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Mexican Soldiers Help Out in Aftermath of Hurricane Delta

October 11, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Storm appears headed to U.S. landfall in Louisiana.
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Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low

September 12, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Test data, GPS coordinates and contact tracing help an innovative project spot outbreaks in real time.
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Big Cat Rescue: Jaguar Caught in Brazil Town

August 26, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A jaguar that began seeking shelter in populated areas after its nearby habitat in western Brazil was ravaged by fire has been evacuated from the area and taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment. The animal was severely dehydrated, had […]

PHOTOS: Wildlife caught on camera reveal a rainforest on the mend

August 21, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Images of wildcats, bears and other animals using the same trails in Colombia’s Alto Fragua Wasi National Natural Park have experts optimistic about the health of that rainforest. The park, near the country’s southern border with Ecuador, has been a […]

Love can blossom in the bleakest of places

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where the bride-to-be grew up. The […]

Dutch company claims its ‘flying car’ will be the 1st to hit the road

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A Dutch company’s effort to build what it calls the world’s first commercially marketed production model of a “flying car” could obtain permission to use it on roads in the Netherlands in August. The car, named the PAL-V Liberty, is […]

Food and Housing for Liberian children

August 1, 2020 admin 0

Kendra Kennedy is organizing this fundraiser. Over the last 4 years, our Glorious Church of God in Christ family has faithfully fed, clothed and assisted with housing & food for several orphaned Liberian children. Each month we ship 600 lbs […]

Zimbabweans cashing in on car exhaust dust

August 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Parked behind 50 other cars in front of a gas station in Bulawayo’s Central Business District, early on a Friday morning, 30-year-old Henry Chinula flicks through a magazine he keeps in the car to kill time while waiting for his […]

Mexican researchers decode the names of 9 Mayan rulers

July 29, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Mexican researchers turned to high-tech to help decode Mayan hieroglyphs and decipher the names of nine chiefs who ruled the ancient city of Cobá during its golden era, between A.D. 500 and 780. The names of another five leaders could […]

Squid brain could boost new technologies

July 23, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Scientists have mapped a squid brain for the first time using an MRI in a study that could reveal how these cephalopods are able to camouflage themselves. Research conducted over the last four years to create the first-ever “map” of […]

A couch potato at 6,500 feet

July 22, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Lounging on the sofa and eating chips while watching TV may well be a favorite pastime during the current pandemic. Even from an altitude of 6,500 feet. That’s what “couch potato” paraglider Hasan Kaval did earlier this month as he […]

US accuses Chinese hackers of targeting Covid-19 research, defense secrets

July 22, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Two hackers helped Chinese intelligence steal secret information from “hundreds” of businesses, according to U.S. Attorney William Hyslop. The hackers allegedly targeted drug makers, manufacturers and defense contractors, starting in 2009, the indictment said, as well as dissidents, preachers and […]

Traders who suffered under Taliban go digital

July 15, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Zahra Kazemi started her business Bamyan Weavers nearly 30 years ago, when Afghanistan was under Taliban control. She left the country after the Taliban destroyed her trade, returning after the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 drove the regime from power. Kazemi, […]

Baby sharks: 8 pups born at Spanish oceanarium

July 15, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A Spanish oceanarium has a few new residents, after a shark gave birth to eight pups. The five female and three male sandbar shark pups were eating and responding well in their first days at the oceanarium, according to a […]

Ancient Aztec palace unearthed in Mexico City

July 15, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Aztec palace that later became the site of the home of famed Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in Mexico City. The discovery was made underneath the Nacional Monte de Piedad, an iconic building […]

Amid surge in violence against women in Mexico, man sets girlfriend on fire

July 11, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Amid a wave of violence against women in Mexico, a 26-year-old man has been accused of dousing his teenage girlfriend in solvent and setting her on fire. The suspect is facing a charge of attempted murder in the incident that […]