2015-08-16 Namibia Health

IBNLive   

Playing Tetris for 3 minutes could reduce your worst cravings   
IBNLive
Just three minutes of playing Tetris on a smartphone could abate cravings for drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, food, sex and even sleeping by as much as one fifth, according to a new study. The research team that demonstrated the game's ability to ...
Popular Block-stacking game Tetris can help deal with Cravings: Plymouth ...   NY City News
Gaming: Tetris Can be a Solution for Addiction Cravings   The Market Business
Gaming: Tetris Play Weakens Cravings and Addiction By 20 Percent   Headlines & Global News
The Hoops News   
The Next Digit   
Morning Ticker   
all 117 news articles »   

---

CTV News   

US scientists take step toward making painkillers from yeast   
CTV News
MIAMI (AFP) - A team of U.S. scientists say they have taken an important step toward engineering painkillers from yeast, a process that has raised both hope and concern worldwide. A report published this week in the U.S. journal Science describes how ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Science

Wall Street Journal   

Ecuador Declares Emergency as Volcano Near Quito Spews Ash   
Wall Street Journal
QUITO, Ecuador—President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency Saturday over increasing activity in the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito, and officials evacuated a few hundred people as a precaution. The decree gives authorities more ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Sports

NewsDay   

Namibia thrash Zimbabwe 80-6   
Namibian
Namibia gave an awesome performance as they thrashed Zimbabwe 80-6 to win the Africa Cup Division 1A trophy on Saturday. Namibia held a 28-6 lead at the break but the floodgates opened in the second half as they ran in a total of 12 tries to complete ...
Sables face uphill task against World Cup-bound Namibia   NewsDay
Sables' Sternest Test   AllAfrica.com
Namibia out to maintain supremacy over Zimbabwe… Welwitschias ready to sign ...   New Era (press release)
VOA Zimbabwe   
all 11 news articles »   

---

Goal.com   

Southampton lacked organisation - Koeman   
Goal.com
Southampton's 3-0 home loss to Everton boiled down to a lack of organisation, according to manager Ronald Koeman. The hosts succumbed to Romelu Lukaku's first-half double and an excellent late strike from Ross Barkley, with Everton exploiting ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Entertainment

Hoodline   

Smash Gallery Debuts In Former Bash Contemporary Space   
Hoodline
Observant neighbors may have noticed that the name on the fine-art gallery at the corner of Golden Gate and Leavenworth has changed ever-so-slightly, from "Bash" to "Smash." The name change comes as a new team has taken over the gallery, where it ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Technology

Irish Independent   

What does Google's restructuring mean for the technology giant?   
Irish Independent
As far as bids for immortality go, it must already be the most lucrative in history. Larry Page's restructuring of Google under a new umbrella called Alphabet - in a way designed to ensure both its longevity and his own - delivered an instant $28bn ...
Why Google and Larry Page created their own Alphabet   Times of India
From Alphabet to Warren Buffett: how the conglomerate was reborn   The Guardian
Google: Letters of intent   Financial Times

all 1,107 news articles »   

---

The Australian Financial Review   

US National Security Agency feeds big appetite for security start ups   
The Australian Financial Review
Edward Snowden, probably the most famous former NSA contractor, looms large over all of the security start-ups. Getty. by Hannah Kuchler. Skilled engineers charged with tracking weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, US government-backed ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Business

Times LIVE   

Yuan move has global impact from SA to US   
Times LIVE
A man walks past an advertisement promoting China's renminbi (RMB) or yuan, U.S. dollar and Euro exchange services at foreign exchange store in Hong Kong, China, August 13, 2015. Image: TYRONE SIU REUTERS ...

2015-08-16 Namibia World

NDTV   

Chinese officials say death toll from Tianjin blasts rises to 112, with 95 missing   
Washington Post
TIANJIN, China — Chinese officials say death toll from Tianjin blasts rises to 112, with 95 missing. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. world ...
China blasts death toll rises to 112, with 95 missing: Xinhua   Reuters
China explosions death toll rises to 112   CBC.ca
New Blasts and More Evacuations in Tianjin, China   ABC News
STLtoday.com   
AsiaOne   
all 708 news articles »   

---

NDTV   

40 Migrants Found Dead in Sea Rescue   
New York Times
ROME — The crew of an Italian Navy ship that responded to a distress call on Saturday morning from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants discovered the bodies of more than 20 people piled on top of one another in the boat's hold, Italian officials said.
40 migrants suffocate on overcrowded boat off Italy   Times of India
40 Migrants Die off Italy as Europe Faces 'Worst Crisis Since World War II'   NDTV
'40 Migrants Die In Mediterranean'   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Zee News   
Xinhua   
Channel News Asia   
all 415 news articles »   

---

Reuters   

Britain says to protest to Ecuador over Assange asylum   
Reuters
LONDON Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. "Ecuador must ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Africa

The News   

Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Nigeria   
New York Times
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped to her body near a market in the northeastern Nigerian State of Borno, killing at least three people, police and civilian vigilante sources said on Saturday. No one claimed ...

2015-08-16 Namibia Namibia

48 rhino poaching suspects arrested since June: NamPol   
Namibian
TARGET ... Two white rhino approaching the feedlot at the Oropoko Lodge. The Namibian Police Force's Anti-Poaching Unit has since June this year arrested 48 people for alleged rhinoceros poaching crimes. Photo: Nampa (File). The Namibian Police Force ...