Channel NewsAsia: Hundreds of thousands of Tokyo 2020 athletes, staff and reporters will be scanned by cutting-edge facial recognition technology in an Olympic Games first, organisers said on Tuesday.About 300,000 athletes, staff members, volunteers and reporters will be required to use their ID card and be verified with the facial recognition system to access venues….
Hindustan Times, India: Chilling images published in the Spanish media on Monday show men in a terror cell preparing explosives ahead of last year’s jihadist attacks in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort that killed 16 people. In one picture, a plotter smiles and points to the sky while wearing an explosives belt around his…
Hindustan Times, India: China has operationalised the prototype of a new generation supercomputer that can execute a quintillion calculations per second as part of its efforts to lead as the most prolific producer of computing technology. The Sunway exascale computer prototype was put in operation on Sunday.It has been jointly developed by the National Research…
Hindustan Times, India: Some 3,000 pieces of military equipment including guns, swords and grenades believed to date back to World War II have been found buried at a Tokyo elementary school, officials said Monday. Construction workers found the weapons last month when they excavated the grounds of Tanashi Elementary School in the city of Nishitokyo…
The Independent, UK: When it comes to dressing for a holiday there are many pitfalls a man must consider, from packing too much out of fear of “what if?” to battering your sartorial reputation with questionable items like baggy board shorts or skin-tight Speedos.Here, we take a look at the must-have key holiday pieces worth…
The Independent, UK: As the sun dips below the horizon at Brighton Pride, Britney Spears’s signature breathy vocals echo across Preston Park: “It’s been a while, I know I shouldn’t have kept you waiting, but I’m here now,” she whispers as her third track, “Break The Ice”, begins to play. But it turns out many…
The Independent, UK: Johnny Depp’s thriller City of Lies, about the late rapper Notorious B.I.G, has been pulled from cinemas a month before its scheduled release. The film, formerly titled Labryinth, stars Depp and Forrest Whittaker, and was supposed to open in North America on 7 September via Global Road Entertainment. Directed by Brad Furman,…
Parabolicarc: Long exposure to microgravity conditions does some bad things to the human body. The heart shrinks, bones become weaker and cells are exposed to damaging radiation. The impacts will become more acute as NASA launches astronauts to the moon and Mars, which lie outside of the protection of the Earth’s Van Allen belt. The…
BBC News:Australia’s population will reach 25 million for the first time on Tuesday, according to official estimates.The milestone, driven significantly by migration, has magnified debate about the merits of a “big or little” Australia, and congestion in cities.The most contentious aspect has been migration: is it growing too fast, or will it continue to benefit…
The Straitstimes, Singapore: The world is at risk of entering“hothouse” conditions where global average temperatures will be 4-5 deg C higher even if emissions reduction targets under a global climate deal are met, scientists said in a study . The report comes amid a heatwave that has pushed temperatures above 40 deg C (104 Fahrenheit)…