USA

Eco-Innovation

World's largest all-electric plane generates zero carbon emissions

The new aircraft is "disrupting the transportation industry and accelerating the electric aviation revolution.”

01/06/2020

USA

Christo, artist who wrapped world's landmarks, dies at 84

Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, famously cloaked Berlin's Reichstag, Paris's Pont Neuf and Australia's Little Bay in reams of fabric.

01/06/2020

USA

George Floyd killing: New autopsy finds Floyd died of asphyxiation

Violent clashes have spread over the weekend as protesters defied city curfews, amid widespread anger at the latest police killing of a black American.

31/05/2020

USA

SpaceX astronauts dock successfully with ISS after historic launch

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have arrived at the International Space Station after the first successful launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company - Elon Musk's SpaceX.

30/05/2020

USA

George Floyd killing: Minnesota to fully mobilize National Guard

Protests and riots have flared overnight in cities across the US even though a Minneapolis police officer has been charged with murder over the killing of black American man.

30/05/2020

USA

Minneapolis: Police officer charged but protests spread across US

Minneapolis: Officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck charged with murder but protests against police brutality spread across US

29/05/2020

USA

Trump challenges liability protections for social media companies

The US President signed an executive order directs executive agencies to ask for review of social media companies' liability protections.

28/05/2020

USA

Playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies aged 84

“The one nice thing that I seem to have acquired, accidentally, is this reputation of everyone afraid of my voice,” Kramer once said.

28/05/2020

USA

In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets

The US President said Twitter's fact-check warning is stifling freedom of expression and accused the platform of interfering in the US presidential elections.

27/05/2020

USA

Bad weather delays Space X launch to send two NASA astronauts to ISS

This is the first time a private company launches a manned flight to the International Space Station

27/05/2020

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Aquarium releases first footage of newborn beluga whale

The calf weighed 78.9 kilograms and measured 1.64 metres long.

26/05/2020

USA

Trump wants a 'comeback' G7 summit in the US. But does anyone else?

Few countries have given Trump a clear commitment.

21/05/2020

USA

US authorities arrest two men accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan

The two men are wanted by japan on charges they helped ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape the country in a box in December.

20/05/2020

USA

Trump accuses WHO of favouring China and makes funding threat

US President Donald Trump says he is prepared to permanently withdraw funds to the World Health Organization in 30 days

19/05/2020

USA

Trump defends taking anti-malarial drug as COVID-19 protection

US President Donald Trump says he has been taking a drug used by lupus and arthritis sufferers to protect himself from COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence that it actually combats the disease.

19/05/2020

Green News

Blue bee with ‘unusual facial hair’ re-discovered in the wild

An ultra-rare, navy coloured bee has been spotted in Florida with some unusual facial features.

18/05/2020

USA

Obama criticises US coronavirus response in online graduation speech

“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama said.

17/05/2020

USA

US looking to get COVID-19 vaccine 'by year end', says Trump

The US President said the country is pouring resources into expediting vaccine trials and getting ready to quickly produce and distribute the vaccine once it's been developed.

15/05/2020

Green News

Why are the waves in California glowing blue?

The natural phenomenon is drawing visitors who are swimming and surfing in the luminous waves.

14/05/2020

Green News

What polar bears and monkeys can teach us about social distancing

The animal kingdom has been helping scientists understand how diseases are transmitted between groups.

13/05/2020

Green News

Revolutionary new robots run so fast they could overtake cheetahs

Robotics developed in North Carolina have been designed to run like cheetahs, but what will they be used for?

12/05/2020

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Costume-wearing walkers boost morale amid Michigan's COVID-19 lockdown

Members' costumes vary each time, from hippos to sharks and dinosaurs to bears.

12/05/2020

Living

Iconic Campbell’s Soup goes green, but what would Andy Warhol think?

Saving soup cans from going to landfill is surely something Warhol would have approved of.

12/05/2020

USA

'Don't ask me, ask China': Trump clashes with reporter on US tests

The US President clashed with two reporters before walking out of his own White House coronavirus briefing.

12/05/2020

USA

Rock'n'roll legend Little Richard has died aged 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably changed popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87.

09/05/2020

USA

Irish support hard-hit Native Americans to repay Potato Famine help

COVID-19 is hitting Native Americans in the US hard. But the Irish are donating to them in large numbers to repay for help during the Potato Famine of the 1840s.

08/05/2020