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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
He Jiankui, Chinese scientist who edited babies' genes, jailed for three years
The scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies has been sentenced to to three years in prison by a court in China.
He Jiankui said in November 2018 that he had used gene-editing technology known as Crispr-Cas9 to change the genes of twin girls, causing a backlash in China and globally about the ethics of his research and work.
The court in Shenzen found him guilty of illegal practice and also fined him 3m yuan (US$430,000), according to the state news agency Xinhua. Two other people on He’s research team received lesser sentences and fines.
Earth from Space
This picture of Los Angeles, California, U.S.,
was acquired by the backward (northward)-viewing camera of the Multi-angle
Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. Smoke
from the Station Fire is seen covering the interior valleys along the south
side of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Truck bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu: international organization
At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years.
The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia's foreign minister said, adding that dozens were injured.
Saturday is a working day in the Muslim country and the explosion occurred during the morning rush hour. Rescuers carried bodies past the twisted wreckage of a vehicle and a minibus taxi smeared with blood.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Kazakhstan Plane Crash Kills at Least 12 People
A passenger jet carrying 98 people crashed into a building shortly after takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan on Friday morning, killing at least 12 people and injuring scores more.
The crash of the Bek Air plane was the latest aviation tragedy to befall a former Soviet republic, a region plagued by a still-checkered safety record even as passenger numbers increase with the proliferation of low-cost carriers like Bek, a small Kazakh airline.
Most of the passengers survived, the Kazakh authorities said. There were conflicting reports on the total number of people on board, but the Health Ministry, in a statement, eventually fixed the numbers at 93 passengers and five crew members.
Friday, December 27, 2019
Avalanche at Swiss ski resort buries 'a number' of skiers
At least two people were injured and “a number” of people buried when an swept down a ski slope in Andermatt, Switzerland, state police said Thursday.
“We believe there are more people buried but we can’t say how many,” Reto Pfister, state police spokesperson in the Swiss canton of Uri, told NBC News.
The police first received reports of the avalanche at 10:50 a.m. (4:50 a.m. ET). Emergency services including Alpine Rescue Switzerland, Swiss Air Ambulance and the state police were involved in the ongoing rescue operation.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Taliban attack on Afghan army checkpoint kills 7 troops
The Taliban targeted an army checkpoint in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least seven Afghan soldiers, the defense ministry and the insurgents said.
The ministry said in a statement that the “enemy" attack in northern Balkh province, in the district of Dawlat Abad, also wounded six other members of the security forces — three soldiers and three intelligence agents. An investigation was underway, the statement added.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying also that the insurgents captured four Afghan troops and seized weapons and ammunition form the checkpoint.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Five people have been sentenced to death in connection with the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor announced Monday, but the two most senior officials implicated in the case, including an adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, were cleared of wrongdoing.
The slaying of Khashoggi in October 2018 sparked a global outcry against the kingdom and led to greater scrutiny of a crackdown on dissidents pursued by the crown prince. Khashoggi, 59, who contributed columns to The Washington Post from his self-imposed exile in the United States, had emerged as one of Mohammed’s most prominent critics.
Giridarshan Trek to Salher 28th Dec
साल्हेर किल्ला
महाराष्ट्रातल्या किल्या मध्ये सगळ्यात उंच,
अंगाला लाल माती लावून मजबूत पणे उभ्या असलेल्या पैलवाना सारखा भासणारा, पण त्यावर जायला सुरवात केली की प्रेमाने आपल्याला अंगाखांद्यावर मिरवणारा असा हा किल्ला
महाराष्ट्रातल्या किल्या मध्ये सगळ्यात उंच,
अंगाला लाल माती लावून मजबूत पणे उभ्या असलेल्या पैलवाना सारखा भासणारा, पण त्यावर जायला सुरवात केली की प्रेमाने आपल्याला अंगाखांद्यावर मिरवणारा असा हा किल्ला
आपण एखाद्या पर्वतावर जातो तेव्हा आपल्या डोळ्यापुढे त्याचा सर्वोच्च बिंदू हा एखाद्या टोकाप्रमाणे
असतो आणि अगदी असेच टोक साल्हेर ला आहे, तिथे पोहोचल्यावर आजूबाजूला त्यापेक्षा उंच जागा एकपण दिसत नाही, वरच्या परशुराम पादुकांचे दर्शन घेताना एक मस्त ट्रेक केल्याचे समाधान वाटते
चला तर साल्हेर, सालोटा, मुल्हेर आणि मोरा या किल्ल्यांच्या भेटीला दि 28, 29 डिसेंम्बर ला
वर्षाचा शेवट या दुर्गचौकडीचे दर्शन घेऊन गोड करू
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चला तर साल्हेर, सालोटा, मुल्हेर आणि मोरा या किल्ल्यांच्या भेटीला दि 28, 29 डिसेंम्बर ला
वर्षाचा शेवट या दुर्गचौकडीचे दर्शन घेऊन गोड करू
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