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by Rodrigo Almonacid Agence France Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Emptying the bins of Colombia’s capital, Jose Alberto Gutierrez one day found a copy of the classic novel “Anna Karenina,” and kept it. That was 20 years ago — and the garbage man continued to collect Bogota’s discarded books, amassing 25,000 in a free library, swelled by donations. “I realized that people were throwing books away in the rubbish. I started to rescue them,” Gutierrez, […]
DIGITAL NEST | Best of Washington DC in 36 Hours By: Tennie Sumague, EBC New York Bureau I have traveled to Washington D.C. numerous times since childhood but never appreciated what the nation’s capital had to offer a budget traveler until now. A round-trip bus ticket from New York costs roughly around $40 or less, and one can spend less than $100 in 36 hours. How so? Most of D.C’s popular attractions are FREE. Here […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX’s first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Live images on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s television showed the spaceship approaching the orbiting outpost, then being grabbed with the station’s robotic arm at 9:52 am (1352 GMT). “Capture complete,” said NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who operated the robotic arm […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — The sound from 60 colorfully painted pianos playing a Johann Sebastian Bach prelude filled a New York City plaza on Monday (June 5). To kick off the “Sing for Hope Pianos” event, Jon Batiste, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader and Sing for Hope board member, conducted a performance of “Prelude in C” by Bach, with amateur and professional piano players playing the prelude simultaneously inside 28 Liberty […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) — Apple on Monday unveiled its “HomePod” speaker as it moved to challenge Amazon Alexa and Google Home as a smart home and music hub. HomePod, powered Apple’s Siri digital assistant, will be priced at $349 when it begins shipping in December in the United States, Australia and Britain, the tech giant announced at its annual developers conference. “It’s so cool, we really believe it […]
PENRYN, United Kingdom (Reuters) – The African penguin joins the list of species said to be threatened by climate change – and overfishing. Researchers from the United Kingdom and South Africa say penguin numbers in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem have halved in just 30 years. The sardines and anchovies they feed on have moved eastwards, due to changes in water temperature and salinity. Scientists tagged juvenile penguins and found them traveling fruitlessly to their old […]
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) — Walt Disney’s first map of his planned Disneyland theme park in Southern California is going up for sale in June and could fetch up to $900,000, auctioneers said on Thursday (June 2). The 1953 map, hand-inked and hand-colored, was created by Disney and artist Herb Ryman and used to present to investors in order to secure funding to build the first Disney theme park in Anaheim. It clearly shows the layout […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s most powerful homegrown rocket to date is set to launch Monday, another milestone for its indigenous space program that one day hopes to put a man into orbit. The 43-meter (140-foot) rocket is scheduled to lift off just before 5:30 pm (1200 GMT) from the southern island of Sriharikota, one of two sites used by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to launch satellites. This latest model boasts a […]
In a bid to banish stereotypes of late-night greasy fast food, Turkish chefs are trying to burnish their image by showcasing the culinary riches the country has to offer. https://youtu.be/1EF7py8lN6w
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Do you want to know how fast a tennis ball goes? Zip down a line strung from the second floor of the Eiffel tower, 115 meters above the ground. During the French Open and in association with tennis tournament Roland-Garros, bottled water vendor Perrier allows volunteers to down at 90 km/h, the speed of a tennis ball being smashed. Volunteer Julien Bidet, 39, said he both feared and loved the experience, […]
(Reuters) – The International Space Station’s latest expedition officially began on Friday (June 2) after Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency left the space station for earth. The two flight crew members, embarking on Expedition 52 having arrived on Expedition 51, bade an emotional goodbye as National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut and Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson hugged them before the closing of the hatch that […]
Nagpakita ng kanilang talento sa sining ang mga bilanggo ng Tagaytay City jail sa inilunsad na art exhibit at auction doon kamakailan. Ayon kay Tagaytay City jail warden Js/Insp. Aries Villaester layon ng proyekto na ito na ipakita ang mga obra ng mga inmates, at matulungan silang kumita.
