Southern California was rattled by its largest earthquake in two decades late Friday, a 7.1-magnitude tremor that shook buildings and cut power supplies in parts of Los Angeles but did not cause major damage or deaths, officials said. The shallow quake struck near the small city of Ridgecrest at 8:19 pm (0319 GMT Saturday), US seismologists said, and follows a 6.4-magnitude quake that hit the same area the day before. The latest quake was 11 times stronger than the previous day’s “foreshock”, according to the United States Geological Survey, and is part of what seismologists are calling an “earthquake sequence”.…
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As part of the third beta of iOS 13, Apple is testing a feature called “FaceTime Attention Correction” to make users fake an eye-to-eye contact on Apple’s video-calling app, even when they are looking elsewhere. Normally, video calls tend to make it look like both participants are peering off to one side or the other, since they are looking at the person on their display rather than directly into the front-facing camera which is exactly what this feature intends to fix, The Verge reported on Tuesday. “Haven’t tested this yet, but if Apple uses some dark magic to move my gaze…
A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing into the sea. The volcano is known to be active but on Wednesday there were two particularly powerful explosions. “Unfortunately one man is dead, there are a few injured, but none seriously,” emergency worker Calogero Foti said. The dead man was a 35-year-old from Messina in Sicily who was walking with a Brazilian companion who was found dehydrated and in a state of shock, the AGI news agency reported. They were walking below the 400 metre altitude limit above which a…
Indian-origin Kamala Harris has surged to the second spot among more than 20 Democrats vying for their party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election after her standout performance in the first Democratic presidential debate, according to a latest opinion poll. Harris, 54, the first Indian-origin American Senator, soared to 20 per cent in the Quinnipiac University survey, while former US Vice President Joe Biden fell to 22 per cent among Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters. It is a significant change from a Quinnipiac poll released last month that showed Biden leading the pack with 30 per cent and Harris lingering in…
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After seeing a lackluster start, Apple’s News+ service is reportedly in for a design overhaul, among other improvements. Multiple publishers have been unimpressed with the revenue generated from Apple News+. “According to some of the publishing executives, Apple’s News+ team has asked for input during meetings on the service since its launch. Apple reportedly acknowledged during meetings that the iPhone News users are confused about the difference between free articles and paid news content,” the Macrumors reported on Saturday. However, it’s not very clear if the iPhone maker would address publisher issues. The company has expressed a desire to both encourage longer…
Defending champion Novak Djokovic shares centre stage on Centre Court with Naomi Osaka on Monday as Wimbledon gets underway. Top seed and world number one Djokovic is seeking a fifth Wimbledon and 16th major as the Serb attempts to bounce back from his shattering Roland Garros exit. His five-set semi-final loss to Dominic Thiem ended his hopes of becoming just the second man in history to hold all four majors at the same time on two occasions. On Monday, he opens proceedings on Centre Court against German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. It will be their third meeting in 2019, 35-year-old Kohlschreiber…
Often, we think of bone as something that is structurally solid, especially its hard outer layer, called cortical bone. But a new discovery of never-before-seen hidden passages traversing these rigid organs in both animals and humans could lead to a rethink of the structure and function of basic skeletal anatomy. A Rael-Science post says in a new study, researchers in Germany report finding a previously undetected network of fine blood vessels that act like a secret tunnelling system inside bone, helping blood and immune cells spread efficiently and rapidly throughout the body. “It is really unexpected being able to find…
Will Joe Biden, the former vice-president, retain his early lead in polls to win the Democratic presidential nomination and take on President Donald Trump in 2020? Or will it be one of the others, younger, ethnically different, or one of the six women in the fray or an Indian American or a Hindu American? Democrats kicked off their search for their 2020 nominee on Wednesday with the first leg of their inaugural presidential debate in Miami, Florida. Ten candidates, with Senator Elizabeth Warren in the middle, will take the stage for two hours of grilling by a panel of journalists…
Apple is all set to launch its 16-inch MacBook Pro in September this year, media reported on Monday. “We foresee that Apple will release a new product in September 2019 Apple event if there’s no unexpected development issue,” said Jeff Lin, Associate Director of Consumer Electronics at IHS Markit, reported The Verge. The upcoming MacBook Pro is said to feature an LCD panel from LG display with a resolution of 3072 x 1920, which is better then the current high-end model’s 15.4-inch 2880×1800 display. In an earlier report, famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo spoke about the launch of new Apple devices. Kuo stated that…
US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday his chances of retaining the White House in 2020 would be strengthened if Democratic lawmakers start impeachment proceedings against him. Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he thought impeachment was good politics for him, Trump replied, “I think I win the election easier.” The president repeated his longstanding allegation that the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into his 2016 campaign was illegal. “I was spied on. What they did to me was illegal. It was illegal on the other side. I did nothing wrong,” he said in the previously recorded interview.…
In criminal law and procedures, the right to bail either in the custody of any of the law enforcement agencies or in court or pending appeal is both a constitutional right and a statutory right pursuant to the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015-herein after referred to as ACJA. and several judicial authorities of courts too are on this subject matter of bail. Therefore, one of the conditions of bail has been that the suspect or the Defendant as the case might be shall produce a ‘surety’. Many times, some persons stand by as commercial surety who…
Dr Biodun Ogungbo has always been an avid promoter of better health care in Nigeria and is always finding innovative ways to raise awareness on trending and often controversial health topics. The Diaspora returnee (UK trained Neurosurgeon),presents an Epic 3D health care animated short film, taking health care promotion in Nigeria to another level. As the lead surgeon for the Brain and Spine Surgery Consortium (BASS) in Abuja, he talks about his next exciting project, the soon to be released 3D animated film, showcasing surgical outcome following spine surgery performed in Nigeria through the skills of a Nigerian 3D design agency.…
Italy’s far-right interior minister marked World Refugee Day on Thursday by insisting migrants rescued by a charity vessel are banned from entering Italian territorial waters. The rescue boat Sea-Watch 3 has been stuck in the Mediterranean since rescuing 53 migrants drifting in an inflatable raft off the coast of Libya on June 12. However ten of the migrants, including two pregnant women, were allowed to disembark Saturday on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, which lies between the Italian mainland and the north African coast. The remaining 43 include six women and four unaccompanied minors. Sea-Watch 3 has refused to return…
Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of millions of people across Asia, according to a study published on Wednesday. Scientists have long been trying to establish how quickly rising global temperatures caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas are eating away at the region’s icebound landscapes, sometimes referred to as Earth’s third pole. The new analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, showed glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than…
Thirty-eight people were killed and many others wounded in attacks on two ethnic Dogon villages in central Mali, the government said Tuesday, in the latest in a cycle of violence in the volatile Sahel country. No group immediately claimed responsibility for Monday’s attacks but Mali has seen a spate of massacres this year between ethnic Dogon and Fulani communities. “The terrorist attacks on Monday evening targeted the villages of Gangafani and Yoro… not far from the border with Burkina Faso. The official provisional toll is 38 dead and numerous people wounded,” the Malian government said in a statement. “Defence and…
US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four years ago and who is now a victim of an attempted ouster by Democrats. At a packed rally at an arena in Orlando, Florida, Trump made clear he would run for re-election as an outsider, just as he did in 2016. Whether he can pull it off remains far from certain as Trump has been in office now for 2-1/2 years. He revisited campaign themes from four years ago, decrying illegal immigration, the news…
Scientists have discovered two new Earth-like planets around one of the closest stars within our galactic neighbourhood. The planets are located only 12.5 light years away orbiting the Teegarden star – a red dwarf in the direction of the constellation of Aries, according to the study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Its surface temperature is 2,700 degrees Celsius, and its mass is only one-tenth that of the Sun, researchers said. Even though it is so near, its faintness impeded its discovery until 2003. “We have been observing this star for three years to look for periodic variations in…
A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide by war, persecution and other violence, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday, an increase of more than 2 million from last year and an overall total that would amount to the world’s 20th most populous country. The annual “Global Trends” report released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees counts the number of the world’s refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people at the end of 2018. The figures, coming on the eve of World Refugee Day on Thursday, are bound to add fuel to a debate at the intersection of international…
The Red Chamber of Nigeria’s bicameral Legislature currently under the watch of Senator Ahmed Lawan, has aroused a fierce anger in the country following its rejection of a motion on Thursday seeking to debate the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari on the Democracy Day. The majority of the senators at plenary overwhelmingly voted against the motion when the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who presided over the session, subjected it to voice vote. The motion was moved by Senator Istifanus Gyang (Plateau-PDP), who came under Order 52 of the Senate standing order. Gyang had sought the leave of…
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has said General Muhammadu Buhari has lost moral right to continue the so called anti-corruption fight in the country, describing it as fake. Frank said the current administration should stop deceiving the people and the international community over the programme which he said was largely a failure. He, however urged General Buhari to learn how to fight corruption from the Tanzanian President, adding that currently all the institutions of government and sectors are more corrupt now than ever. Speaking during the Democracy…
ADDRESS BY H.E PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE 2019 NATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY AT THE EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA 12TH JUNE 2019 Protocols 1.All Praise is due to GOD Almighty Who spared our lives to be present at this great occasion. We give thanks also that the democratic process has been further entrenched and strengthened. Twenty years ago, a democratically elected government took over from the military in a historic transfer of political power for our country. Today, we are privileged to mark the longest period of unbroken democratic leadership and 5thpeaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another…
As South West governors resume office after their inauguration on 29th May, 2019, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the formation of balanced cabinets by the new governors of Oyo, Lagos and Ogun. Making the call was the Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola. In a press statement circulated on Tuesday 11th June, 2019, the Islamic human rights organization advised the new governors to allow their cabinets to reflect the spirit of participatory democracy by ensuring that all stakeholders are not only consulted but fully involved. “Your new governments must be inclusive. It must carry all…
The senator representing Gombe Central, Senator Danjuma Goje (APC,) has withdrawn from the race to the senate presidency and thrown his weight behind Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North, APC) ahead of the 9th Assembly inauguration. His decision to step down came shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The senator dismissed news making rounds that he was compelled to step down from the senate presidency race by the President. “To say that I have been threatened to support somebody, No! I am supporting Lawan based on my own conviction that I am doing the right thing for our country,…
Google is putting some new laws in place to ban app stores that facilitate the sale of marijuana or related products, as part of a change to its content policy. Since the gradual loosening of marijuana laws in the US, a number of weed-based apps have sprung up on the Google Play store. The most well-known of which is Eaze, which is a medical marijuana delivery app. According to a spokes person from Eaze, he stated, “Google’s decision is a disappointing development that only helps the illegal market thrive, but we are confident that Google, Apple and Facebook will eventually…
President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was on Wednesday May 29, 2019 sworn in for a second term at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Just like every other inauguration, a speech was expected from his Excellency but none was given. This act has raised a lot of questions and reactions amongst Nigerians including the fact that former heads of states and political stake holders were not present at the inauguration. Professor Jideofor Adibe, a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Nasarawa State University and Newspaper columnist in an interview with Arise News gives his…
JUBA/COX’S BAZAR/UNITED NATIONS – “My periods are a nightmare,” Nyanjuma Galoth, 20, told UNFPA at a civilian protection camp in South Sudan. “They are very painful, and I can’t get any sanitary products.” It is a major source of stress, she said. “The days that I am lucky, I get a few sanitary pads from my friends, while other days, I end up using rags to absorb the blood flow.” It is like “a terrible sickness,” she said. She is not alone. Too many girls and women – those in crisis settings, those who are impoverished or vulnerable, and even those…
A member of Mercy Corps’ emergency response team in Zimbabwe, Vimbayi Mazhani, has said that the destruction left by Cyclone Idai was terrible and nearly unimaginable. Reported to be the deadliest storm system so far this year, the cyclone ravaged communities, its combination of heavy rain, flooding and landslides leveling infrastructure, burying villages and killing thousands. “People were still in shock,” Vimbayi recalls of the immediate aftermath. “People were crying, not believing that in a twinkle of an eye their lives had changed. There were no services like power, water or markets, since they were destroyed. Areas were not yet accessible because roads…
On Monday, WhatsApp urged all of its 1.5 billion users to update their apps after concerns were raised hackers could inject surveillance software on to phones via the call function. The app discovered a vulnerability that allowed attackers to install malicious code on iPhones and Android phones by ringing up a target device. The code could be transmitted even if users did not answer their phones and a log of the call often disappeared, according to reports. The attack was developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group, according to a report in the Financial Times. The problem was first discovered…
There are stories making the rounds about unscrupulous medical activities in India. One You may have read how an 11 year old boy had his kidney removed for black market sale. Apparently, the kid had been taken to India for what was likely a simple surgical intervention. However, hours and hours went by before the father was allowed to see the child. It turns out later and as they found out, that the kidney had been harvested, stolen while the kid was under sedation. Two A woman was promised marriage, love and forever by a suitor who lavished her with…
