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NASA’s Juno Shares Stunning Close-Up Images Of Jupiter And Its Storms

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Juno took this image 14,600 miles (23,500 km) above the planet’s cloud tops. Incredible images of Jupiter, resembling abstract watercolour paintings, have emerged from NASA through its Juno mission. On Monday, NASA shared stunning new images captured by Juno, which shows powerful storms around Jupiter. The spacecraft took this image 14,600 miles (23,500 km) above…

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US Restaurant Refuses To Sell To Officers In Uniform. Here’s Why

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The Police Officers Association tweeted this photo of Reem’s California. The San Francisco Police Officer Association has posted on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that a city bakery chain has a policy of not serving uniformed cops. Reem’s California, a regional chain of Arab street food restaurants and bakeries, has declared a…

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UK Burglar Involved In Theft Worth Over A Million Dollars Caught By Apple AirTag

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Mari Dinjaku was linked to a number of burglaries. A serial burglar, responsible for several “sophisticated” burglaries across various locations in Britain, where he stole items exceeding 800,000 pounds ($1,009,132) in value, was ultimately caught due to an electronic tag placed within stolen luggage. Mari Dinjaku, aged 38, was arrested at his residence in Wokingham,…

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Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia

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This undated photo supplied by Canberra Health Services, shows a parasite in a specimen jar at a Canberra hospital in Australia. | Photo Credit: AP A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through…

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Drought dents Sri Lanka’s economic hopes, farmers’ livelihood

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H.J.M Seneviratne cuts yellow paddy stems that dried following drought, at his paddy field in Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: Reuters H.J.M Seneviratne (63) slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed more than 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s summer rice harvest. The island’s…

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Japan says may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban

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This picture shows a sign reading “Suspend the sale of all fish products imported from Japan” an area of Japanese restaurants in Beijing on August 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Japan threatened on August 29 to take China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to seek a reversal of Beijing’s ban on all of…

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Airline Launches “Adult-Only” Section On Flights. Here’s What It Means

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The “adult-only” zone is for people who want to work in a quiet environment. An airline is offering an “adult-only” section on some routes to remove disruption of children’s noises in flights for people travelling without families. According to The Hill, Turkish-Dutch leisure carrier Corendon Airlines plans to cater to passenger aged 16 and above…

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Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia: Study

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Vehicles move on a dusty road as air pollution worsens during winters in Tongi area of Gazipur, Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to a report published on August 29…

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California Assembly passes anti-caste discrimination bill

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Califiornia state Sen. Aisha Wahab (centre) with Thenmozhi Soundararajan (right) following a news conference where she proposed SB 403, a bill which adds caste as a protected category in the state’s anti-discrimination laws, in Sacramento, California on March 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP An anti-caste discrimination bill has been passed by the California State…

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After Air New Zealand, Another Airline To Weigh Passengers Before Boarding Plane

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Both passengers and luggage will be weighed anonymously After Air New Zealand, passengers flying on Korean Air –South Korea’s largest airline– will be asked to step on a scale before boarding their flight, the Independent reported. Korean Air confirmed on its website that it would be ”measuring the average weight of passengers along with their carry-on items for flight safety”….

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