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· Aug 13
Air Canada says it will begin cancelling flights ahead of possible weekend strike
The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has signalled that its members intend to go on strike this weekend, paving the way for workers to walk off the job as early as Saturday morning. A...
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· Aug 13
Ukraine open to discussing aerial truce with Russia, Zelensky's aide says
"Russia is unlikely to abandon the use of strategic aviation or large-scale drone deployments," Mykhailo Podolyak told Corriere della Sera. "However, Ukraine is ready to discuss and consider this scen...
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· Aug 13
Magnetized pen detects Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages | The prototype pen is able to detect subtle Parkinson's-related tremors via writing exercises such as drawing continuous spirals
We've already seen a pen that helps people with Parkinson's disease to write clearly, but this one is a little different. By assessing its user's hand movements as they write, it can provide an early ...
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· Aug 13
Radar captures subtle cellphone vibrations to eavesdrop on calls from several feet away | Using millimeter-wave radar and adapted speech recognition software, engineers were able to reconstruct words
The team positioned a millimeter wave radar device, technology similar to that used in self-driving cars and advanced motion detectors, a few feet away from a smartphone....
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· Aug 13
French nuclear plant shuts down due to swarm of jellyfish in cooling systems
Four reactors at France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant were shut down late Sunday due to a swarm of jellyfish in the cooling systems, operator EDF said on Monday, likely due to rising water temperat...
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· Aug 13
Myanmar military chief calls for heightened security ahead of election
Myanmar's military chief has called for increased security for political party members and candidates as a newly formed interim government proceeds with a planned election in December and January that has been dismissed in the West as a sham.
www.reuters.com
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· Aug 13
Taiwan’s New Naval Drones Could Strike Any Chinese Invasion
Taiwan is now rapidly developing a naval drone capability. Several types have been seen being trialled with a range of armaments. These vessels, known as USVs, could enable Taiwan to disrupt and weake...
www.navalnews.com
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· Aug 13
Everyone is pulling their money out of U.S. markets as they diversify away. Maybe permanently.
Global ex-U.S. equity funds received their biggest inflows in more than four-and-a-half years in July, as investors redirected capital away from the United States on concerns over the economy, stretched stock values, and a weakening dollar.
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· Aug 13
Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’
www.theguardian.com