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Giappone
Can internet-beaming balloons outmaneuver shifting winds?
For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory that was spun out of Google believes it can outmaneuver the wind. In doing so, the 4-year-old “Project Loon” says it will be able to bring remote parts of the world online more quickly with a smaller fleet of the balloons than ...
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Paesi Bassi
Onderzoekers Eindhoven ontwikkelen 'slimme' pil
Een medicijn dat voortdurend zelf kan bepalen hoe hard en waar het moet werken in het lichaam van een zieke. Onderzoekers van de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) hebben een methode bedacht waarmee ze zo'n medicijn dichterbij hopen te brengen. Ze publiceren vrijdag in Nature Communications.
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Nuova Zelanda
Guns N' Roses' Wellington guitar picks on Trade Me
How do you sell three pieces of coin-sized plastic for over NZ$300?
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington business owners 'sabotaging' sensor car parks to get free parking, city council says
Some business owners in Wellington's CBD are being accused of "sabotaging" new sensor car parks in an effort to get free parking.
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USA Bielorussia
Number of Ukrainian children needing aid nearly doubles to 1 million in past year
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: UkraineThe increase – an additional 420,000 girls and boys – is due to the continued fighting and the steady deterioration of life in eastern Ukraine, where some 1.7 million people have been displaced. KYIV/GENEVA, 17 February 2017 – As the volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its ...
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USA
World must act now to save lives in Somalia
Source: World Food Programme, UN Children's Fund Country: SomaliaUNICEF and WFP warns that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe. MOGADISHU – As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only ...
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Kenya
East Africa: Kenya's Foreign Minister Mohamed Says East Africa Best Invesment Destination
[Daily News] East Africa offers friendly investment ground for German investors that assures high rate of return than any other developing region in the world.
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USA
Consumer Agency Can Demand Answers About Foreclosed Homes, Judge Rules
The ruling states that one of the largest providers of seller-financed homes must comply with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. These types of sales have ballooned in poorer neighborhoods.
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Kenya
Jubilee maps strongholds, battle zones
The Jubilee Party battle plan identifies 13 swing-vote counties it believes will decide the election on August 8. According to strategy documents seen by the Star, the party also has established 17 counties as core Jubilee zones, and the remaining 17 as core NASA zones. The 13 counties contain 4.75 ...
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Kenya
Business News: Airtel expands digital literacy campaign
Airtel Kenya has extended its support for digital literacy in peri-urban and urban communities across Kenya.