Jorge Rodríguez said 250 buildings had been damaged or lost, mostly in La Guaira, where the BBC verified footage of a 10-storey hotel reduced to rubble. On Thursday, people were searching for loved ones there. Juan Ortiz told the BBC one of his close friends had been confirmed dead, another was believed to be under…
To go faster and deeper will require advances in drilling technologies. Companies are developing drilling equipment that is more stable when breaking through hard rock at high temperatures. Some firms are even aiming to penetrate rock without using standard drills. Quaise, a company with roots at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is using a…
“There was absolutely no reason to release that crime scene,” said Joseph Giacalone, retired NYPD sergeant, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of a textbook about criminal investigation now in its fourth edition. “That entire house, the property, should have been cordoned off. No one should have stepped foot…
Rumours continue to swirl about whether pop queen Taylor Swift will marry NFL star Travis Kelce at New York City’s Madison Square Garden over the 4 July Independence Day weekend, after city officials confirmed someone applied for a street closure permit nearby. Dora Pekec, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office, told the BBC a permit…
TPS recipients can legally live and work in the US for up to 18 months, subject to extensions. During this period, they can not be removed or detained by authorities on the basis of their immigration status. The US first provided TPS to Haitians after a major earthquake in 2010 and to Syrians after their…
A group of women, who have alleged sexual assault or rape in France, are calling for the abolition of the statute of limitations which they say has prevented them seeking justice in criminal proceedings. It is the first time more than 50 women alleging sexual assault and rape by men, including Jeffrey Epstein, his former…
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) has paused the planned evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship passing through the waterway was attacked. IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez said several boats had already been evacuated, but the agency wanted to ensure that “necessary safety guarantees” would continue…
IBM says it has created the world’s first known chip tech below 1 nanometre – but it will be some time before it’s ready for production. Source link
Back-to-back earthquakes have hit Venezuela, leaving at least 160 people dead, the country’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has said. The capital Caracas and its surrounding areas have seen some of the worst damage. In the area of El Junquito, on the outskirts of Caracas, a content creator has captured the aftermath of a building collapsing….
Rodríguez addressed the nation on state television channel VTV more than two hours after the quakes. Prior to that, official information had been very scant, no doubt due to the fact that communication channels to some of the worst affected areas were down. But it is also a result of restrictions placed on independent media…