The first round-the-world solar powered flight has been completed, after the Solar Impulse aircraft touched down in Abu Dhabi. Bertrand Piccard piloted the plane for a final time, steering it safely from the Egyptian capital Cairo to the UAE. He has been taking turns at the controls with Swiss compatriot ... Read More »
The government’s getting together with the retail giant Amazon to start testing flying drones that can deliver parcels to your door. Amazon’s paying for the programme, which will look at the best way to allow hundreds of robotic aircraft to buzz around Britain’s skies safely. The company claims it’ll eventually ... Read More »
The final statement called for the twenty-seventh of the Arab summit which was held in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to devote efforts to solve the Palestinian issue . The summit has begun its work in the absence of more than half of the Arab leaders . It was decided that ... Read More »
His own parents were so frightened by his violence that they kicked him out when he was 16. Desperate, by the time he was 19, they dragged him to a psychiatrist, who prescribed an antipsychotic drug, a tranquilizer and an antidepressant. “There were the beginnings of a psychosis,” the doctor, ... Read More »
Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract a billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday’s great idea, and Yahoo has now reached the end of the line as an independent company. ... Read More »
The author Michael Cohen write an article in the guardian newspaper talking about the presidential elections in America and the race struggle between the republican nominee Donald trump and the Democratic one Hillary Clinton, entitled: “Trump’s vision of America is ugly and dark. Clinton should respond with hope.” He started ... Read More »
From minefields in Bosnia to military bases in Indonesia, from Holocaust museums to Julian Assange’s embassy, Pokémon seem to be everywhere. As Pokémon Go takes over the world, Saudi clerics have renewed a fatwa against the gaming series and Japan’s authorities have released safety guidelines in preparation for the official ... Read More »
8 tips for summer gardening Our long, wet spring seems to have given way, at last, to the typical hot, dry summer. Gardeners now face a whole new set of problems. Since we can’t change the weather, let’s try and help our gardeners make the best of it. What practical ... Read More »
Scientists say more studies are needed to determine if there’s a new way to spread Zika. Brazilian researchers said that they have found Zika in Culex mosquitoes in the northeastern city of Recife in what could prove to be an important discovery. But they cautioned that more study was needed. ... Read More »
Samer Attar, a surgeon with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, is a volunteer with the Syrian American Medical Society and the Aleppo City Medical Council. “Please don’t cut off my leg,” a Syrian man pleaded. He had been shopping when a missile hit a crowded market. The blast seared off his ... Read More »
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