Macron Closes ENA, in Bid to Diversify France’s Public Service
The institution had become a symbol of privilege in a society where social mobility has broken down.
Daily Archive: April 9, 2021
Model train set looks like the real thing in this GoPro video
Take one GoPro camera, a model train, and a railroad super-obsessive, and what do you have? A remarkably realistic train ride, that’s what.
India’s top court rejects plea to stop Rohingya deportations to Myanmar
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea to stop the government from deporting to Myanmar some 150 Rohingya Muslims police detained last month, paving the...
Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut launch to the space station
The International Space Station is the place to be in April. Multiple arrivals and departures this month make the floating laboratory seem more like a hotel.
Japanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient
A Japanese woman whose lungs were severely damaged by Covid-19 has received what doctors say is the world’s first lung transplant from living donors to a...
South Korean Man Gets 34 Years for Running Sexual Exploitation Chat Room
Moon Hyeong-wook, 25, was accused of luring young women with promises of high-paying jobs and then forcing them into pornography.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink posts video of a monkey playing Pong with its mind
Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has released a video showing a monkey named Pager playing Pong, apparently using only his mind.
Analysis: Joe Manchin on the fate of Joe Biden’s agenda
Joe Manchin says it’s no fun being the most powerful man in Washington.
Island on red alert for ‘imminent’ volcanic eruption
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Thursday declared a disaster alert prompted by a change in the eruptive activity at the La...
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Act will soon apply to politicians. Why didn’t it before?
A series of legal loopholes that prevent Australia’s public servants — including politicians and judges — from being prosecuted for sexual harassment look like they are...
