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Flying-V’ lepasi ujian penerbangan

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  Pesawat 'Flying-V' berbentuk futuristik dan mampu menjimatkan penggunaan bahan bakar. - AGENSI AMSTERDAM: Para penyelidik berjaya melakukan ujian pe­nerbangan sulung pesawat berbentuk V, sebuah pesawat futuristik dan jimat bahan bakar yang bakal menjadi pesawat penumpang terbaik masa depan. CNN  melaporkan, reka bentuk unik pesawat dinamakan ‘ Flying-V ’ itu menyamai fungsi pesawat penumpang sedia ada dan pakar berharap bentuk aero­dinamik mampu mengurangkan penggunaan bahan bakar sebanyak 20 peratus. Pakar menguji model pesawat futuristik berskala 22.5 kilogram dan tiga meter yang dibangunkan penyelidik di Universiti Teknologi Delft bersama penerbangan KLM. Sekumpulan penyelidik dan jurutera menguji pesawat itu di pangkalan udara di Jerman melalui kerjasama Airbus melibatkan kaedah berlepas, mendarat dan pergerakan di udara. “Salah satu kebimbangan kami adalah pesawat mungkin mengalami kesukaran berlepas kerana perhitungan sebelumnya me­nunjukkan ‘puta­ran’ boleh menjadi ma...

Video tular kanak-kanak memandu treler

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Video tular kanak-kanak memandu treler  SEREMBAN: Selepas video seorang kanak-kanak memandu kereta tular dalam media sosial, berlaku satu lagi kes tetapi kali ini video memaparkan seorang kanak-kanak memandu sebuah lori treler. Ketua Polis Daerah, Asisten Komisioner Mohd. Said Ibrahim yang mengesahkan perkara tersebut memberitahu, hasil semakan lanjut mendapati kejadian itu berlaku di kawasan Rantau dekat sini. “Satu laporan polis telah diterima berkaitan video yang tular itu kerana bapa kanak-kanak tersebut dengan cuai membiarkan anaknya di bawah umur memandu lori treler. “Usaha untuk mengesan bapa dan kanak-kanak tersebut sedang giat dijalankan dan siasatan lanjut masih diteruskan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini malam ini. Video berdurasi satu minit 18 saat yang memaparkan seorang kanak-kanak di bawah umur sedang memandu sebuah lori treler jenis HINO itu tular menerusi aplikasi WhatsApp kira-kira pukul 4.41 petang tadi. Dalam video tersebut, kelihatan kanak-kanak itu ...

Dihukum renung kubur mangsa Covid-19

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  hare SEKUMPULAN individu yang dihukum tenung dan berdoa di kubur mangsa Covid-19. FOTO TribunMadura.com Jakarta: Akibat tidak mematuhi protokol kesihatan yang ditetapkan kerajaan, seramai 54 individu dihukum merenung kubur mangsa korban Covid-19 di kawasan perkuburan Praloyo di Jalan Lingkar Timur Sidoarjo-Jawa Timur. Mereka jalani hukuman jam 11.30 malam sehingga jam 12.15 tengah malam. Mereka diminta duduk di sebelah kubur dalam keadaan diterangi lampu. Namun, tidak lama kemudian ia dipadamkan dan mereka diminta berdoa untuk mangsa terkorban. Ketua Polis Sidoarjo, Pesuruhjaya Sumardji berkata, ia dilakukan sebagai pengajaran kepada mereka yang tidak memakai pelitup muka ketika pandemik Covid-19. "Hukuman ini sengaja diberikan kepada mereka bagi memastikan masyarakat sedar mengenai kepentingan pemakaian pelitup muka," katanya seperti dilaporkan Kompas. Sementara itu, Detik.com melaporkan, di Jakarta Selatan, mereka yang tidak memakai pelitup muka didenda menyapu dan member...

PUBG banned in India, Akshay Kumar for cooperation in his own version

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Akshay Kumar's appearance in the game is believed to be of value.  - File files / REUTERS NEW DEHLI:  A mobile game developer company in collaboration with famous Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, will launch  Fearless and United: Guards  (FAU: G) as an alternative to the  country's banned  online game  Tencent PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  (PUBG)  Mobile  . Reuters  quoted nCore Games co-founder Vishal Gondal as saying that the online game is expected to enter the Indian market by the end of next month. He said, in the early stages, the application of games that spread patriotism will be 'immortalized' based on the border area of ​​India-China dispute in the Galwan Valley, Ladakh. Last July, China withdrew its troops in the border area after clashes between two countries claimed the lives of at least 20 Indian soldiers. As a result, India banned 118 Chinese applications including PUBG and other services offered b...

Standing in an ice-filled box, this Austrian man set a new record!

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Josef Koeberl managed to break his own record set last year.  - Reuters MELK:  An Austrian man on Saturday impressed the crowd when he was able to survive by standing in a box full of ice cubes, for a period that earned him recognition. The  Reuters  news agency  reported that Josef Koeberl, 42, managed to stay in the cold for two hours, 30 minutes and 57 seconds. Wearing only swimming pants, Koeberl was covered in ice cubes up to shoulder level in a transparent box.  During that period, both his hands were pressed to his chest. The man managed to break his own record of last year, being in the same situation for 2 hours, 8 minutes and 47 seconds. "This feeling is so great, under this sun, the warmth is so pleasant," Koeberl said after coming out of his frozen cage on a sunny afternoon in the town of Melk, on the banks of the Danube River. His success was also witnessed by the crowd who filled the square space at the location of the...

TikTok CEO resigns, due to US pressure

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Mayer, a former Disney executive who joined TikTok in May 2020, when met by the media in New York, Oct 22, 2019. REUTERS file photo LOS ANGELES:  TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned on Wednesday due to continued pressure from the United States (US) on the popular video-sharing app. In a letter to employees, Mayer said he made the decision following dramatic changes in the political environment, Xinhua news agency reported. The video-sharing social network company on Monday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration over an executive order banning any U.S. transactions with its parent company ByteDance. Over the past year, U.S. authorities have repeatedly accused TikTok of potentially threatening national security. U.S. officials claim the company, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, could deliver data it collected from video streaming by U.S. residents to the Chinese government, an allegation denied by TikTok, saying it had never been asked to ...

What about Robert Pattinson's charisma? The trailer for 'The Batman' has already garnered over 16 million views

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What about Robert Pattinson's charisma?  The trailer for 'The Batman' has already garnered over 16 million views The Batman trailer was released on Saturday at a DC Entertainment virtual convention.  It got 7 million views in less than 23 hours.  Image: Youtube \ Warner Bros.  Pictures Giant publishing company Warner Bros. has unveiled the first trailer of  The Batman  film  at a virtual convention for superhero brand DC Entertainment on Saturday. The two-minute trailer that features Robert Pattinson's debut as Batman's main character, among others, shows how Batman and his friend James Gordon (played by Jeffrey Wright) solved a criminal case in the city of Gotham. More interesting to the audience later is the question mark that follows every time Batman receives a mysterious letter from an individual suspected of committing a crime in the city. Featuring the song  Something in the Way  by the group Nirvan...

'5 paradise' is not popular

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TUVALU.  PHOTO AFP London: Despite the splendor of Paris, New York and Barcelona, ​​not many people realize there are many other interesting places in the world that tourists rarely visit. Based on the latest data collected by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) there are five countries or places that are rarely visited in the world. Citing a CNN report, this destination is no less impressive with its own natural beauty, culture and history that is able to mesmerize and promise satisfaction to tourists. Here are the five countries: 1. Tuvalu With over 100 small islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, Tuvalu is one of the most isolated countries in the world. Free from the tourists who fill the beach, the island presents tourists the beauty of its beaches with beautiful coral reefs. Interestingly, the fourth smallest country in the world has only 11,000 inhabitants. However, the country of this coral reef island is expected to disappear from the world map within 30 to 50 years due t...

Robert Downey Jr. has been 'hanging weapons' Iron Man forever

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Share ROBERT DOWNEY JR ACTOR Robert Downey Jr., 55, admits he is saturated and does not want to be involved in the cinematics of the Marvel galaxy anymore. He, who is popular for his successful character Tony Stark, said his heart has calmed down to withdraw directly from the production of the phenomenon superhero brand. "Enough is enough. As far as I know, I 'hung up' and let it all go," he said in a recent interview. His first Iron Man acting film was in 2008. Then continued through the Iron Man 2 sequel in 2010. After that, Robert continued to be a key figure in Iron Man 3 in 2013, Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). However, his character was turned off in Endgame and his involvement in Spider-Man: Far From Home received rave reviews. Robert was once a side character in Incredible Hulk (2008).  He is also expected to appear in the upcoming Bla...

Protests in Pakistan protest against the re-publication of the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad

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Tens of thousands took to the streets across Pakistan to denounce the actions of French satirical weekly newspaper publisher Charlie Hebdo who reprinted a controversial cartoon insulting the Prophet Muhammad.  -Reuters ISLAMABAD:  Tens of thousands took to the streets across Pakistan to condemn the actions of French satirist weekly newspaper publisher Charlie Hebdo who reprinted a controversial cartoon insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Earlier this week, Charlie Hebdo republished the cartoon. It marks the beginning of the trial of siblings, Said and Cherif Kouachi who were accused of carrying out an armed attack at the press office in Paris five years ago. In the January 7, 2015 attack, 12 people, including some leading French cartoonists, were killed. The cover of the latest Charlie Hebdo issue features 12 cartoons first published in the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and reprinted by Charlie Hebdo in 2006 which angered Muslims around the world. The Pakistani government a...