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3D-printed neighbourhood takes shape in Texas
Published on 08/08/2024
» GEORGETOWN, Texas - Like any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan squeezes out material layer by layer to build an object — except this printer is nearly 14 metres wide, weighs 4.75 tonnes and prints houses.
African Union hosts Niger talks as regime sends mixed signals
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» NIAMEY (NIGER) - The African Union (AU) on Monday held talks on the Niger crisis as the country's post-coup rulers sounded defiance yet also pointed to diplomacy for a potential solution.
South Korea launches homegrown rocket
Published on 25/05/2023
» SEOUL: South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.
Norway outboxes Russia on energy
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/04/2023
» The new front line for Europe's energy security is a modest office building overlooking a fjord in Stavanger. Inside, a company called Petoro oversees three dozen of the largest oil and natural gas fields in Europe, on Norway's petroleum-rich continental shelf.
Fighting for a place to breathe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/01/2023
» In the shadow of a retired coal-fired power plant in India's capital, Meena Devi tries to make her family home -- four brick walls with a tin roof -- a safe place to breathe.
Fact Check: Pediatricians say homemade baby formula unsafe
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Social media posts are urging parents who face baby formula shortages to make it themselves. But pediatricians told AFP they do not advise patients to use homemade formula, warning it may lack vitamins and nutrients key to helping infants grow and thrive.
3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.
Biden accuses Putin's forces of 'genocide' in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: US President Joe Biden has for the first time accused Vladimir Putin's forces of committing genocide in Ukraine, where Russia is intensifying its campaign to take the strategic port city of Mariupol.
Yet another climate change report
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» Sometimes, Bruce C Glavovic feels so proud to be an environmental scientist, studying coastal planning and teaching future researchers, that it moves him to tears.
When you can take it with you -- just
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» If you were leaving home forever and had just a few hours to collect your thoughts and most precious belongings, items that would have to fit into a knapsack or purse, or just your pockets, what would you choose?