Locals have a saying: “When the Buddha’s feet are washed, Leshan cannot sleep.” The city in the south-western province of Sichuan has reason to be fearful. Leshan lies at the confluence of three tributaries of the Yangzi river. Centuries ago its residents carved a stone statue of the Buddha into a cliff face. It towers …
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Astronomers say they have found evidence for the first time of a planet orbiting a star outside our Milky Way galaxy. The evidence was observed by a telescope operated by the American space agency NASA. It is called the Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA says the orbiting observatory is the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope. NASA …
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SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) – Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday (Oct 18), to help build the so-called metaverse – a nascent online world where people exist and communicate in shared virtual spaces. This would be a significant step the company …
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