2015年6月30日 星期二

2015-07-01 Namibia Health


New York Times
   
New Cases of Ebola Put an End to Liberia's Status as Virus-Free   
New York Times
MONROVIA, Liberia — More than a month after Liberia was declared free of Ebola, at least two new cases have emerged, the first discovered when the body of a 17-year-old boy tested positive for the virus, officials said Tuesday. The World Health ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Science


Sydney Morning Herald
   
why we need to keep adding leap seconds   
Sydney Morning Herald
Today at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar will take place: there'll be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00. This will make 1st July 2015 (or 30th June 2015 in many other parts of the world ...
Leap second added to Aussie clocks   The Australian (blog)
The proper care and feeding of your leap second   Washington Post (blog)
Leap second: all the latest developments and reaction – live!   The Guardian
ABC Online (blog)   
Bangkok Post   
LA Magazine   
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Irish Independent
   
UK at risk of asteroid tsunami 'that could kill hundreds of thousands'   
Irish Independent
PARTS of the UK are at risk from an asteroid tsunami that could kill hundreds of thousands of people living in coastal regions, scientists have warned. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Experts at the ...
Stand down, Bruce: No need to worry about asteroids hitting the earth   Stuff.co.nz
Happy Asteroid Day: We Are Woefully Unprepared!   Newsweek
Watch Live Footage of the Asteroid That Came Close to Earth   TIME
Penny4NASA (blog)   
International Business Times AU   
Headlines & Global News   
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ABC Online
   
Celestial conjunction: Jupiter and Venus prepare to dance   
ABC Online
Although they are millions of kilometres apart, Venus and Jupiter will appear to be side by side, separated by just a fraction of a degree tonight. The planets have been moving closer together over the past few weeks.
Star of Bethlehem? Jupiter and Venus converge in night sky   Christian Science Monitor
How to see Venus and Jupiter get cozy in the sky tonight   Mashable
Venus-Jupiter Conjunction Visible on July 1   Patch.com
Stuff.co.nz   
WOODTV.com   
9NEWS.com   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
Rich countries' $100bn promise to fight climate change 'not delivered'   
Stuff.co.nz
The Atlantic Ocean washes up at Arpoador rock in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The country's environment minister was among those from developing nations annoyed at the developed world's "continued lack of any clear road map" to provide a promised $100bn ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Sports


Reuters Africa
   
Former Springbok wing Rossouw gets Namibia backline job   
Reuters Africa
(Reuters) - Namibia have appointed former South Africa test wing Pieter Rossouw as their backline coach to the end of the World Cup in England, the country's rugby union federation said on Tuesday. The 43-year-old is the latest change in the technical ...
Phil Davies walks into Rugby World Cup storm as his predecessor as Namibia ...   WalesOnline
'Slaptjips' excited by RWC challenge   Sport24
Near full strength Namibian rugby squad available for Russia series   TheSportsCampus.com

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Wimbledon 2015: Eugenie Bouchard double faults with black bra   
Sydney Morning Herald
Click here for full coverage of Wimbledon 2015 · The lowdown: Wimbledon 2015 · The steep decline of Eugenie Bouchard · Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep fall in the first round. Wimbledon has been rocked by a scandal so disgraceful, so shocking, that ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Entertainment


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Apple Music 'tainted' by decision to censor songs, titles on Beats 1 radio station   
Sydney Morning Herald
Meet Zane Lowe, the DJ scratching out Beats 1 for Apple Music · Apple Music is almost here: everything you need to know. Subscribers to Apple's brand new Beats 1 radio station may be disappointed to discover the music streaming service only plays the ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Technology


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Apple Music 'tainted' by decision to censor songs, titles on Beats 1 radio station   
Sydney Morning Herald
Meet Zane Lowe, the DJ scratching out Beats 1 for Apple Music · Apple Music is almost here: everything you need to know. Subscribers to Apple's brand new Beats 1 radio station may be disappointed to discover the music streaming service only plays the ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Business


The Express Tribune
   
Greece crisis: Thousands join crowdfunding efforts to fund €1.6bn bailout   
Irish Independent
As Greece teeters on the brink, an ambitious plan has been launched to save it – get everyone in Europe to donate €3 to 'crowdfund' its €1.6bn loan payment. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. As ridiculous as ...
Site tries to fund Greek bailout ... crashes   NEWS.com.au
Crowdfunding campaign aims to help Greece's economic woes   Toronto Star
Greek Bailout Fund: British shoe seller tries crowdfunding IMF debt repayment   ABC Online
CBS News   
Fortune   
Stuff.co.nz   
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Huffington Post
   
The Future Of Greece Summarized In A Single Infographic   
Huffington Post
Since the breakdown in negotiations between Greece and its international creditors over the country's debts, it has become very difficult to follow the crisis. At almost every moment, a new European leader puts in his two cents. The Royal Bank of ...

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2015-07-01 Namibia World


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Two huge planes plough into one street: ten years apart   
Sydney Morning Herald
2005 Medan plane crash toll reaches 149. Jakarta: An Indonesian military transport plane that crashed into a northern residential area of Medan on Tuesday was carrying 113 people, an air force spokesman said. It passed overhead a few times, really low.
Indonesia military plane crash toll rises to 141   Times of India
Plane crash death toll tops 140   Irish Independent
Indonesia police official says 141 bodies recovered from military plane crash ...   Washington Post
TIME   
The Indian Express   
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The Nation
   
IS beheads two civilian women in Syria   
The Hindu
The Islamic State group has beheaded two women in Syria on accusations of “sorcery”, the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday. “The Islamic State group executed two women by beheading ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Africa


Belfast Telegraph
   
Man held over Nigeria girls' kidnap   
Belfast Telegraph
Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman accused of "participating actively" in Boko Haram's mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from a town. Ads by Google. Defence Ministry s pokesman Major General Chris Olukolade said Babuji Ya'ari headed a ...

2015-07-01 Namibia Namibia


New Era (press release)
   
PG to decide fate of pitbulls' owner   
New Era (press release)
Namibian Police Force spokesperson Edwin Kanguatjivi has said the decision whether to charge the owner of the pitbull dogs that mauled to death a 13-year-old boy on Saturday rests with the Prosecutor-General (PG) Martha Imalwa. Fred Savage's fun ...

2015年6月29日 星期一

2015-06-30 Namibia Health


Los Angeles Times
   
Avril Lavigne cries over doctors who called her crazy: 'Lyme disease exists'   
Los Angeles Times
For Avril Lavigne, one of the worst parts of suffering through Lyme disease was having doctors treat her like she was a crazy person. lRelated Avril Lavigne asks fans for prayers as she reveals 'health issues' · Ministry of Gossip · Avril Lavigne asks ...
Avril Lavigne Is 'Excited for Life After' Lyme Disease   TIME
NZ Model devours a KFC Double Down in 28 Seconds0:56   NEWS.com.au
Avril Lavigne reveals battle with Lyme disease   Brisbane Times
New Zealand Herald   
Stuff.co.nz   
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TIME
   
Third day with no new MERS cases in S. Korea   
Jakarta Post
South Korea said Tuesday it had gone three days without any new cases of the deadly MERS virus, in a welcome boost to efforts to tackle the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia. The news came as the health ministry said an 81-year-old woman who ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Science


Irish Independent
   
Tech companies braced for 'leap second' chaos   
Irish Independent
Airlines, trading floors and technology companies are braced for chaos tonight as world timekeepers prepare to add a leap second to global clocks. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Immediately before midnight ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Sports


New Era
   
NRU CEO Responds to Claims By Former Coach Danie Vermeulen   
AllAfrica.com
The CEO of the Namibia Rugby Union, Sybrand de Beer has responded to claims made by former coach Danie Vermeulen who resigned last week. Here follows the verbatim text of De Beer's response as submitted by the NRU Media Services: The CEO of ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Entertainment


People Magazine
   
Prince Harry the Rhino Rescuer! The Royal Kicks off His 'Dream Job' in Africa   
People Magazine
The royal, 30, arrived in Africa last week, PEOPLE understands, and is starting work in Namibia, where he is helping to combat threats to the endangered species. After squeezing in some Mario-themed costume fun before his departure, Harry set off for ...
Prince Harry Is Working His Dream Job Saving Rhinos   ETCanada.com (blog)
Prince Harry Heads To Namibia For Animal Conservation Trip   Contactmusic.com

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BBC News
   
Apple aims for bigger bite of music market   
BBC News
If record companies had their way, the internet would never have been invented. For much of the second half of the 20th Century, music fans who wanted to listen to the latest release from their favourite artist had to make a trip to their local record ...
Apple Music is almost here — everything you need to know   Sydney Morning Herald
AC/DC ends streaming resistance as Apple Music launches   Los Angeles Times
Want to hear Zane Lowe's first Beats 1 show? Better get up early   New Zealand Herald
New York Times   
Wall Street Journal   
Irish Independent   
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MSNBC
   
Caitlyn Jennner attends NYC Pride event   
MSNBC
At the event, transgender activist Candis Cayne dedicated her performance of the song “I'm Every Woman” to Jenner, who made headlines in April for identifying publicly as a transgender woman in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer. Jenner, 65, was ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Technology


Computerworld
   
Uber grabs mapping tech, employees from Microsoft   
Computerworld
Uber is adding to its mapping smarts by acquiring technology used by Microsoft's Bing Maps, and has hired roughly 100 Microsoft employees who work on image collection and data analysis. Microsoft decided it will no longer collect the imagery and data ...
Microsoft to drop display ad biz, cut 1200 jobs Bloomberg   Moneycontrol.com
AOL in Deal With Microsoft to Take Over Display Ad Business   New York Times
Microsoft hands some of the reins for its display ad business to AOL   PCWorld
USA TODAY   
The Seattle Times   
Reuters   
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Computerworld
   
Surprise! Apple iPhone 6S specs include Force Touch (rumors of iPhone 7 ...   
Computerworld
Apple iPhone 6S specs rumors are a-swirlin'. (But don't call it the iPhone 7 OK?) Will the shiny force touch you? Super-secret-squirrel leakers are leaking secrets about Force Touch. Apparently, after its (ahem) rapturous reception in the Apple Watch ...
Debut of iPhone 8 years ago hid its potential   Boston Globe
Apple report reveals experimental new feature in next iPhone   Christian Science Monitor
iPhone history: How the iPhone has evolved since its debut in 2007   New York Daily News

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Rapid News Network
   
Yelp researchers take aim at Google search results   
Los Angeles Times
An academic study from Harvard and Columbia universities — and funded by Google competitor Yelp — found that Google discriminates against competitors in its search results. lRelated Google, Delphi deny self-driving cars nearly collided · BUSINESS ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Business


Irish Independent
   
Shelves empty as Greeks panic buy supplies   
Irish Independent
Protesters gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens last night, carrying banners calling Open Gallery 6 Protesters gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens last night, carrying banners calling for a No vote in the forthcoming ...
'Black Monday' as bank lockdown spooks Greeks   DAWN.com
Greece says crisis won't affect tourists, but Canada urges travellers to bring ...   CBC.ca
Tourists in Greece advised to bring enough cash to last trip   Irish Examiner
New Zealand Herald   
The Province   
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BBC News
   
'Community-oriented activity must to tackle climate change'   
Financial Express
Expressing concern over the scale and frequency of disasters taking place globally, experts today said the world is at an "important stage" to deal with climate change and laid stress on "very strong" community- oriented activity to tackle the issue.
Climate change plans require urgent action, warn MPs   BBC News
Britain Must Give More Incentives for Clean Energy, Adviser Says   Bloomberg
Action to address climate change at 'critical moment'   The Nation
Reuters UK   
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The Australian Financial Review
   
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank critics 'talking garbage'   
The Australian Financial Review
Former Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson says: "If people are going to keep saying the problem with the AIIB is a lack of transparency, they'd better start being concrete about it because it's absolute garbage." Josh Robenstone. Share on twitter. by ...
Hockey satisfied with Asian bank structure   The Australian (blog)
UAE signs up as AIIB founding member   Khaleej Times
RI invests big in China-led infrastructure bank   Jakarta Post
The Hindu   
Financial Express   
Herald Sun   
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2015-06-30 Namibia World


Hindustan Times
   
Israeli navy peacefully gains possession of Gaza-bound vessel   
Hindustan Times
Israel's navy took over a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip early on Monday and brought it to an Israeli port. It said the foreign activists would be questioned before they are sent back to their home countries. The ...
Netanyahu, MKs praise IDF for takeover of flotilla   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Israeli detains Gaza-bound aid vessel   The Hindu
Watch what these passengers have to say about Gaza Freedom Flotilla's social ...   Al-Bawaba
Firstpost   
The Nation   
RT   
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Firstpost
   
Egypt's top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed in car bomb attack   
Firstpost
Cairo: Egypt's top public prosecutor died of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home on Monday, the most senior state official killed in militant violence since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago.
Hisham Barakat, Prosecutor Assassinated in Egypt, Is Most Senior Official to ...   New York Times
Car bomb attack kills Egypt's top public prosecutor   Reuters
Egypt's top prosecutor survives bomb attack in east Cairo   Irish Independent
DAWN.com   
TODAYonline   
The Hindu   
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ABC Online
   
Two Uber executives detained for questioning by French police as part of probe ...   
ABC Online
French police have detained two executives from Uber for questioning as a government clampdown intensifies on the US based taxi and ride-sharing service. Uber France manager Thibaud Simphal and western Europe general manager Pierre-Dimitri ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Africa


BDlive
   
Peace Eludes South Sudan as Rivals Hold Talks   
New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — Even as South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, and his longtime rival, the rebel leader Riek Machar, met here at the behest of Kenya's president to end South Sudan's civil war, Mr. Machar's forces captured the strategic city of Malakal.
South Sudan, mired in conflict, squeezes budget   Reuters
Rebels Recapture South Sudan's Oil Hub Malakal   Wall Street Journal
South Sudanese leaders hold five-hour direct talks in Nairobi   Coastweek
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)   
StarAfrica.com   
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PinkNews
   
Mozambique decriminalises homosexuality   
PinkNews
While the law had not been enforced since the African country gained independence in 1975, it was still technically illegal to be “habitually engage[d] in vices against nature.” It was a hangover from colonial Portuguese codes, dating from 1886, and ...

2015-06-30 Namibia Namibia


New Era
   
DTT to Provide Opportunity to Restructure SA's ICT   
AllAfrica.com
The implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) will provide great potential to restructure South Africa's Information Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure as set out by the National Development Plan (NDP), says Communications ...

2015年6月28日 星期日

2015-06-29 Namibia Health


Daily News & Analysis
   
Korea reports no new MERS cases for 2nd consecutive day   
Arirang News
Now, moving onto the latest regarding the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome here in Korea. No new cases were reported for a second consecutive day on Monday, for the first time in over a month. Health ministry officials say this may be an ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Science


Financial Times
   
US space assumptions explode along with cargo   
Financial Times
It was a puff of smoke 139 seconds into the Falcon 9 rocket's voyage towards the International Space Station that indicated something had gone wrong. Moments later, with the rocket operated by SpaceX nearly 45km above the Atlantic Ocean, smoke began ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Sports

2015-06-29 Namibia Entertainment


Irish Independent
   
500000 Shades of Grey for Irish readers of phenomenon   
Irish Independent
Actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in a scene from the 2014 '50 Shades of Open Gallery 3 Actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in a scene from the 2014 '50 Shades of Grey' film EL James signs books for fans Kinga Pilichowska with EL James's ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Technology


Bloomberg
   
Apple Suppliers Said to Start Making New IPhone With Force Touch   
Bloomberg
Apple Inc.'s suppliers have started initial production of new iPhone models with a feature called Force Touch, which senses how hard users are pressing down on a screen, people with knowledge of the matter said. Its newest iPhones, in the same 4.7-inch ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Business

2015-06-29 Namibia World


New York Times
   
French Assailant Texted Beheading Photo to Canadian Number   
New York Times
PARIS — The man accused of beheading his employer and setting off an explosion at an American chemical factory in southeastern France used a smartphone application to send a gruesome photograph of himself with the victim's head, a French official said ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Africa


Independent Online
   
Mineworkers blast Marikana findings   
Independent Online
Marikana - Mineworkers in Marikana have blasted the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report for finding against the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu). About 2 000 mineworkers braved the cold weather in Wonderkop, Marikana, ...

2015-06-29 Namibia Namibia


Zambia Daily Mail
   
SADC Vows to Meet 2016 DTT Deadline   
AllAfrica.com
Walvis Bay — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries that are still using the analogue broadcasting signal are committed to migrate to digital broadcasting by June 2016. On Friday, a SADC Communications, Information, ...

2015年6月27日 星期六

2015-06-28 Namibia Health


The Statesman (press release)
   
Want to enjoy main course? Avoid good appetizer   
The Statesman (press release)
A good appetizer has the potential to significantly change how the main course is enjoyed, says a study by a food science professor. "If you have a fantastic appetizer and then the main seems lack luster, that could be because of this type of contrast effect.
Why scrummy starters ruin your meal   Tewkesbury ADMAG

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Times of India
   
iPhone app to address LGBT health issues   
Times of India
NEW YORK: A team of researchers is launching a new study with the help of an iPhone app to look into the health and wellness issues of LGBT people. A new ResearchKit app developed by the University of California at San Francisco will survey a wide ...

2015-06-28 Namibia Science


NDTV
   
NASA Explains Why June 30 Will be 1 Second Longer   
NDTV
June 30 will officially be a bit longer than usual because an extra second or "leap" second will be added . (Representational Image, Thinkstock). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. Washington: Strictly speaking, a day lasts 86,400 seconds.
30 June Gets A Leap Second Because Earth's Rotation Is Slowing Down   Gizmodo Australia
Extra second to be added on 30th June of this year   Times of India
Here's why June 30 will be precisely one second longer   Web India
Mobiletor.com   
Financial Express   
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USA TODAY
   
Weather 90% 'go' for Sunday SpaceX launch   
USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Rivals to launch the first astronauts from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station in the post-shuttle era, Boeing and SpaceX hope to help each other with Sunday's 10:21 a.m. ET launch of an unmanned resupply mission.
SpaceX's Dragon poised for launch from Florida with worms, lettuce, parking ...   ABC Online
How to Fly Rockets Back to Earth   Discovery News
NASA, Kennedy Space Centre, SpaceX, SpaceX CRS-7, Elon Musk, Dragon ...   Vancouver Sun (blog)
The Denver Post   
Florida Today   
Tech Times   
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Fox News
   
DARPA aiming to send genetically Engineered Organisms to Mars   
NY City News
A team of engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on an interesting project to send genetically engineered organisms Mars. The project aims to make the red planet more hospitable for humans. According to reports ...