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NASA confirms evidence that liquid water flows on today’s Mars NASA New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet. […]

Africa: New human ancestor discovered- Homo Naledi South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) A new human species has been revealed at the Cradle of Humankind on Gauteng’s West rand, called the Homo-Naledi. This is said to be the largest human fossil ensemble to be discovered on the African continent. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the fossil […]

China celebrates 50th anniversary of Tibet’s autonomy Xinhua LHASA, Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China- A grand ceremony kicked off Tuesday in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the region’s founding. Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng will […]

Australia: Sydney is set to get a second zoo The zoo is the same size as Auckland (New Zealand) and Perth (Australia) zoos and twice the size of Adelaide Zoo. It will, however, be smaller than the not-for-profit Taronga Zoo which sits on a 28 hectare site and has 3,500 animals. The zoo has a […]

UNWTO Regional Conference Enhancing Brand Africa Fostering Tourism Development, Accra, Ghana, 17-19 August 2015 Source: United Nations World Tourism Organization MADRID- The UNWTO Regional Conference Enhancing Brand Africa – Fostering Tourism Development will bring together a wide variety of African tourism stakeholders to explore how build a stronger brand for Africa as a tourism destination […]

Some international leaders congratulate Beijing on successful 2022 Winter Olympic bid Xinhua BEIJING- Leaders of some countries and international organizations have sent messages to China, congratulating Beijing on its successful bid to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In a congratulatory message sent to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that […]

Tyler Perry’s plans for former Fort McPherson Army base By J. Scott Trubey Military Times The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP ATLANTA — Filmmaker Tyler Perry’s plans for a sprawling movie studio at Fort McPherson may include an amphitheater and a museum, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A map provided to the U.S. […]

Brazil: Racial inequality continues as Statute of Racial Equality turns five While the Statute of Racial Equality in Brazil turned five, the country still struggles with inequality By Lise Alves The Rio Times SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Statute of Racial Equality in Brazil completes five years of existence on Monday, July 20th but still […]

NASA’s Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth NASA NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another “Earth.” The newly discovered Kepler-452b […]

NASA’s 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto reaches historic encounter NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. NASA After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the […]