Millions of star gazers across the world watch total lunar eclipse as Moon passes through Earth’s shadow Ablood-red moon dazzled star gazers across much of the world on Friday, July 27 when it moved into Earth’s shadow for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century. From the Cape of Good Hope to the Middle East, and…
Jeff Bezos plans to charge at least $ 200 000 for space rides making them important elements in the global space economy Jeff Bezos’ rocket company plans to charge passengers about $200000 to $300000 for its first trips into space next year, two people familiar with its plans told Reuters. Potential customers and the aerospace industry…
Canadian insurers are wary of covering medical marijuana as they are concerned over potentially high costs and usage Sun Life Financial, Canada’s No. 2 in surer, recently started covering medical marijuana in its Canadian health insurance plan – more than 17 years after the country first legalized it. The coverage, which requires employers to pay…
U. S. lawmakers shown backing fake kindergarten gun scheme in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new TV show called „Who is America? ” In Sacha Baron Cohen’s provocative new comedy show, American politicians are filmed backing afictitious program to teach kindergartners how to use guns to defend themselves in school shootings. In a seven-episode series launched on cable channel Showtime…
Chinese highway to link Adriatic coast with landlocked Serbia is meant to become Montenegro’s construction of the century Perched atop massive cement pillars that tower above Montenegro’s picturesqueMoraca river canyon, scores of Chinese workers are building a state-of-the-art highway through some of the roughest terrain in southern Europe. The government has described the 165 km highway, with its imposing bridges and deep-cut tunnels, as the construction of…
Heirs can access Facebook account of deceased relatives – German court decides in a ruling after a years-long proces Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a landmark privacy ruling on Thursday, July 12 saying a social media account can be inherited in the same way as…
Dehydration can impair your ability to think clearly, a new study suggests. Researchers found that athletes who lost fluid equal to 2 percent their weight took a hit to their cognition. Even this mild to moderate level of dehydration – the loss of 2 pounds for someone who weighs 100 pounds – led to attention problems and impaired decision making, according to the report in Medicine & Science in…
At an abandoned train station in Buenos Aires’ working-class suburbof San Miguel, hundreds of Argentines gather with bags of clothes, rice, flour and sugar to trade. Most are women, some accompanied by children. Cardboard signs with their names scrawled in black marker hang from strings around their necks. They walk around the old concrete platform yelling out the names of people they had agreed to trade with in a forum…
Reindeer herders and fishermen tangle with new industries as climate change and technology enable mineral extraction When he’s not out on the Arctic tundra with his 2,000 reindeer, his dog and Whitney Houston blasting through his headphones, Nils Mathis Sara is often busy explaining to people how a planned copper mine threatens his livelihood. Along with other Sami herders…
Volkswagen loses bid to block investigators examining the unpublished legal files about its emission scandal Volkswagen has lost a legal challenge to prevent prosecutors from examining unpublished documents about its emission scandal, with Germany’s top court ruling on Friday, July 6 that files seized from a U.S. law firm may be reviewed. It means the information from the files may be made public…