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by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — The world should prepare for a “global epidemic” of microcephaly, a condition which restricts head growth in fetuses, as the Zika virus takes root in new countries, researchers said Friday. Scientists from Brazil and Britain said they had found additional evidence that Zika is what causes the often debilitating disorder, a link already widely accepted in medical circles. In a study conducted among newborns in Brazil — hardest hit […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Hundreds of horseshoe crabs — known as “living fossils” because they are among the Earth’s oldest creatures — have been found dead in southern Japan, confounding experts who study the alien-like sidewalkers. Horseshoe crabs, known for their blue blood, are a regular summer visitor to tidal flats in southern and western Japan, including one near Kitakyushu city where they lay their eggs. Some invariably die in the process, but this year […]
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by Anne CHAON KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an “open-air museum”, albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters. After 30 years of conflicts, Afghanistan’s cultural heritage is in dire straits, but one group of archaeologists is trying to put the country’s historical sites back on the map – literally. An international team is working to map […]
Billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson predicts a revival for beleaguered Macau as he launches his new Paris-themed mega resort, with the gambling enclave betting its fortunes on mass market tourists. https://youtu.be/geOHGk8APNs
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — The European Space Agency will unveil on Wednesday a three-dimensional map of a billion stars in our galaxy that is 1,000 times more complete than anything existing today. A space-based probe called Gaia, launched in December 2013, has been circling the Sun 1.5 million kilometers (nearly a million miles) beyond Earth’s orbit and has been discreetly snapping pictures of the Milky Way. The satellite’s billion-pixel camera, the largest […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Designer Tory Burch mixed East and West Coast US styles at her New York Fashion Week show at the Whitney Museum on Tuesday, with Anna Wintour and Jessica Alba in the audience. https://youtu.be/eVDCdhOYbKg
After a dozen novels and 70 million book sales under his belt, British writer Frederick Forsyth tells AFP he is giving up on thrillers because his wife told him he can no longer travel to adventurous places. https://youtu.be/JLNaDXLp1Vg
by Pauline TALAGRAND PARIS, France (AFP) — Smartphone app Telegram, favored by the Islamic State group thanks to the encrypted messaging it offers, is proving a headache for French anti-terror investigators. The free-to-download instant messenger, which allows people to exchange messages, photos and videos in groups of up to 5,000 people, has attracted some 100 million users since its launch in 2013. And there are a couple of features that make it particularly attractive to […]
by Julien GIRAULT CHENGDU, China (AFP) — The giant panda may have been taken off the endangered species list, but the emblematic black and white bear still faces a plethora of risks including epidemics and climate change, Chinese breeding centres say. Every morning, with the dawn light shimmering on their patchy coats the young residents of a panda breeding centre in southwestern China shred their favourite breakfast — bamboo. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant […]
NICARAGUA, Managua (AFP) — Thousands of red-eyed frogs (Agalychnis callidryas), an endangered species from the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and Colombia, finds protection from the effects of climate change in the Nicaraguan Montibelli reserve, in the southern mountains of Managua. https://youtu.be/1uhWZ7kU7Rg
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — The same gravitational force that creates high tides when the Moon and Sun align may also play a role in triggering major earthquakes, according to a study released Monday. Better understanding of this mechanism could help predict when known faults are more likely to produce killer quakes, researchers said. “Large earthquakes are more probable during periods of high tidal stress,” the scientists concluded in the peer-reviewed journal Nature […]
