Written by Just a day after being told that her sister Giulia was dead, Elena Cecchettin was interviewed on live TV outside the family home in Vigonovo, a small town close to Venice. Floral tributes were tied to the railings behind her, and a torchlight procession attended by thousands of well wishers was under way. But Elena […]
In recogntition of the UN’s World Sustainable Transport Day, Christy VanArragon and Bruce Gulland tell the history of one of the most important inventions in history – the bicycle! Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Christy Van Arragon. Voice 2 And I’m Bruce Gulland. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier […]
Japan’s space agency, JAXA, aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket after a large fire broke out at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tuesday. “There was an abnormality during today’s combustion test. We are trying to assess what happened,” JAXA said. Footage on NHK showed flames and smoke rising from the site on […]
The US is Mexico’s largest export market including computers, cars and household appliances. Trump also declared he would impose an “additional” 10 per cent tariff on imports from China because of its failure to stop fentanyl from entering the US. He has previously pledged to slap 60 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports. Donald Trump’s […]
Albanese announced in October he had struck an agreement with Chinese Premier Li Qiang to reopen exports of Australian live lobsters, lifting the final block in China’s trade embargo on an array of Australian exports. Xiao urged the nations to take their economic relationship to the next level through trade on advanced technologies such as […]
Visiting Japan during New Year (shogatsu) can be rewarding, as you have the opportunity to experience Japan’s most important holiday, but it can also be frustrating, as many tourist attractions, shops and restaurants are closed, and getting around can be inconvenient. New Year’s Eve Traditional activities on New Year’s Eve include watching the popular music […]
NASA recently unveiled a prototype for an innovative mission concept called SWIM (Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers). Developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, this prototype demonstrates the feasibility of deploying a swarm of cellphone-sized, self-propelled robots to explore the icy waters of celestial bodies like Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus. The SWIM […]
At least four Pakistan Rangers personnel were martyred and five others, including policemen, were injured after miscreants ran over security officials with a vehicle on Srinagar Highway during a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest. The protests, ongoing since November 24, demand the release of PTI’s founder from Adiala Jail. Security sources have reported that a total […]
Highlighting the risk of using third-party platforms like WhatsApp and Gmail to send official documents, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued detailed guidelines on Monday for securing sensitive and classified official communications. Government officials have been directed to strictly use government email services and its secure instant messaging platforms for transmitting confidential and restricted information, […]
“ကျားဖမ်းမယ်”ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကားကြီးမှာ လျှို့ဝှက်ချက်တစ်မျိုးစီနဲ့ ကျားတွေဘယ်လိုဖမ်းမလဲဆိုတာ စိတ်ဝင်တစားကြည့်ရမှာဆိုတဲ့ ဇင်ဇင်ဇော်မြင့် – Myanmar Transparency News Source link