July2016
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ADB loan to help revive ecosystems, curb flooding in Qihe river basin
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $150 million dollar loan for a comprehensive project to restore degraded ecosystems and improve water resource management in the flood-prone and polluted Qihe River Basin, which... -
IOM promotes dialogue on recovery and IDP integration in Ukraine
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Over 100 internally displaced persons (IDPs), community members from the East of Ukraine, and representatives of state authorities, the international community and civil society gathered on Thursday, 30 June, in Kyiv, to discuss needs... -
BMW, Intel and Mobileye to introduce self-driving vehicle
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye are joining forces to make self-driving vehicles and future mobility concepts become a reality. The three leaders from the automotive, technology and computer vision and machine learning industries are... -
Panasonic starts to provide HD-PLC IP core license with Multi-hop extension
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Panasonic Corporation announced that, it has started to provide HD-PLC IP core license with “Multi-hop” extension. Panasonic has already been providing an IP license for the HD-PLC high-speed power line communication. The new Multi-hop extension... -
NASA awards grants to nine informal learning institutions
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: NASA has awarded almost $10 million in grants to informal education organizations in seven states to help inspire the next generation of scientists and explorers. The organizations include two botanical gardens, five museums, one... -
French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: France’s most famous contemporary poet, Yves Bonnefoy, died on Friday at the age of 93, local media reported. The author of more than 100 books translated into 30 languages was highly decorated in his native... -
Air strikes of Israel hit four sites in the Gaza Strip
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Israeli air strikes hit four sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, causing damage but no injuries, a Hamas official said, after Palestinian militants fired a rocket that struck a building in southern Israel,... -
Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner kidnapped in Nigeria
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner has been snatched in Nigeria, government sources said on Friday, the first kidnapping of a diplomat from the west African country in more than half a century, reports BSS.... -
Landslide in China left 20 people missing
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Heavy rain unleashed a landslide on Friday that killed one person and left 20 others missing in China, state media said. The landslide hit early morning and buried 29 people in the village of Pianpo,... -
Driver killed while using autopilot mechanism on Tesla Model S
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Tesla said on Thursday a driver was killed while using its “autopilot” self-driving mechanism on its Model S electric car, leading to a US federal safety investigation, reports BSS. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
