The Chinese authorities in an area of Beijing have begun implanting digital chips into dogs in a bid to cut down on the number of unregistered dogs. Chips the size of a rice grain are being injected into the necks of dogs in a pilot project in the Xicheng district, Xinhua news agency reports.
The chip contains details of the dog’s breed, birth, inoculations and owner.
The number of people killed around the world in terror attacks rose by 40% last year to more than 20,000, the US State Department has said. The increase is mostly due to greater violence in Iraq the State Department’s annual report on terrorism says.
Venezuela is criticised for allowing Colombian rebels to use its territory.
It works by focusing the reflected rays on one location, turning water into steam and then blasting it into turbines to generate power.
