Un padre cuyo hijo fue secuestrado hace 24 años ha recorrido 500 mil kilómetros alrededor de China, en su búsqueda. Finalmente el padre se ha reunido con su hijo. El hijo de Guo Gangtang desapareció en 1997, mientras se encontraba sentado fuera de su casa en Shandong. Como muchos niños secuestrados por traficantes de personas, fue vendido a una familia de la provincia de Henan que quería adoptar un niño. Miles de niños son robados en China cada año. El gobierno chino afirma que menos de 10 mil niños son secuestrados al año, pero el Departamento de Estado de Estados…
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Russian cops have confiscated two eagles listed in the IUCN Red List as endangered from a man who was offering tourists the chance to take pictures with the illegally kept birds in exchange for cash. The man was arrested in the resort town of Yeysk in the Russian Krasnodar Krai region on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. He was charged with illegally exploiting the eagles, which are a protected species. Authorities said he did not have the necessary paperwork for the birds, which were confiscated. Police said the suspect is likely to face a…
Jermell Charlo wobbled Brian Castaño in the first round and chased the staggered Argentine around the ring on Saturday night, but he was unable to deliver the knockout blow. Castaño returned with power in the second round, pinning his adversary on the ropes and nearly finishing him. Few among the raucous crowd at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, thought the high-octane war would go the 12-round distance. Yet, incredibly, it did as the combatants traded volleys until the final bell. Charlo and Castaño fought to a dramatic split decision that left aficionados and the fighters themselves clamoring for…
WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Justice charged four Chinese nationals with a global computer intrusion campaign that aimed at targeting intellectual property and confidential business information of government agencies and universities. A federal grand jury in San Diego, California, returned an indictment in May charging four nationals and residents of the People’s Republic of China with a campaign to hack into the computer systems of dozens of victim companies, universities, and government entities in the U.S. and abroad between 2011 and 2018, as per a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. “This indictment alleges a worldwide hacking and economic espionage campaign…
NEW DELHI — A group of Indian scientists has developed a three-dimensional Robotic motion phantom that can reproduce human lung motion to help deliver focussed radiation in cancer patients. Doctors in India may soon have the facility to simulate the lung motion of a cancer patient to help deliver focused radiation in the upper abdomen or thoracic region, as per a press release from the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology. Indian scientists have developed a novel and cheap 3D robotic motion phantom that can reproduce the lung motion of a human during breathing. The phantom is part of a platform that not…
LONDON — A new study led by researchers at the Imperial College London and the University of Padua said that antibody levels were considerably high even nine months after the Covid-19 infection, irrespective of patients being symptomatic or asymptomatic. The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers tested more than 85 percent of the 3,000 residents of Vo’, a commune in Italy, in February/March 2020 for infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, and tested them again in May and November 2020 for antibodies against the virus. The team found that 98.8 percent of people infected in February and March showed detectable…
WASHINGTON — The U.S.announced an improvement to the travel advisory for India, upgrading it to a Level 3 category from Level 4, which asks citizens to reconsider travel. The State Department advisory comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Level 3 ‘Travel Health Notice’ for India due to Covid-19. “Your risk of contracting Covid-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorized vaccine,” the advisory by the State Department said. “Before planning any international travel, please review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) specific recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated…
MUMBAI, India — Employees of the Indian government-owned Airline Air India have launched a protest over salary cuts. The protests are a result of resentment among Aircraft maintenance engineers/Service Engineers of the Air India Engineering Services Limited, a fully-owned unit of Air India limited. The employees are protesting over recent salary cuts exclusively for the engineers while the rest of the Air India staff and other subsidiaries have been spared this additional salary cut. The salary cut of 20 percent on gross salary has been implemented as Air India Engineering Services Limited has failed to deposit statutory dues of Provident Fund and Income…
WASHINGTON — iPhone maker Apple’s latest smartphone might be equipped with a new feature that most Android phones have had for some time — an always-on display. The 2021 iPhone lineup may have an always-on display similar to Apple’s Watch, as per a media report. The iPhone 13 lineup is also expected to have an improved battery life, a smaller notch on the screen, better video recording, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a faster A15 chip. This isn’t the first time a leak has suggested that Apple is working on always-on screens for its upcoming iPhones. Tech blogger Max Weinbach earlier…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on July 19, reprimanded China for its pattern of irresponsible, disruptive, and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace, which poses a major threat to the economy and national security. Responding to the People’s Republic of China for destabilizing and irresponsible behavior in cyberspace, Blinken said, the United States and countries around the world are holding the People’s Republic of China accountable. “The People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of State Security has fostered an ecosystem of criminal contract hackers who carry out both state-sponsored activities and cybercrime for their own financial gain.” “The United States government,…