Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of Democratic Party emails, and the motive will be revealed next week, the BBC reports. But Clapper stopped short of saying it was “an act ...
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Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren joins MSNBC
Van Susteren hosted “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” for 14 years at Fox News, a unit of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, Reuters reports. Van Susteren is the latest high-profile exit from Fox News. Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly ...
Read More »More than 95 manuscripts went missing in Ukraine’s Lviv Art Gallery
Some 95 unique editions, tens of millions of dollars-worth, have disappeared from the Lviv Art Gallery, according to the gallery Director General Taras Vozniak, the Unian news agency reports. The cost of the manuscripts on the “black market” can reach ...
Read More »UK military to build prototype ‘laser weapon’
The aim is to see whether “directed energy” technology could benefit the armed forces, and is to culminate in a demonstration of the system in 2019, the BBC reports. The contract was picked up by a consortium of European defence ...
Read More »NASA announces two new missions: One goes to what possibly was a planet once
The new missions are called Lucy and Psyche and they are going to find out more about the origins of our solar system. The missions will start in 2021 and 2023 respectively, according to NASA. According to NASA, both missions ...
Read More »Turkey: Two people killed in car bomb attack in Izmir
A police officer and a courthouse officer were killed in the terrorist attack, while five others were wounded, including three police officers, according to Izmir Governor Erol Ayyildiz, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Anadolu news agency. Two terrorists were also ...
Read More »Chicago police arrested four people for torturing man on Facebook Live
At least one of the attackers on the video mentioned President-elect Donald Trump as he taunted the man but police stopped short of calling the beating politically motivated and said they are still investigating, Reuters reports. The four people, who ...
Read More »CES 2017: New HDMI 2.1 supports up to 8K video playback
HDMI forum, a body formed by 83 companies to develop new versions of the HDMI connectivity specification, has announced a new version of HDMI called the HDMI 2.1 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), according to Live Mint. The new ...
Read More »WTA Brisbane: Ukrainian Elina Svitolina beats Angelique Kerber in quarterfinals
The 22-year-old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the quarterfinals against the world’s first racket Angelique Kerber of Germany, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Ukrainska Pravda. She’s done [email protected] advances to the #BrisbaneTennis Semifinals after ousting top ...
Read More »Scientists pinpointed a mysterious deep space radio signal
Almost a decade after the first fast radio burst (FRB) was discovered, an international team of researchers has pinpointed the origin of one such signal as a dwarf galaxy in the pentagon-shaped constellation Auriga, CNN reports. Scientists originally thought the ...
Read More »Meet this cute ginger-and-black cat who really likes to pose for pictures
Elizabeth, a Belarusian architect and design student from Orsha, adopted this adorable kitten named Yana: Yana has this pretty white whiskers and napkin: And her amber eyes are really beautiful: Yana likes to pose for pictures: Yana is obviously aware ...
Read More »CES 2017: LG presents jaw-dropping ‘wallpaper’ 4K OLED screen
At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sony has announced that it will bring OLED TVs on the market. Panasonic has also jumped on the bandwagon. Samsung proposes what it calls QLED. But it was LG that ...
Read More »105-year-old Frenchman sets world cycling record – video
The 105-year-old Frenchman proved that prediction wrong again on Wednesday, when he set a world record in the 105-plus age category – created especially for him – by riding 22.547 kilometers (14.010 miles) in one hour, The Associated Press reports. ...
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