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Art, Science, and the Pursuit of Perfection: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Ko-Cheng Fang — Inventor, Painter, Gemologist, and the Man Microsoft MSN Called One of the Top 10 Leading Men of 2026
There is a particular kind of mind that refuses to be confined. History offers a handful of examples — Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin — individuals whose intellectual restlessness drove them across disciplines that lesser minds treat as separate worlds. In the twenty-first century, that tradition finds one of its most vivid expressions…
Read MoreEight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack
Eight students alleged to have been involved in a suspected arson attack at a Kenyan girls’ school that killed 16 pupils have been arrested, police say. The fire in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of capital city Nairobi, tore through the upper…
Read MoreWorld-class guitarist Alfredo Muro to perform live in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A renowned guitarist is bringing his sweet sounds to Portland for a soulful evening. Global sensation Alfredo Muro has traveled Peru to the Rose City for a concert at Moreland Presbyterian Church in Southeast Portland on Saturday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in…
Read MoreSouth Korea exports set to rise for 12th month on chip boom: Reuters poll
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, May 28 (Reuters) – South Korean exports likely rose for a 12th straight month in May, as a global boom in AI investment drove a surge in chip sales, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, were projected to have risen 48.4%…
Read MoreFirst Ghanaians set to be repatriated from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests
Ghanaian authorities are repatriating the first group of 800 citizens they say have registered to be flown home from South Africa on Wednesday morning. The BBC saw dozens of buses chartered by the Ghanaian embassy dropping off passengers at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport around 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Wednesday. There were men, women…
Read MoreSailors from doomed Arctic mission with no survivors identified by DNA
The remains of sailors who died on an ill-fated Arctic expedition have been identified by researchers using DNA testing. The Victorian-era HMS Erebus, built in Pembroke Dock in 1826, became part of nautical folklore after it vanished in the mid-19th Century. All of the sailors on board died after the ship became stuck in ice,…
Read MoreMango Founder’s Son Jonathan Andic Arrested in Father’s Death
Jonathan Andic, son of the co-founder of global fast-fashion brand Mango, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his father. TMZ reports that on Tuesday (May 19), Barcelona police apprehended Jonathan Andic for his purported involvement in Isak Andic’s death. The 71-year-old died in December 2024 after falling 328 feet off a cliff in the…
Read MoreYemen war sees scramble for scant resources between displaced and locals
Seiyun, Yemen – During the early years of the Yemen war, which broke out in September 2014, food and shelter were relatively adequate in camps hosting many of the country’s 4.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs). But nearly 12 years of conflict and growing instability have led to a dire situation inside and outside IDP…
Read MoreDeported Irish flotilla activists return from Israel
Eleven Irish citizens who were on board the flotilla bringing aid to Gaza have arrived at Dublin airport after being deported from Israel. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was intercepted on Monday and the activists were detained by Israeli soldiers. The Irish activists were sent to Turkey on Friday, before being flown to Ireland. In…
Read MoreGaza flotilla activists allege abuse by Israeli forces while detained
Pro-Palestinian activists who were deported after their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have alleged they were subjected to abuse while held in detention. Canada said it had received information detailing “appalling abuse” of its citizens, while Germany and Spain confirmed that a number of their citizens had injuries. The…
Read MoreWATCH: IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons facility hidden under former clinic
The weapons production site was located in Tyre, a southern Lebanese city from which Hezbollah operatives have launched missiles towards Israel. The IDF struck on Monday a Hezbollah weapons production site embedded in a former civilian medical clinic and meters away from a Mosque, the military said. The site was located in the southern Lebanese…
Read MoreJapan’s factory activity expands at slower pace, cost pressures surge
TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity slowed slightly in May, while service sector growth ground to a halt for the first time in over a year, as surging costs linked to the Middle East conflict weighed on confidence, a business survey showed on Thursday. • The S&P Global flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’…
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