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Activists glue hands to Goya frames at Prado: Spanish police
AFP, Published on 05/11/2022
» MADRID - Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid, police said.
Climate activists hurl pea soup on Van Gogh in Rome
AFP, Published on 05/11/2022
» ROME - A group of activists on Friday splashed pea soup onto a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece in Rome, in a protest they warned will continue until more attention was paid to climate change.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90: family
AFP, Published on 29/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - American astronaut Michael Collins, who flew the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said.
Indonesian police foil bomb plot before Jokowi's swearing-in
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2019
» Indonesian counterterrorism police have foiled a series of planned suicide bombings in some cities ahead of next Sunday's swearing-in of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who was re-elected for his second term in the April 17 presidential election.
Human-like neural activity detected in lab grown mini brains
AFP, Published on 30/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - Scientists reported Thursday they had picked up human-like electrical activity in lab-grown brains for the first time, paving the way to model neurological conditions and answer fundamental questions on how our gray matter develops.
50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world
AFP, Published on 20/07/2019
» WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago on Saturday, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans in history to set foot on the Moon, an event watched on television by half a billion people.
Hawaii volcano erupts anew, emits 30,000-foot ash plume
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» HONOLULU: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted anew before dawn Thursday, shooting a steely grey plume of ash from its summit about 30,000 feet (9,100 metres) into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town.
Philippines: ICC may prosecute Duterte over drug war deaths
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» MANILA: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has informed the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte that accuses him of crimes against humanity, his spokesman said on Thursday.