Americas

Health news

This edible QR code could help tackle fake medicines and whisky

This nearly invisible code made with the help of genetically modified silkworms can be scanned by a smartphone to verify if a medicine or alcohol is genuine.

14/06/2022

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Ecuador: clashes between protesters and police on fuel price cuts

Protesters in Quito burn tires as police use tear gas during a march to demand a fuel price cut amid rising inflation, unemployment, and poverty in the oil-producing South American country.

14/06/2022

Nature

Scientists find ‘long-extinct’ giant tortoise alive in the Galápagos

The last known ‘fantastic giant tortoise’ was found in 1906. Now, scientists have discovered another one.

14/06/2022

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House falls into river near Yellowstone National Park

Amateur video shows the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact.

14/06/2022

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Pro and anti Abortion rights' advocates demonstrate in Washington DC

Carrying banners with the words "My body, my choice", the protesters chanted slogans stating that the right to abortion cannot be taken away by court order.

14/06/2022

Culture news

'How to Murder Your Husband' author murders husband, goes to prison

As life imitates art, author of 'How to Murder Your Husband', Nancy Crampton Brophy began serving a life sentence this week for murdering her own husband.

14/06/2022

Home

Amazon drone deliveries to take off in California this year

This would be a major milestone for Amazon’s drone delivery project, which has been almost a decade in the making.

14/06/2022

Health news

Justin Bieber: Is Ramsay Hunt syndrome linked to COVID vaccines?

The Canadian pop singer said this rare condition had paralysed half his face. Here’s what you need to know about it.

13/06/2022

Culture news

Tony Awards: Key takeaways from the 2022 ceremony

The 75th annual Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Lehman Trilogy, Company and A Strange Loop picked up the show's most prestigious awards

13/06/2022

Travel News

US drops COVID tests for passengers - for now

The US travel industry has welcomed the change as a "huge step forward."

13/06/2022

Tech News

Is Google’s AI bot sentient? Here’s why one engineer believes it is

Blake Lemoine shared transcripts of an "interview" he had with Google’s LaMDA language model, in which they discuss personhood, death - and Les Misérables.

13/06/2022

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Men riding horses take part in traditional festival Cavalhada in Brazil

Men riding horses take part in Cavalhada, a traditional festival held in Mateus Leme city, southeastern of Minas Gerais state.

13/06/2022

USA

Biden welcomes US gun control proposals after two mass shootings

If passed "it would be the most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades", said Biden

13/06/2022

World News

Justin Bieber reveals a rare disorder has paralysed half of his face

The Canadian superstar says a rare disorder that has paralysed his face is the reason behind his tour postponement.

11/06/2022

Europe Decoded

Online posts falsely claim Trump gold card provides free food and gas

Multiple channels on Telegram have been falsely promoting the new gold Trump card as a guarantee for free food, electricity and even fuel.

10/06/2022

World

US Capitol riot 'was a Donald Trump-inspired attempted coup'

Trump, unapologetic, dismissed the investigation anew — and even declared on social media that 6 January "represented the greatest movement in the history of our country”.

10/06/2022

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Marilyn Monroe drag queens call on presidents to act on climate change

Drag queens dressed as Marilyn Monroe performed Thursday in Los Angeles on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas to fight climate change.

10/06/2022

Europe Decoded

Post falsely claims there are no school shootings in Israel

After calls for stricter gun control have sprung in the US, misleading posts have been circulating comparing gun ownership in Israel to America.

09/06/2022

Tech News

Twitter plans shareholder vote on Elon Musk sale

Elon Musk's lawyers have warned Twitter that he might walk away from the acquisition if the company fails to provide the data he seeks on spam and fake accounts.

09/06/2022

Climate

Why is this lake in America becoming an ‘environmental nuclear bomb’?

The lake has already shrunk by two-thirds since the 1980s, and will have deadly human and environmental impacts if it disappears.

09/06/2022

Green News

Dom Phillips: Why is the Amazon rainforest dangerous for journalists?

British journalist Dom Phillips has been missing in the Amazon rainforest with his guide since Sunday - but there’s more to the story than you might think.

08/06/2022

Green News

Is this the 'Chilean Chernobyl'? 75 people poisoned by sulphur dioxide

"We had a sulphur dioxide peak that exceeded five times the hourly norm," say authorities.

08/06/2022

USA

Watch: Oscar-winning actor pleads for stricter US gun control laws

McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children died in a school shooting last month.

08/06/2022

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Migrants caravan continues its journey to the US border

A caravan of 4,000 to 5,000 migrants crossed southern Mexico on Tuesday in search of a visa to enter the United States.

08/06/2022

Health news

This experimental drug trial saw cancer vanish in every patient

The cancer patients saw their tumours disappear after the treatment, and have been cancer-free for two years.

07/06/2022

Green News

Which city wants to ban crypto miners using fossil fuels?

Fossil fuel power plants currently provide energy to miners of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

07/06/2022