A 17-year-old has committed doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing euthanasia for people of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said on Saturday. Wim Distelmans, who chairs Belgium’s Federal Control and Evaluation Committee on Euthanasia, told ... Read More »
Singapore confirmed its first case of Zika in a pregnant woman as the number of people affected by the mosquito-borne virus rose to 115, according to authorities on Thursday. Singapore’s Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Wednesday night that the pregnant woman was living in the same housing block ... Read More »
AUSTIN – You may remember a story we told you last April about a local woman designing and building the first two container homes in Austin. Now they’re complete, sitting side by side on East 51st Street. They’re the brainchild of Austin architect and designer Patrice Rios. We first visited ... Read More »
What will the preseason AP top 25 look like when the college football rankings comes out on August 21st? How’s the poll going to be different from the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll? There usually isn’t too much of a change between the two – it’s relatively easy up top ... Read More »
In honor of Russian Aerospace Force Day, the Russian Ministry of Defense has released its first official footage of the fifth-generation stealth aircraft, the PAK FA Sukhoi T-50. The government unveiled the montage of its prized stealth fighters launching from an aircraft carrier’s ski-jump ramp, along with several other aircraft, such ... Read More »
Gary and Paul O’Donovan won the silver medal in Rio in the men’s lightweight doubles sculls on Friday from Rio, marking the first rowing medal in Irish history. Afterwards, the brothers from West Cork gave a terrific interview with an Irish television station, RTE Sport. It begins with Paul asking, “What’s the craic?” ... Read More »
Last November, Amazon opened the doors of Amazon Books – its first physical, real-life bookstore – right on its home turf of Seattle. While I was in town this week, I made sure to stop by Amazon Books to check it out. I love books, and I…well. I don’t necessarily ... Read More »
IT was the young and earnest Abhinav Bindra’s persistence, no doubt, that convinced his German coach Heinz Reinkemeier to start working with the shooting prodigy 16 years ago. A dozen new kids approach the reputed coach, tactician and psychoanalyst every month in Germany, sport shooting’s ultimate hub, so he wasn’t ... Read More »
A global health conference held in Carlisle brought in more than £40,000 to the local economy over three days, organisers have revealed. Now they have spoken of thier hope that the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) will return to the city next year – providing a platform of growing influence ... Read More »
A lunar exploration company received government approval Wednesday to launch a commercial unmanned mission to the moon sometime next year. Moon Expressed formally received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch its MX-1 lunar lander there in 2017. “Moon Express received the green light for pursuing its 2017 lunar ... Read More »
Beginning on July 1 all McDonald’s outlets in Russia have accepted payments via the Mir card, the Russian business daily Kommersant reports. The company has become the largest restaurant chain in terms of customer volume to service clients of the Russian payment system. Currently, major companies that accept Mir cards ... Read More »
Back in 2009, Saves the Day frontman Chris Conley and Say Anything frontman Max Bemis released a collaborative album under the name Two Tongues. According to some recent tweets by Max, a followup is coming this year. Details on that are still TBA, but the band did just announce their ... Read More »
