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee pledged on Wednesday that their investigation of Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. campaign would be bipartisan. Senator Richard Burr, the committee’s Republican chairman, said he has not coordinated at all with President Donald Trump’s White House on the scope of the panel’s Russia probe. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Additional reporting by David Alexander; Editing […]
PARIS French artist Abraham Poincheval, who famously spent two weeks inside a bear sculpture and a week inside a rock, began his latest feat on Wednesday – hatching eggs. The 44-year-old, who specialises in performance art, will mimic a mother hen by incubating 10 eggs with his own body heat inside a glass vivarium until they hatch. He reckons the endeavour will take from 21-26 days. […]
Two people were arrested in the British city of Birmingham on “suspicion of terrorism offences” on Wednesday, West Midlands police said in a statement. The arrests were not in any way connected to last week’s Westminster attack and there is no risk to public safety, the regional police force added. The man and woman who were arrested, aged 21 and 23, were detained under “terrorism legislation” on […]
PARIS French centrist Emmanuel Macron is on course to come out on top of the first round of France’s presidential election next month and go on to win in the May 7 runoff against far right leader Marine Le Pen, an Elabe poll showed on Wednesday. Macron, a popular independent who served as economy minister under President Francois Hollande, would win 25.5 percent of the vote in […]
A wonderful skyscraper is getting ready and will hang like a fruit above the Earth. Analemma Tower, proposed to be the world’s tallest building, will be a marvel in motion, as it comes pointing to Earth. Its residents will be going over a world tour above the world’s top cities at an altitude of more than 30, 000 miles. What makes the skyscraper so special is that it […]
