Day: May 9, 2022
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South Korea to swear in conservative new president
[ad_1] South Korea’s hawkish new president Yoon Suk-yeol will be sworn in on Tuesday and he looks set to get tough with Pyongyang – Copyright AFP ANTHONY WALLACE South Korea will swear in hawkish new president Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday in a ceremony overshadowed by a recent slew of weapons tests by its nuclear-armed neighbour.…
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US authorities capture jailbreak couple after manhunt
[ad_1] – Copyright AFP ANTHONY WALLACE US authorities said they captured Monday a fugitive inmate and a female prison guard believed to have helped him escape, after an intense 10-day manhunt that riveted America. “Casey White is in custody,” said Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County in Alabama, referring to the 38-year-old inmate that…
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Settlement curbs firm’s facial recognition database in US
[ad_1] Facial recognition software such as that used at a fast-track gate at Dubai international airport are becoming increasingly common, but the potential for amassing databases that could be abused has privacy advocates troubled. – Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Startup Clearview AI has agreed to limit access to its controversial facial recognition database in the…
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Olympians talk about the 2022 ‘Make a Splash’ Tour
[ad_1] Missy Franklin. Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Olympic Committee Olympians Elizabeth Beisel, Cullen Jones, Missy Franklin, and Rowdy Games chatted about the 2022 “Make a Splash Tour.” These Olympic stars will participate in a variety of events during the 2022 “Make A Splash Tour” stop in Philadelphia, which will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, May 10. The events range from a community swim lesson followed…
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US authorities capture jailbreak couple after manhunt
[ad_1] – Copyright AFP Juan Carlos Pérez US authorities said they captured Monday a fugitive inmate and a prison guard believed to have helped him escape, after an intense 10-day manhunt that riveted America. “Casey White is in custody,” said Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County in Alabama, referring to the 38-year-old inmate that…
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Ecuador prison riot leaves 43 dead, 108 on the run
[ad_1] An injured inmate is transfered by truck to a medical facility following the riot at the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados – Copyright AFP Juan Carlos Pérez At least 43 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador’s latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners managed to escape.…
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America’s baby formula problem is getting worse by the day
[ad_1] Comforts and Similac Formula at Kroger on June 7, 2013. Credit – ParentingPatch, CC SA 3.0. There appears to be no end in sight to America’s baby formula shortage, according to the most recent data from Datasembly, a retail tracking group. The share of baby formula out of stock across the U.S. hit 40…
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Eight Turks among 12 kidnapped by gang on bus in Haiti
[ad_1] Lawyers protesting outside of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s private home to force the government to relocate the civil court to a safer area, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in April 2022 – Copyright AFP Juan Carlos Pérez Amélie BARON Twelve people, eight of them Turkish citizens, were kidnapped while travelling by bus in Haiti, officials…
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Bestselling author Dylan James Quarles talks about his book ‘There Be Monsters’
[ad_1] Dylan James Quarles. Photo Courtesy of Dylan James Quarles Bestselling author Dylan James Quarles chatted about his book “There Be Monsters.” Book Description The year is 1520. Jonah Munday and his crew of adventurers set sail for the New World on a quest to find a mysterious island and a lost city of gold.…
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Record Amazon deforestation may be driven by highway projects
[ad_1] An unpaved portion of the Tranzamazonian Highway, taken between Rurópolis and Uruará. Credit – Keith Irwin (CC BY-SA 4.0) Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest broke all records for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in the same month last year. Based on data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE),…