“Attempted importations of illicit tobacco are often concealed within cargo consignments amongst other commodities or declared as goods other than tobacco,” said the Australian government. A man has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after the Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted almost 500,000 cigarettes coming from China in 2019. The ABF…
The rise of avocado consumption in Asia – as a growing middle class embraces the health aspects of the fruit – presents an ongoing opportunity for exporters worldwide, the report says. Prices of everyday produce are soaring due to inflation but avocados may be one of the few products that will remain affordable. According to…
The robotic arm pinched the boy’s finger at the Moscow Open before people rushed in to help him free his hand and take him away. A chess-playing robot broke his seven-year-old opponent’s finger last week in Russia during a match at the Moscow Open. It is not completely clear why the robot chose to do…
“Vehicle recalls are a swift and effective means of replacing any component that may have a fault, at zero cost to the owner,” said Hyundai. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The car manufacturer has issued a recall for over 2500 models of the 2017-2018 Tucson, citing there could be an issue with the Heater Core. According to…
Last month, Blake Lemoine claimed Google’s advanced chatbot has sentience which was denied by the tech giant. Google has fired the software engineer and artificial intelligence researcher who said their advanced chatbot system, LaMDA, is sentient. Google called The Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) “breakthrough conversation technology”, an advanced chatbot that can engage in…
The world’s fastest land animal was declared extinct in India in 1952 and India’s Environment Minister said reintroducing cheetahs will “rekindle the ecological dynamics of the landscape”. Source: Wikimedia Commons. For the first time since 1952, wild cheetahs will return to India this August after a deal was made with Namibia. The world’s fastest land…
“Located across Kagoshima Bay, which separates the city and the volcano by 4.2 km of water, its summit is only 8 km east of the city of Kagoshima with a population of half a million,” says Volcano Discovery. Surrounding areas of the Sakurajima volcano have been ordered to evacuate after black ash, smoke and rocks…
“WHO’s assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and in all regions, except in the European region where we assess the risk as high,” said the Director General. After cases continue to surge around the world with little knowledge on how to stop the spread, WHO has stated that monkeypox (MPX) is…
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev waves to the camera while working during a spacewalk earlier this year. Source: NASA. On Earth, tensions continue to stay high between Russia and Europe, but it was a different story in a joint space mission. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, now the first female astronaut from Europe to go on a spacewalk…
Ms Kumar was a mother to two children, aged 12 and seven. Source: NSW Police. A 37-year-old man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was discovered in bushland near Dural, NSW. The woman’s body is believed to be 43-year-old Shereen Kumar, who was reported missing on Thursday July 21 with…