Category: News

  • France elects youngest president in its history: Emmanuel Macron

    France elects youngest president in its history: Emmanuel Macron

    Dubbed as the youngest president in the history of France, newly elected Emmanuel Macron will take on his new role on Sunday, May 14. Outgoing President François Hollande made the announcement on Monday, following the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the presidential election on May 7. The independent centrist defeated the staunch nationalist and…

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  • Twin bombings rock Philippines’ capital killing two people, injuring six others

    Twin bombings rock Philippines’ capital killing two people, injuring six others

    Two explosions rocked Quiapo, Manila, on Saturday night killing two people and injuring six others, various news outlets reported. The first explosion occurred at the office of lawyer Nasser Abinal, who is also the president of Imamate Islamic Center, on Gunao Street after the delivery of a package for him. The second one happened at…

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  • Holography by Wi-Fi router now possible

    Holography by Wi-Fi router now possible

    Three-dimensional (3D) images of the environment surrounding a Wi-Fi transmitter can now be generated thanks to the holographic imaging process developed by scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) illustrating the transmitter’s radiation. “Using this technology, we can generate a three-dimensional image of the space around the Wi-Fi transmitter, as if our eyes could…

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  • Singapore holds Cybersecurity Challenge to attract industry talents

    Singapore holds Cybersecurity Challenge to attract industry talents

    With the goal of inspiring and attracting cyber enthusiasts to be part of the cybersecurity profession, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has organized a series of event that showcases competitions and challenges. The Cybersecurity Challenge Singapore showcases its key component called CyPhinx, which is a virtual 3D skyscraper acting as gateway to various…

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  • Ex-convicts can get jobs if they apologize for past criminal conduct

    Ex-convicts can get jobs if they apologize for past criminal conduct

    It appears honesty is still the best policy, even for ex-convicts looking to change their lives by getting a new job, said a new study. The new study found that apologizing for past criminal conduct is the best approach for ex-convicts to get hired when applying for a new job. “Apologizing for your past criminal offense…

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  • Coalition strikes unintentionally kill at least 352 civilians in its fight against Da’esh

    Coalition strikes unintentionally kill at least 352 civilians in its fight against Da’esh

    In a statement released April 30, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said that there were at least 352 unintentional civilian deaths during Coalition strikes from August 2014 till March 2017 as opposed to earlier reports of 396 deaths. “Although the Coalition takes extraordinary efforts to strike military targets in a…

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  • Freedom of the Press 2017 Report: Deteriorating press freedom around the globe

    Freedom of the Press 2017 Report: Deteriorating press freedom around the globe

    Merely 13 percent of the global population revels on Free Press, which an independent watchdog Freedom House described as a media atmosphere where there’s robust political news coverage, guaranteed safety of journalists, minimal state intrusion in media dealings, and the absence of difficult economic or legal pressures to the press. Meanwhile, 42 percent of the global…

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  • UN and World Bank sign new partnership to build resilience for the most vulnerable

    UN and World Bank sign new partnership to build resilience for the most vulnerable

    Building resilience for the world’s most vulnerable people by reducing poverty, promoting shared prosperity, enhancing food security, and sustaining peace in crisis-affected situations will be the focus of a new partnership framework agreed by the United Nations and World Bank. According to a joint statement, the framework, signed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and World…

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  • Security Council, UN Secretary-General and UN group condemn terror attacks in Egypt

    Security Council, UN Secretary-General and UN group condemn terror attacks in Egypt

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council today condemned the bombings of two Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, which killed at least 41 people and injured more than 100 others. Speaking through his spokesperson, the Secretary-General said that he hoped “the perpetrators of this horrific terrorist act will be swiftly identified…

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  • Efforts in conserving nature seen to renew peace in Middle East

    Efforts in conserving nature seen to renew peace in Middle East

    There’s an opportunity for communities in conflict or at odds to build trust and renew their hope for peace once there are efforts in conserving natural resources, according to scientists who recently wrote a review on this in the Trends in Ecology & Evolution journal. “Nature can build bridges between nations,” Alexandre Roulin, a scientist…

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  • Retweeting unverified information on Twitter may be mistaken for truth

    Retweeting unverified information on Twitter may be mistaken for truth

    Technology has made it easier to spread rumors and lies through social media, which is why a new study warns of the dangers of retweeting information via Twitter—as this may easily be mistaken for truth. According to the study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking journal, the number of times information got a retweet…

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  • Feeling sad? Move to Norway, world’s happiest place in 2017

    Feeling sad? Move to Norway, world’s happiest place in 2017

    If you’re down and out, there’s no place you’d rather be right now than Norway—currently hailed as the happiest place in the world, topping off powerful nations such as the United States. Following it were Denmark, Iceland, and Switzerland, according to the World Happiness Report 2017. The top four countries ranked highly on the following…

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