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By Rod McGuirk CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (AP) – A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania, a bird expert said on Friday. Hatchling in Alaska during the Northern Hemisphere summer with a tracking GPS chip […]
CNA – A relentless Maria Sakkari capped her perfect run through the round robin stage of the WTA Finals with a 6-2 6-3 win over Ons Jabeur on Friday to reach the semi-finals in Fort Worth, Texas along with group runner-up Aryna Sabalenka. Sakkari broke twice for a 5-1 cushion en route to capturing the […]
LISBON (AFP) – The mysticism that has allowed tech firms to make billions of dollars from surveillance is finally clearing, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP. Meredith Whittaker, who spent years working for Google before helping to organise a staff walkout in 2018 over working conditions, said tech was “valorised” and “fetishised” […]
ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – South Korea’s financial authorities said on Thursday they would closely monitor for any signs of increasing volatility in the financial markets following a big United States (US) rate hike – the fourth consecutive 75-point increase since June amid persistent inflation. “Uncertainties are certainly growing and we’ll be extra vigilant in our […]
ANN/THE STAR – Just as the Avengers did, a chosen few people can start collecting the stones for their own Infinity Gauntlet as Marvel and East Continental Gems made 300 Reality Stones available for pre-sale recently. Officially on sale on November 15, the red rubies are the first of the individual gems to debut as […]