Photographers on board published a series of images and videos showing the vibrant green hues dancing on the horizon over Dunedin, Joinfo.com reports with reference to News.com.au. The seven-hour flight took advantage of the equinox aurora effect, when there would ...
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Trump asks to withdraw health care bill after failing to gain enough support
After a dramatic day on Capitol Hill, Ryan rushed from the White House to Capitol Hill to tell Trump he did not have the votes to pass the measure, the culmination of seven years of Republican efforts to eradicate President ...
Read More »Mysterious 6,000-year-old rock carvings found in Egypt
Rock carvings depicting masked men dancing around an ostrich in a 6,000-year-old hunting ritual have been discovered in Egypt, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily Mail. The artwork, which is from the fourth millennium BC, was engraved into rock in the ...
Read More »Study reveals mass extinction event 35 million years ago
This period of intense and rapid climate change occurred at the same time when Australia separated from Antarctica, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Phys.org. Lead researcher ANU PhD student Ian Brennan said the team detected the mass extinction of pygopodoid ...
Read More »New Zealand earthquake moved South Island 5 metres
The discovery of blind, or unknown, faults means faultlines could connect up, giving a much longer structure and bigger-than-expected earthquakes, according to Radio NZ. GNS Science has published the first of 10 papers on November’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in the international ...
Read More »Mick Jagger Gave Up Drugs For Jerry Hall, New Memoir Reveals
Rock and Roll legend Mick Jagger was weaned off heroin according to recent reports by his then-partner Jerry Hall. The singer is said to have quit as Hall claimed that constant use of drugs and heroine would eventually affect his ...
Read More »Emma Thompson reveals Trump once asked her out
During an appearance on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show, Skavlan, the actress shared that President Trump invited her to stay in one of his properties while she was shooting 1998’s Primary Colors, a political drama in which Thompson’s character paralleled Trump’s ...
Read More »World War ll Veteran Gets $300,000 Winning Lottery Ticket For His 94th Birthday
Ervin Smolinski, of Michigan, who turned 94 on March 17, was stunned when he realized he’d received a Double Bonus Cashword ticket worth $300,000 as a gift, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Inside Edition. His daughter-in-law bought him the winning ...
Read More »Toronto schools will no longer allow student trips to US
Toronto District School Board expressed concern over how the US immigration policy could affect students on school trips, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CNN. “We strongly believe that our students should not be placed into these situations of potentially being ...
Read More »Google partners with Howard University to teach black coders
Google is ramping up efforts to promote diversity in Silicon Valley by launching a programme to recruit students from a historically black university, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Independent. The technology giant this week said that it is partnering with Howard University, a historically black university in ...
Read More »Giant panda Bao Bao makes China debut
Bao Bao was born at the National Zoo in Washington three years ago, but an agreement states that all pandas on loan must be returned to China before they turn four years old, the earliest age at which they might ...
Read More »London attack: Police appeal for information on Khalid Masood
They have named his fourth victim as retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, from Streatham in south London – one of three killed by Masood’s car on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. A Romanian ...
Read More »Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core
Though there have been several other suspected, similarly booted black holes elsewhere, none has been confirmed so far. Astronomers think this object, detected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, is a very strong case. Weighing more than 1 billion suns, the ...
Read More »Trump demands support in do-or-die Friday vote on healthcare plan
It was not clear late on Thursday evening that Trump and the Republican leaders who crafted the bill had enough support to pass it, meaning they now risk defeat in their first attempt at major legislation and may fail to ...
Read More »Sia spotted without her wig in Los Angeles airport
That’s because the singer/songwriter purposefully hides her face during performances and interviews. As she explained to James Corden from behind her wig during their “Carpool Karaoke” session, “I don’t wear this unless there are cameras around. I only wear this to ...
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