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by Fran BLANDY PARIS, France (AFP) –What poses a greater risk to French school children: a potential terror attack, or smoking cigarettes? This is the unusual question gripping France as a result of the jihadist attacks on Paris last November — and a court ruling later this week may point to the answer. Many high schools began letting pupils smoke on school premises as part of security measures introduced after the gun-and-bomb assaults which killed […]
One of Tuscany’s most famous villas is up for sale with its owners hoping to be smiling all the way to the bank thanks to its links to the Mona Lisa. The Villa Antinori was once owned by the family of silk merchant Francesco Del Giocondo, whose wife Lisa Gherardini is widely believed to have sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous portrait. Located in the hills outside Florence, “the villa is priced at over 10 […]
NEW York, United States (AFP) — Shares of Tesla Motors tumbled Tuesday after an article in Consumer Reports recounted a series of glitches with its new Model X electric sport utility vehicle. Tesla shares were down 3.4 percent at $244.27 in midday trade following the report in the widely read consumer magazine. Among the snafus cited: problems with the vehicle’s “falcon wing” doors either not opening or not shutting; difficulties with the car’s self-driving mechanism […]
Jewellery-lovers are gathering in Saudi Arabia for an exhibition that brings the most luxurious designs and prestigious brands under one roof. The four-day “Jewellery Salon” kicked off on Monday (April 18) in Riyadh, where more than 60 exhibitors from 13 countries are showcasing their latest designs to Saudi customers, especially Saudi women. Saudi Arabia is the world‘s fifth largest gold and jewellery market, and Saudi women are the biggest spenders on jewellery in the world, […]
The divide between technology companies and law enforcement over the issue of encryption came to the fore at a congressional hearing on the issue on Tuesday (April 19). During the hearing called by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee a lawyer for Apple Inc said the company has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand over its source code but refused, in response to U.S. law enforcement criticism of its […]
Intel Corp said on Tuesday (April 19) it would cut 12,000 jobs globally, or 11 percent of its workforce, as it refocuses its business towards making microchips that power data centers and Internet connected devices and away from the declining personal computer industry it helped found. Tech companies including the former Hewlett Packard Co and Microsoft Corp have reorganized in the face of the PC industry decline. Many new tech users rely on mobile phones […]
Some hazards are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events which can be geophysical like earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and volcanic activity. Others are hydrological like avalanches and floods some climatological such as extreme temperatures, drought and wildfires, meteorological like storms and wave surges, or biological such as disease epidemics and insect or animal plagues. Technological or man-made hazards are complex emergencies or conflicts, famine, displaced populations, industrial accidents and transport […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS,France (AFP) — As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika virus from Latin America this summer, experts warn global warming may accelerate the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Rising temperatures are a threat in more ways than one, they cautioned ahead of a major gathering of Zika researchers in Paris next week. “Climate change has contributed to the expansion of the range of mosquitoes,” said Moritz […]
WASHINTON,United States (AFP) — AFP — Apple received some 30,000 data requests from law enforcement agencies globally in the second half of 2015, and provided information in a majority of cases, the company’s latest transparency report showed. In the report released late Monday, Apple said it provided some data in 80 percent of the 4,000 request from US law enforcement agencies in the July-December period. The news comes with Apple at the center of a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Health gladly welcomes the recommendation of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts or SAGE of the World Health Organization regarding the dengue vaccination being conducted in the Philippines by the DOH. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Treating cancer that began in the liver or has spread to the liver can often involve months of chemotherapy and painful radiation treatments. But now there’s a new procedure that takes tiny beads that carry a high dose of radiation and sends them straight to the cancer. Credit: Ivanhoe Broadcast News/Reuters
A 40-meter long photovoltaic computer which provides clean water, while generating electricity to recharge external devices, has been designed by an Italian company for use in the developing world.
