By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany remains a work in progress under new coach Hansi Flick. There are signs he can turn it into a title contender at next year’s World Cup. Flick’s team became the first to qualify for the tournament in Qatar after a 4-0 win in North Macedonia
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Researchers at one of Switzerland’s leading universities are releasing open-source beta software that allows for virtual visits through the cosmos including up to the International Space Station, past the Moon, Saturn or exoplanets, over galaxies and beyond. The VIRUP project blends observed data with computer simulations
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Researchers at one of Switzerland’s leading universities are releasing open-source beta software that allows for virtual visits through the cosmos including up to the International Space Station, past the Moon, Saturn or exoplanets, over galaxies and beyond. The VIRUP project blends observed data with computer simulations
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN A pair of carved stone statues used as garden ornaments have sold for more than £195,000 ($265,510) after it was revealed that they were ancient Egyptian relics dating back thousands of years, an auction house has said. The artifacts were acquired from a garden in Sudbury, Suffolk, in eastern England. Mander Auctioneers,
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — The British official who will preside over an upcoming U.N. climate summit says he’s losing sleep over how to get long-promised funding for poorer nations. Alok Sharma used a speech in Paris on Tuesday to jolt richer nations into action in the last weeks before the Oct. 31-Nov. 12 climate change conference
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — U.S. scientists say they have discovered a new species of microscopic animals suspended in a piece of 16-million-year-old amber. While these tiny creatures, known as tardigrades, have thrived on Earth for more than 500 million years, experts say
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Girls today are ready to break free from gender-based stereotypes about play and creative activities, but their parents — and society at large — are holding them back by clinging to those stereotypes, according to a new
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed “full confidence” in its managing director. The statement came in response to allegations that while Kristalina Georgieva was a World Bank official, she and others pressured staffers to change business rankings in an effort to placate China.
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has expressed “full confidence” in its managing director. The statement came in response to allegations that while Kristalina Georgieva was a World Bank official, she and others pressured staffers to change business rankings in an effort to placate China.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say 14 people have died after a bus plunged into a rushing river during heavy flooding that has caused 15 other fatalities. State media reported the bus driver ignored warnings not to cross a bridge that was almost covered by the surging floods. Seven among 37 survivors of the plunge
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By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the disinformation war: anti-vax campaigners are now taking their protests to the school gates. Groups opposed to vaccination have sought to stoke the fears of parents and children by falsely claiming that the
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By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the disinformation war: anti-vax campaigners are now taking their protests to the school gates. Groups opposed to vaccination have sought to stoke the fears of parents and children by falsely claiming that the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La planta del tabaco ha marcado la suerte de la humanidad. Actualmente, mil millones de personas de todo el mundo usan y abusan de esta sustancia. Se trata de un hábito que se remonta a la Edad de Piedra, según demuestra una nueva investigación. Unas semillas carbonizadas encontradas en una antigua
Continue Reading BAGUIO, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm has set off landslides and flash floods as it barreled over the tip of the northern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and seven missing. Thousands were evacuated in places swamped by floods and battered by pounding rains and wind from Tropical Storm Kompasu. Landslides buried houses
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Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La desaparición y muerte de Gabby Petito ha suscitado muchas preguntas y ha avivado la atención nacional, y este martes podría revelarse una parte del misterio, ya que las autoridades tienen previsto ofrecer una actualización del informe final de la autopsia. El forense del condado de Teton, el Dr. Brent
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Se espera que la Cámara de Representantes vote este martes para ampliar el límite de la deuda del país hasta principios de diciembre, después de que el Senado aprobara la semana pasada una medida provisional en un intento de evitar un impago catastrófico y un desastre económico. Una vez que
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By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN COP26 President Alok Sharma called out the G20 nations that have not increased their pledges on climate ahead of the international talks in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which begin in less than three weeks, alluding to nations like China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. In a speech
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN COP26 President Alok Sharma called out the G20 nations that have not increased their pledges on climate ahead of the international talks in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which begin in less than three weeks, alluding to nations like China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. In a speech
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Megan C. Hills, CNN Lego has announced plans to remove gender bias from its products, after a study commissioned by the brand found that girls are hindered by “unequal and restrictive” attitudes towards creativity and play. Although the Danish toy maker did not outline specific changes to its products or marketing, it announced Monday that
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