2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Health

Vaccine News Daily   

Study: Both empirical, theoretical approaches needed to create AIDS vaccine   
Vaccine News Daily
The National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases (NIAID), under the National Institutes of Health, looked back at the history of efforts to develop a preventive HIV vaccine. The two approaches to seek out a cure provide insights into the disease.
Individuals' Genes Affected HIV Vaccine Efficacy   AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
Zimbabwe to conduct first HIV vaccine trial   Shanghai Daily (subscription)

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TIME   

First malaria vaccine gains regulator approval   
Irish Examiner
The world's first malaria vaccine got a green light from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. The shot, called RTS,S or Mosquirix and developed by drugmaker ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Science

New York Times   

Pluto's Atmosphere Is Thinner Than Expected, but Still Looks Hazy   
New York Times
Pluto's thin air may be falling to the ground. The total mass of the atmosphere on Pluto appears to have fallen by half in just two years, scientists working on NASA's New Horizons mission reported during a news conference on Friday. “That's pretty ...
Pluto is covered with flowing ice - and hazier than scientists thought   Irish Independent
Diver killed by shark off Tasmania   TVNZ
Holy halo! New Horizons gets a good look at Pluto's dark side   Los Angeles Times
Washington Post   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Fox News   
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WTVC   

Scientists Find Closest Thing Yet to Earth-Sun Twin System   
WTVC
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have identified a "close cousin" to Earth that's orbiting a sun-like star and might harbor life. "It is the closest thing that we have to another place that somebody else might call home," said Jon Jenkins from ...
Earth's 'Cousin' Found; Burnt Scroll Made Readable, ET Search Boosted   Voice of America (blog)
Astronomers discover most Earth-like planet yet   Vocal Republic
NASA Discovers First Earth-Like Planet   WLTX.com
The American Bazaar   
NewsBusters (blog)   
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Sky News Australia   

Four-legged snake fossil found in museum   
Sky News Australia
The first known fossil of a four-legged snake has been discovered by a scientist on a routine field trip to a museum. It is hoped the find will help unravel the mystery of how serpents lost their legs. Dave Martill, from the University of Portsmouth ...
Four-legged snake discovered   Telegraph.co.uk
Four-legged snake fossil discovered   The Nation
Four-limbed, long-fingered snake hints at a creepy crawly evolutionary journey   Washington Post
The Straits Times   
CBS News   
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Telegraph.co.uk   

Horrific images show slaughter of 250 whales in Faroe Islands hunt   
Telegraph.co.uk
Up to 250 pilot whales have been killed as part of an annual hunt in the Faroe Islands, prompting calls from anti-whaling activists for the barbaric practice to be stopped. Images taken by the Sea Shepherd group, show the sea turning red with the blood ...
GRAPHIC IMAGES: 250 pilot whales killed in annual slaughter in Faroe Islands   9news.com.au
The sea turned red: Islanders' brutal slaughter of 250 stranded whales   New Zealand Herald
The Mass Slaughter of Pilot Whales in the Faroe Islands Needs to Stop   RYOT
scallywagandvagabond   
TakePart   
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)   
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Christian Science Monitor   

How climate change may have killed the mammoth   
Christian Science Monitor
New analysis of ancient DNA has found that mammoths and giant sloths succumbed to sudden, rapid warming events, a finding that has implications for wildlife in a warming world. By Henry Gass, Staff writer July 24, 2015. Save for later Saved. close.
Warmer Climate May Have Contributed to Mammoth Extinction   New Historian
Rapid Climate Change Blamed for Extinction of Woolly Mammoths   Latin American Herald Tribune
Humans did not drive the Woolly Mammoth to Extinction…   Empire State Tribune
Newsroom America   
National Geographic   
University Herald   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Why is China building the world's largest radio telescope?   
Christian Science Monitor
The Arecibo Observatory satellite in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, listens for life on other planets in this file photo from July 1998. This satellite will no longer be the world's largest if China completes work on its current radio telescope. Chris Hawley/AP ...
China is Building an Absolutely Massive Radio Telescope   io9
China Is Building The World's Largest Radio Telescope To Search For ...   The Inquisitr
China starts assembling world's biggest radio telescope   Economic Times

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CTV News   

Hybrid tree grows 40 different types of fruit on its branches   
CTV News
A green-thumbed art professor in the U.S. has painstakingly created a living work of art in the Tree of 40 Fruit, a hybrid that is exactly what its name suggests. Sam Van Aken has grafted several different stone fruit trees together to create a number ...
How an artist created a real tree of 40 fruits that is part Frankenstein, part ...   OregonLive.com
This incredible tree produces 40 different kinds of fruit   AOL News
Hot Clicks: 40 different types of fruit all grow on the same tree   KHQ Right Now
HUH.   
Business Standard   
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CNET   

Hair ice mystery has finally been revealed by researchers from Germany and ...   
Vocal Republic
A brand new research revealed within the journalBiogeosciences particulars the work of scientists at fixing the mystery behind the expansion of hair ice – a silky-like hairs that look very similar to white sweet floss, and often grows on some tree ...
Fungus Responsible for Freakishly White Hair Ice   World Report Now
Fungus Responsible for Hair Ice Identified   R & D Magazine
Scientists solve the mystery of "hair ice"   BABW News
iFreePress.com (blog)   
Discovery News   
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Zee News   

Dark matter may not be as mysterious as thought   
Economic Times
NEW YORK: Dark matter may not be an exotic substance as has been assumed -- a new theory proposes that it acts remarkably similar to subatomic particles known to science since the 1930s. Dark matter is very similar to pions, which are responsible for ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Sports

Business Recorder   

Pakistan play safe to ensure Champions Trophy berth   
The Nation
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday played safe by postponing the Tri-series against Zimbabwe and West Indies to ensure their berth in the Champions Trophy to be played in England in September 2016. Pakistan team is currently enjoying 3-1 ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Nehanda Radio   

The truth about Chenjerai Hove   
Nehanda Radio
Let me correct malicious, insensitive, half-truths, untruths, and innuendos written about Chenjerai Hove by several people in several publications since his passing on in Norway on the 12th July 2015. Chenjerai Hove at the Edinburgh book festival in ...
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR HOVE IN HARARE   NewsdzeZimbabwe
Last respects for Chenjerai Hove   NewsDay
Hove to Be Buried Tomorrow   AllAfrica.com
EIN News Zimbabwe   
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New York Daily News   

WWE CEO Vince McMahon once used N-word in awkward comedy routine with wrestler ...   
New York Daily News
Was it hypocrisy for the WWE to bounce Hulk Hogan from his contract for using the N-word on a secretly recorded sex tape? After all, the group's own chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon, once used the term in a televised skit with black wrestler Booker T.
WWE cuts ties with Hulk Hogan amid 'racial slurs' report   Irish Independent
Hulk Hogan and the WWE's Racist Past   Daily Beast
Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan apologises for racist tirade   9news.com.au
TV3.ie   
Mirror.co.uk   
South China Morning Post (subscription)   
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Reuters   

Chris Brown leaves Philippines after three days over payment dispute   
Reuters
MANILA Philippines authorities on Friday allowed award-winning American singer and hip-hop star Chris Brown to fly out of the country, three days after he was barred from leaving due to a dispute over fraud allegations. A video showing Brown walking to ...
Philippine church accusing Chris Brown faces own legal probe   Sacramento Bee
Chris Brown defends himself online but stays in Philippines   Financial Express
Chris Brown leaves Philippines after ordeal over legal issue   San Jose Mercury News
U.S. News & World Report   
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Hollywood Reporter   

What In the 'Jurassic World' Could a Dino Sequel Be About?   
Hollywood Reporter
Following the massive success of Jurassic World, the fact that plans have been announced for a sequel in 2018 isn't that surprising. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will return for the as-yet untitled follow-up, with World screenwriters Colin ...
It's official: 'Jurassic World' gets a sequel   San Jose Mercury News

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Toronto Star   

'The relationship I had with Edgar Doctorow was indelible'   
Toronto Star
When American novelist Edgar (E.L.) Doctorow died on Tuesday, the world lost a literary lion and Toronto impresario Garth Drabinsky lost a dear friend. The duo met in the early 1990s, when Drabinsky, a producer, secured the rights to bring Doctorow's ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Technology

Computerworld   

Windows revenue takes another bad beating   
Computerworld
Microsoft on Tuesday said that Windows revenue again declined by double digits, the third straight such quarter, with sales of licenses to computer makers down 22% from the same period last year. Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT 2015: Company ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Business

NewsDay   

Zim to hold investment conference in London   
NewsDay
ZIMBABWE will hold an investment conference in London as it steps up efforts to lure foreign investors, a diplomat has said. Speaking at the launch of the Public Private Partnership (PPPs) yesterday British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing said ...
The British Embassy in Harare launches a Public Private Partnership (PPP ...   StarAfrica.com
Instability kills Zim investment hope, UK   New Zimbabwe.com

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Reuters Africa   

China group to build Zimbabwe coal power plant   
Reuters Africa
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's PER Lusulu Power has signed an agreement with China State Construction Engineering Corp Ltd to build a coal power station in April next year, company officials said on Thursday. The 600 megawatt plant will be the first ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe World

BBC News   

President Obama due to begin busy Kenya schedule   
BBC News
US President Barack Obama is to open a major business summit on the first full day of his landmark visit to Kenya. He has praised what he called the "dynamism" of Kenya's business class and is expected to call for greater efforts to tackle corruption.
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey   New York Times
Barack Obama's 'homecoming': President returns to Kenya, reunites with father ...   The Indian Express
Kenya bids 'welcome home' to President Obama   Sydney Morning Herald
Irish Independent   
The Globe and Mail   
People Magazine   
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Reuters   

Burundi's Nkurunziza wins presidential vote boycotted by rivals   
Reuters
BUJUMBURA Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, a victory that leaves the east African nation politically divided and facing international isolation after months of unrest ...
World Watch   Wall Street Journal
Burundi's President Nkurunziza wins controversial third term   Washington Post
Burundi: President Nkurunziza wins controversial third term   Hindustan Times
Daily Mail   
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Malawi24   

Do Not Parrot Western Ideologies, Mugabe Tells Journalists   
AllAfrica.com
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has called on African journalists to tell the "African story" and stop being "used" by Western powers to "despise" the continent's heads of state, media reports said on Thursday. Mugabe told journalists at the end of ...
The media is conspiring to make African leaders look bad   TheSouthAfrican
Warriors grounded yet Bob roams world   New Zimbabwe.com
Don't parrot Western ideologies, Mugabe tells journalists   News24
VOA Zimbabwe   
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Jerusalem Post Israel News   

Poll: US Jews more likely to back Iran deal than non-Jews   
Jerusalem Post Israel News
'LA Jewish Journal' poll shows that 49 percent of American Jews support the deal and 31 percent oppose it. Protestors shout slogans as they demonstrate with thousands of others during a protest in New York. Protestors shout slogans as they demonstrate ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Africa

BBC News   

President Obama due to begin busy Kenya schedule   
BBC News
US President Barack Obama is to open a major business summit on the first full day of his landmark visit to Kenya. He has praised what he called the "dynamism" of Kenya's business class and is expected to call for greater efforts to tackle corruption.
Barack Obama's 'homecoming': President returns to Kenya, reunites with father ...   The Indian Express
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey   New York Times
Kenya demands CNN apologise for 'hotbed of terror' slur ahead of Obama visit   Irish Independent
People Magazine   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Stuff.co.nz   
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New York Times   

Gov. Ambode seeks stronger ties with South-Africa   
BusinessDay
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Friday, said the state was committed to boosting trade relations with the Republic of South Africa. Ambode said this when the leadership of the Africa National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, paid a ...

2015-07-25 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Times (subscription)   

Fawn fest for Grace Mugabe's 50th birthday   
The Times (subscription)
Robert Mugabe has never needed an excuse for an extravagant party. So there were no doubts that the Zimbabwean president's wife, Grace, would have her 50th birthday marked in style. A gala dinner and dance, costing $2,000 a head for an expected 2,000 ...