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Astronaut Rosemary Coogan on overcoming the temptation to ‘swim’ in microgravity
Another exercise while experiencing weightlessness involved performing CPR techniques on a dummy, while anchored upside down.
5-min read - NewsAFP
We're full! Europe's fight against overtourism
European tourist hotspots like Amsterdam and Venice, which introduces new measures on Thursday, are on a crusade to deal with surging visitor numbers.Venice has also introduced a tax for overnight visitors.
3-min read - NewsAFP
Battling mass tourism, Venice introduces day tickets
The ticket office is in place and the inspectors are primed -- Venice launches a new scheme Thursday to charge day-trippers looking to enter the historic Italian city, a world first intended to ease the pressure of mass tourism.Visitors entering the UNESCO World Heritage site for the day will have to buy a five-euro ($5.3) ticket, with inspectors carrying out spot checks at key entry points.
4-min read - NewsAFP
Portugal marks 50 years of democracy with far right on rise
Portugal marks Thursday 50 years since a military coup ended a decades-long dictatorship and 13 years of colonial wars in Africa, an anniversary that comes as a far-right party gains prominence."The main motivation was to resolve the problem of the colonial wars" that had been going on for 13 years in Angola, and almost as long in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, said retired colonel Vasco Lourenco.
3-min read - PoliticsThe Independent
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and more than a dozen Trump allies indicted in Arizona for fake elector plot
Indictment comes as Supreme Court set to consider whether Trump immune from federal 2020 election conspiracy case
3-min read - PoliticsThe Independent
Supreme Court to hear high-stakes arguments on Trump’s presidential immunity in criminal case: Live
Decision on immunity question could impact what charges Trump faces, and whether they go to trial before November presidential election
5-min read - NewsThe Independent
How a deathbed confession and lone bullet finally solved 24-year-old missing persons case
Susan Carter and her 10-year-old daughter Alex Carter had been missing since 2000. Their bodies were found mere hours after the man who confessed to killing them died in custody
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