The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has published new photos from its Tianwen 1 Mars project, including two spectacular selfies taken by the mission’s orbiter circling the planet. The artificial satellite was able to take a picture of itself by releasing a special camera into space on a one-way journey. …
Read More »Statue of sitting president toppled & beheaded (PHOTOS)
A newly-unveiled statue of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the municipality of Atlacomulco, which has strong ties to the opposition, was knocked down several days after it was inaugurated by a mayor. The statue was unveiled on Thursday in a festive ceremony led by Atlacomulco’s outgoing mayor Roberto …
Read More »GOP congresswoman mocks AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress (PHOTOS)
The congresswoman from Colorado donned a red dress with the words “Let’s Go Brandon” during an event at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Thursday. The dress was an apparent reference to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congresswoman from New York, who famously attended the Met Gala in …
Read More »Poisonous smog hangs over Delhi after Diwali celebrations (PHOTOS)
On Friday morning, India’s Air Quality Index surged, reaching 459 on a scale of 500, indicating “severe” air pollution – the highest figure recorded this year. Online resource Waqi.info reported that contamination in the capital on Friday was at least 10 times higher than in London. The concentration of poisonous …
Read More »Hackers leak ‘IDF soldiers’ private info & Israeli defense minister’s PHOTOS,’ claim to have more classified docs
In posts on its website and Telegram channel earlier this week, the black hat group released a number of photos of Gantz, claiming it has access to “confidential documents” on the country’s Ministry of Defense and the minister himself. “We’ve kept an eye on you for many years, at every …
Read More »Gare du Nord station in Paris evacuated over suspicious baggage (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Hundreds of people were forced to stand outside the station on Wednesday after police ordered its evacuation. Transport Express Regional (TER) tweeted that transport from the station has been interrupted, while the company running the Paris Metro specified that trains were not running in either direction between Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris …
Read More »BepiColombo probe snaps mesmerizing up-close PHOTOS of Mercury during mission’s first flyby of planet
The BepiColombo spacecraft, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), flew by Mercury overnight, its closest approach being just 199km (123 miles) above the surface of the hard-to-reach planet. It snapped a handful of photos showing the densely cratered surface of …
Read More »Iran successfully tests homemade Mersad-16 missile system (PHOTOS)
On Tuesday, the Iranian army test-fired the Mersad-16 missile system in the Dasht-e Kavir desert in the north-central province of Semnan, Iranian media reported. The indigenously developed hardware is made to intercept high-speed targets such as cruise missiles at low altitudes, Brigadier General Mohammad Khoshghalb, Deputy Chief of Operations of …
Read More »Passenger bus explodes in central Russian city of Voronezh (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The incident took place by a large shopping mall in the city’s center late on Thursday. The powerful blast occurred when the passengers were boarding the vehicle at a bus stop. Some 30 people were on board at the time of the explosion, the driver of the bus, who survived …
Read More »Apple to scan photos on all US iPhones for ‘child abuse imagery’ as researchers warn of impending ‘1984’ – reports
Financial Times reported on the plan Thursday, citing anonymous sources briefed on Apple’s plans. The scheme was reportedly shared with some US academics earlier in the week in a virtual meeting. Dubbed “neuralMatch,” the system will reportedly scan every photo uploaded to iCloud in the US and tag it with …
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