Friday, August 1 is a red-letter day for eclipse enthusiasts. On that date, the sun will be partially eclipsed over an immense area that includes western and central Asia, parts of northern and central Europe, all of Greenland and even a small slice of northeastern North America.
A total solar eclipse — the first in nearly […]
A total solar eclipse Aug. 1 will be seen only by a handful of observers lucky enough to be in the path, which starts in Canada and runs across the Arctic, through Russia and into China.For those select few, day will turn to night, the stars will come out (weather permitting), and the moon’s blackout […]
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics.
Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in China’s capital but is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.
A directive from the Beijing Food […]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A newborn red panda rejected by its mother in Amsterdam’s Artis zoo has been adopted by a domestic cat, the zoo said Friday. The cat is nursing the red panda, currently about the size of a kitten, along with her own four kittens, the zoo said.
The red panda was born on June […]
London (ANTARA News) - A British teenager has said she was “shaking head to toe” when she discovered a baby bat curled up in her bra after investigating “vibrations” she believed to have come from her mobile phone.
Abbie Hawkins, 19, of Norwich, south-east England, said she was quietly doing her job as a hotel receptionists […]
JAKARTA, JUMAT — Menjadi seorang public figure kata bintang sinetron Sandra Dewi bukan perkara gampang. Sebab, masyarakat tentu saja akan mengarahkan perhatiannya kepada si public figure.
Itu pula yang terjadi kepada diri Sandra Dewi, setelah namanya mulai berkibar di dunia hiburan. “Banyak hal yang harus saya perhatikan. Dari mulai penampilan sampai menjaga sikap. Jadi, jangan aneh-aneh […]
Jakarta:“We have hired 15 lawyers,” said Indonesian Consumers Foundation management, Tulus Abadi, at a public discussion on the subject in Jakarta yesterday. The number 204/Pdt/G/2008 lawsuit was registered at the Central Jakarta State Court.
They called on the President and the DPR to immediately ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and continue the discussion […]
BEULAH, N.D. - Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He never gave much thought to what lay below the grass that fattened his cattle.
When oilmen wanted to drill there last year, Stohler, 83, doubted oil would be found two miles underground on […]
In a move that will inevitably increase speculation that Prince William may soon announce his engagement to Kate Middleton, Mandrake hears that he has requested his own personal spin-doctor.
“William wants to start having more say over his own life and thinks that a dedicated press officer could help him achieve that,” one of the Prince’s […]
NEW YORK - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.
Under a new program announced Thursday, officials have set an ambitious goal of testing a quarter million adults in the Bronx, one of five boroughs that […]
