6 January 2020 — Underlining the importance of following safety measures while at sea, a video of a joint rescue operation was released recently. The video Shows a yachtsman stranded out to sea was rescued by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Northern Territory Police, thanks to the life jacket with a personal locator beacon he was wearing. The man was rescued in the Arafura Sea about 45 km east of Cape Wessel, in Australia’s Northern Territory, on Monday. The video shows the stranded yacht and the man wearing a yellow jacket in the seawater waving at…
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Tucuman, Argentina — A nine-year-old boy cheated death after his crucifix necklace stopped a stray bullet from penetrating his chest in Argentina. The incident occurred in the municipality of Las Talitas in the Argentine province of Tucuman, when Tiziano was at home celebrating New Year with his family when he felt a strong impact to his chest. The Argentine boy said that he was standing in front of his house waiting for his sister and cousin to go inside when he suddenly felt pain and saw a bullet on the ground next to him. He was immediately rushed to the…
Alava, Spain — Six mountaineers were rescued in three different operations on Saturday and Sunday after heavy snowfall lashed Spain’s Mount Gorbea region. In another rescue operation, a 51-year-old man died after fainting on Mount Urko in Spain’s northern Alava Province. Earlier, the local authorities had also issued a yellow alert to the masses and appealed to them to not go hiking in the mountains as heavy snowfall was expected at low altitudes. Spain’s national weather agency AEMET termed the climatic changes as ‘Storm Filomena’, which will see temperatures drop to -10 C in northern and central Spain and heavy…
Ohio, USA — Now, you can take a tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, and look at the rare aircraft in its various galleries, through this drone footage. As you go through them, each of the galleries comes alive in front of you in a rare bird’s eye view. The footage was shot at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Acclaimed as the world’s largest and the oldest military aviation museum with more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles, its origin dates…
A new species of bee unique to the sand dunes of Israel’s coastal plains has been identified and described by Alain Pauly, a taxonomist from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. The species was named Lasioglossum dorchini in tribute to the Israeli bee researcher Achik Dorchin of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University. A decline in the world’s bee population is putting crop pollination in danger, making a newly identified species big news among entymologists. The newly found Lasioglossum dorchini bees – female on left, male on right. (Photo by Alain Pauly/Belgian Journal…
TEL AVIV, Israel — Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a hereditary mutation for deafness enables the cells to function normally, according to a new study. The study, led by Professor Karen Avraham of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, was published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine on Dec. 22. It showed that the novel approach prevented the gradual deterioration of hearing in mice, which could lead to a breakthrough in treating children born with various mutations that cause deafness. Deafness is the most common sensory disability worldwide, with about…
CHENNAI — Wonder Woman has finally met her nemesis. After enjoying a brief stint in cinemas allowed to operate at full capacity in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the superhero’s new film run has been cut short — along with cinema revenue — since the government found out about the circumvention of pandemic rules. Tamil Nadu has reverted to operating cinemas at half capacity after a rap on its knuckles from the national government for allowing full occupancy. Cinemas all over the country are allowed to operate at just half capacity because of the pandemic. The state had…
NEW DELHI, India — With thousands of dead birds found in one region alone, India is facing an outbreak of avian flu in several states. The Pong reservoir area in Himachal Pradesh has been closed to all activities since 1,800 birds, mostly Bar-Headed Geese, have died of the bird flu. The government has imposed a ban on the sale, slaughter and export of poultry and birds in the district, threatening the livelihood of the local poultry business owners. “We see cases of bird flu after every two to three years. However, if it continues to spread at the current pace…
Northumberland, UK — A police dog in the Northumberland region of England has helped investigate a theft by detecting the keys of a stolen motorcycle on Dec 20. The thieves are believed to have discarded the keys in a bush while they fled the spot on foot. Two boys aged 16 and 13 who were believed to be connected to the case were arrested and have since been released. Further investigation in the case continues. The dog, a six-year-old Dutch Herder named Max sniffed his way to the keys while his handler PC Adam Fegan cheered on. “I am no…
A remote workforce study from CyberArk found that most employees feel more productive working from home and want to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic passes. That’s true even though 78% admitted to having frequent technical issues and 34% said they’re suffering “Zoom fatigue.” However, poor security practices could force businesses to reconsider the long-term viability of remote work. Over half (54%) of the employees surveyed said they had received remote-work specific security training. Yet 67% admitted they disobey these policies. 69% of respondents admit to using corporate devices for personal use. 57% admit they allow other members of their household…