Google Earth leads to remains of missing Florida man in lake

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 04:51:33 +0000

It took 22 years, but a missing man’s remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake, authorities said. The skeletal remains were of William Moldt, who went missing in 1997 at the age of 40, according […]

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Largest flying animal in history identified: study

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:27:49 +0000

Scientists on Tuesday unveiled a new species pterosaur, the plane-sized reptiles that lorded over primeval skies above T-rex, Triceratops and other dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. With a wingspan of ten meters and weighing 250 kilos, Cryodrakon boreas rivals another pterosaur as the largest flying animal of all time, researchers reported in the Journal of […]

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Heatstroke kills 2 in Japan post-typhoon blackout

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:22:07 +0000

Heatstroke has killed two people in Japan, officials said Wednesday, as nearly half a million homes struggled with electricity outages after a powerful typhoon battered Tokyo and the surrounding area. A 93-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man were found unconscious at their respective homes on Tuesday and were later confirmed dead by doctors, an official […]

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Trump ousts hawkish Bolton, dissenter on foreign policy

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:19:45 +0000

President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. The sudden shake-up marked the latest departure of a prominent voice of dissent from the president’s inner circle, as Trump has grown less accepting […]

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”It is time to stop vaping’: Kansas reports sixth US death linked to mystery illness

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:14:29 +0000

A Kansas resident was the sixth person to die in the United States of a mysterious respiratory illness related to vaping, state officials said on Tuesday, as public health officials scrambled to understand a nationwide health problem. “It is time to stop vaping,” Kansas State Health Officer Dr. Lee Norman Norman said in a statement. […]

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The iPhone 11 is here

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:55:21 +0000

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) caught up with hardware rivals on Tuesday by revealing a triple-camera iPhone, and it rolled out a streaming TV service priced at $5 (P260) a month, undercutting Disney and Netflix. The announcements came at the company’s biggest marketing event, where it unveils its top products for the year ahead, and showcased an […]

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More violence will not solve social issues – Hong Kong leader

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:15:07 +0000

An escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in Hong Kong, the leader of the Chinese-ruled city, Carrie Lam, said on Tuesday, adding that she deeply regretted interference by foreign parliaments in the Asian financial hub’s matters. Lam was speaking after another weekend of sometimes violent clashes in the former British colony, with police firing […]

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Dennis Rodman, who hangs with Trump and Kim, says Korea peace deal ‘could still work’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:23:00 +0000

Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman, one of a handful of Westerners to have met North Korean head of state Kim Jong Un, and a friend of US President Donald Trump, said on Monday he thought the two leaders could work out a deal. “I think that it could still work. I just think that […]

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Silence, devastation mark Bahamas town following ‘Dorian’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:55:58 +0000

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) — The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees, and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamor for seats on airplanes and berths on ships arriving with aid and departing with people who lost their homes when deadly hurricane “Dorian” struck the Bahamas. […]

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Huge crowd takes Hong Kong protest message to US consulate

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:50:37 +0000

HONG Kong, China (AFP) –  A huge crowd of pro-democracy activists marched to the United States consulate in Hong Kong yesterday in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing following three months of huge and sometimes violent protests. Millions have taken to Hong Kong’s streets over the last 14 weeks in the biggest […]

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