BARCELONA, Spain — This long-distance cyclist decided to leave his job to embark on an amazing journey. He planned to cover a distance of 16,000 miles (25,749.504 km) through 43 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic. Nil Cabuti Borrel, 30, had planned to cycle from his home in Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain to Singapore, a distance of about 25,700 kilometers. “I always thought that in 2020, when I turned 30, I would like to do a longer trip. Hence, I started planning it a couple of years ago,” said Cabuti. Cabuti has spent the past 10 years living in countries such…
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MANUKAU, Auckland — A young boy with autism was rescued about 100 meters off the coast in South Auckland, New Zealand on 22 Jan. The frantic mother reportedly called the Auckland Police Department and informed them that the boy had gone missing about 10 minutes ago. A police helicopter dubbed ‘Eagle’ was dispatched to the location at 3.14 pm while the other ground staff searching the area. “Please help my son. The garage door was left open. He [has] autism. I live by the water,” she was heard saying in the video. Police shared the video of the rescue, which took place…
ITUMBIARA, Brazil – A video of Brazil-based health professional fainting while receiving the Covid-19 vaccine has gone viral. Footage of Rodrigo Jose dos Santos, 38, passing out as he receives the Covid-19 vaccine in the Brazilian municipality of Itumbiara on Jan 20 raises questions on how a health professional could be scared of jabs. “I am phobic to needles since my childhood. I can’t overcome it. Thank God, I don’t have to undergo acupuncture treatment,” said Rodrigo jokingly. The first-aid responder opted to get the vaccine as his work at the Mobile Emergency Attendance Service often puts him on the…
CHEBARKUL, Russia — Failing to be resolved, a dispute between the residents of a dilapidated building in Chebarkul town in Russia and the local authorities has been dragged to court. While the residents demand the building should be rebuilt, the officials accused the residents of deliberate damage to the property, citing the results of an official examination, which concluded that the house is suitable for living. “An independent examination of this house concluded that the house is suitable for living,” said Oleg Eremin, deputy head for housing and communal services of the Chebarkul administration. The building is located on Electrostalskaya…
ISLAMABAD — What’s bright and shiny and shows up at an altitude of 36,000 feet? That is precisely what’s driving speculation on social media after the pilots of a Pakistani aircraft reported seeing a UFO on their flight between Karachi and Lahore on Jan. 23. The co-pilot asked ground control if there was any traffic in the region. The response, in a nutshell: No. “Cockpit crew of PK-304 saw a bright object at a distance from the plane,” airline spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez told Zenger News. “The plane was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and the captain said that…
ISLAMABAD — The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The judges, in a 2-1 ruling, also dismissed an appeal against Sheikh’s acquittal by Pearl’s family and the Sindh state government. The court also ordered the release of three others convicted of kidnapping Pearl. Sheikh and the kidnappers had been held under emergency orders by the Sindh government, which argued that they are a danger to the public. Pearl, then the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, was…
MUMBAI, India — While managing his family business in the early 2000s, Rushabh Mehta found that the software used by a local vendor to handle daily operations was much too expensive. He decided to try building his own enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software that would be open source. Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify and enhance. Mehta was already interested in programing as a hobby. His ERPNext software, released in 2008, is now used by thousands of small businesses. India’s largest stockbroker, Zerodha, is among its clients. “Once we had a good…
SALZBURG, Austria – A landslide partially damaged the city archive in Salzburg, Austria on Jan 23. after a breach in the exterior wall damaging valuable equipment. “The reason for the rockslide was probably due to the heavy rain the night before,” said a spokesperson from the Salzburg City Council, adding that no surrounding areas were affected and no one was injured. The sudden rockfall from the Kapuzinerberg mountain in the heart of the city destroyed an entire reading room at the Salzburg City Archive located in the district of Schallmoos. Emergency services, rescue teams, and mountain workers were sent to…
BEAUCAIRE, France — The mayor of a French town is being fined €5,000 ($6,067) a day until his town takes down the town hall’s nativity scene. Despite Christmas being over for almost a month now, the local nativity scene in the French town of Beaucaire is due to be dismantled at the beginning of February. “This is an attack against local culture,” said Town Mayor Julien Sanchez. “In Beaucaire, we are in Provence, and this nativity scene is a Provençale nativity scene. According to the reports, Sanchez says it will be taken down after the locals celebrate ‘Chandeleur’ (Candlemas). Candlemas…
GRANADA, Spain – The family of 19th-century British travel writer Richard Ford has returned a decorative object that went missing from the Spanish Alhambra fortress complex 187 years ago. The beautiful wooden frieze was sent to the Patronage of the Alhambra and the Generalife located in the city of Granada in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. The modern lower town, Alhambra, and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills form the medieval part of Granada in Spain. They come under the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. To the east of the Alhambra fortress and residence are the magnificent…