On Monday, students from more than 200 high schools in Hong Kong skipped first day of their classes to join a citywide protest following a weekend of intense demonstrations. The school students wore googles, hard hats and gas masks while the university students gathered at the Chinese University, holding signs […]
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US immigration detention centres see nearly 1,000 cases of mumps this year, new report says
At least 931 mumps cases have been recorded in the US immigration centres, which the officials say account a perfect factor in the advancement of the disease. The mumps outbreak at the CBP (Customs and Border Protection) as well as the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities were presented in […]
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Authorities identify gunman in deadly Odessa shooting
Seth Aaron Ator is a 36-year-old man who was identified as the gunman accused of the open firing in West Texas city of Odessa by the authorities. We got more information concerning the mass shooting as the federal agents accompanied for the investigation procedure as well. The statement released by […]
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Alexa can now keep track of your personal belongings
The world of smart speakers is being dominated irrevocably by Amazon. The very important reason for Amazon domineering the smart speakers’ world inclines towards the plethora of features it imparts to its users. Another nifty feature has been recently added to Alexa. This feature will be very useful to the […]
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Iranian oil tanker no longer has Turkish destination: ship tracking data
ISTANBUL – An Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran is no longer heading towards Turkey’s Iskenderun port and now has no specified destination, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Saturday. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday blacklisted the tanker, Adrian Darya 1, which […]
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Study reveals thousands of donated kidneys thrown out each year in United States
KENMORE, N.Y. — You always hear stories about people in need of kidney donations, but some troubling new research says the United States throws out more than 3,000 kidneys a year, many of which could be used to save lives. “In my personal situation, my wait for a kidney in […]
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Brother’s arrest not first time Simone Biles has faced family turmoil
The arrest of the champion Olympic gymnast Simone Biles’ brother in connection with a triple-murder was not the first time the young gold medalist has faced turmoil within her family. Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24, was arrested Thursday night in Georgia and charged with murder in a New Year’s Eve shooting in Cleveland that […]
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Minecraft Earth Android beta launches in five cities
Minecraft Earth’s closed beta has launched on Android in Seattle, London, Tokyo, Stockholm, and Mexico City, its developer Mojang announced today. If you’re lucky enough to have a beta invite and live in one of the launch cities, then you can start playing the augmented reality mobile game right now. You’ll […]
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China Expels Journalist After Report On Xi Jinping’s Family
BEIJING: China effectively expelled a Wall Street Journal reporter from the country, one month after the newspaper published a report detailing allegations that a cousin of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was involved in high-stakes gambling and potential money laundering in Australia. Chinese authorities told the Journal on Friday that press credentials […]
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Human-like neural activity detected in lab-grown brains
WASHINGTON: Scientists reported on Thursday they had picked up human-like electrical activity in lab-grown brains for the first time, paving the way to model neurological conditions and answer fundamental questions on how our gray matter develops. It’s not clear whether the pea-sized brains are conscious: the team behind the breakthrough […]