Month: August 2021

MEERUT, India — India is a cinema- and sports-loving nation, and Bollywood does its bit to feed the passion by producing several sports films which, thankfully, do not only revolve around cricket (a national obsession). A […]

NAIROBI, Kenya — Standing at a height of 135-160 centimeters, the reddish-brown roan antelope is the second largest among the African species. Although endemic to Africa, their numbers are dwindling due to natural and human threats.  In Kenya, where […]

GOMA, République démocratique du Congo — President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo placed the restive Ituri and North Kivu provinces, in the east of the country, under a state of siege on May 3, replacing […]

Ancient Neanderthals could do some impressive things with elephant bones, including shaping them into everyday tools. Using sophisticated methods, the Neanderthals developed a craftsmanship predating that seen 100,000 years later, according to a new study. […]

U.S. retail gasoline prices are holding steady despite the impact of Hurricane Ida, but that may change going into the Labor Day long weekend, analysts told Zenger. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane […]

After completing a massive $1.5 billion expansion in May, the Javits Center in Manhattan hosted its first in-person trade show since suspending such events in the midst of last year’s pandemic lock downs. From Aug. […]

A new star has emerged in an Austrian zoo — a month-old king penguin chick that has started exploring its enclosure. The chick hatched at Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna on July 26 as a […]

New technology may turn entire buildings into wireless charging zones for cellphones and other devices. Such wireless electrical power would untether laptop computers and cellphones, and provide power to implanted medical devices as well as […]

A Californian teenager is set to fulfill his dad’s dream of traveling in a converted van after his father died of a heart attack before he could set off. Austyn Crispell, 18, who lives in […]

Hurricane Grace hit the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico on August 19 and a few days later, struck Veracruz and Puebla, leaving at least 10 deaths and serious material damage in its wake. With strong winds […]