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Solar Plane Completes 2nd Leg of Round-the-Globe Trip
Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered only by sunlight, has landed in India on Tuesday after covering about 1,500 kilometres during a 15-hour flight from Oman.
The Swiss-built single-seat airctaft that weighs only 2,300 kilogrammes, landed in Ahmedabad where it will make a four-day stopover before flying off to Varanasi, in northeastern India.
The wolf (actually a coyote) of… Brooklyn’s nights
Residents of a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York were alarmed when they suddenly heard wolf howls in the middle of the night.
It was proven to be so, these are the well-known canids native to North America, the coyotes.
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Solar-powered plane takes off in first round-the-world attempt
The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power launched on March 9 in Abu Dhabi in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy that will test its pilots' endurance to the limits.
FBI Head James Comey to Meet Bulgaria's PM Borisov on Wednesday
Cooperation in security, rule of law and the fight against terrorism are said to be on the agenda of FBI director James Comey and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as the two are set to meet in Sofia.
New Yorkers charged over ISIL extremist plot
Two New York Muslims were hauled before a federal court on Feb. 25 charged with plotting to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) extremists in Syria and threatening to carry out attacks in the United States.
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Marathon marked for doping crackdown
Athletics global governing body is to launch a doping crackdown on elite marathon runners after scandals involving top Kenyan and Russian stars.
Organisers of the top races in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin have agreed to finance extra testing of top runners by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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Top 10 selfie “must takes”
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US accuses six Bosnians of helping ISIL via Turkey
Six Bosnian immigrants have been accused of sending money and equipment to terrorists oversees, including fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. attorney's office announced Feb. 6.
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More than 60,000 homeless in Big Apple
New York is known for its millionaires and its luxurious skyscrapers with the obscene rents. Yet this same US mega-metropolis has broken yet another record. 60,000 homeless people live in its streets.
The number of homeless has increased by 11% compared to January 2014 when it was 53,615 people.
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BLOG: YORK
York, which is in the north of England (United Kingdom) in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, is also at the point where Ouse and Foss rivers cross. There are three bridges on the Ouse River: Lendal, Ouse and Skendergate, and if the weather is good, you can enjoy boat tours on the river.
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