Archive du mois : février 2018

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The bustle to space heats up—on college campuses

The Eureka-1 rocket is just 40cm in diameter. Space EnterpriseNo rocket ever launched by a team of college students has reached outer space. Last year, a group at the University of Southern California set what they believe to be the altitude record for such an endeavor, when its Fathom II booster ascended to a height…

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Bollywood huge title Sridevi died from ‘unintended drowning’

Bollywood actress Sridevi died from accidental drowning, according to the forensic report. Dubai-based newspaper, Gulf News, reported on Monday that the iconic actress was under the influence of alcohol when she lost balance and fell into the bathtub of her room at Jumeirah Emirates Towers and drowned. The paper quoting a police official said that…

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Rami saddened by Neymar injury

Marseille defender Adil Rami was sorry to see Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar suffer an ankle injury, but is glad his team will not face the Brazilian in the Coupe de France. Neymar came off on a stretcher during PSG’s 3-0 Ligue 1 win over rivals Marseille at the Parc des Princes on Sunday. The Brazil…

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‘Hell on earth’ in Eastern Ghouta need to cease: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate implementation of a Security Council resolution for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria. Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, Guterres described the situation in Eastern Ghouta as « hell on earth », as Syrian government forces continue an aerial bombardment campaign in the rebel-held enclave.…

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Turkey requests extradition of Kurdish ex-leader Salih Muslim

Turkey has submitted a request to extradite a former Kurdish Syrian leader from the Czech Republic, with a file explaining the arguments for the request, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said. Salih Muslim, a prominent former leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, was arrested in the Czech capital of Prague on Saturday at…

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How poverty changes your contrivance of thinking

The proportion of the global population living on less than $1.90 per person per day has fallen—from 18 percent in 2008 to 11 percent in 2013, according to the World Bank. In the United States, however, the poverty rate has been more stubborn—41 million people lived below the country’s poverty line in 2016, about 13…

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Non-public fairness buyouts operating at fastest fee since disaster

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