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U.S. equities close mixed after volatile trading

Photo : A trader works at New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States. U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday after a volatile trading session, as investors continued to flee riskier assets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 357.28 points, or 1.39 percent, to 25,409.36. The S&P 500 fell 24.54 points, or 0.82 percent, to 2,954.22. The ...

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Google celebrates leap day with doodle

Search engine giant Google is celebrating the leap year date  with an animated doodle. This is further illustrated with Google Doodle’s home page saying, “We HOP you have a good one—Happy Leap Day!.” February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to most years that are divisible by 4, such as 2016, 2020, ...

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Council set to plant more than 5,000 trees in two years

  The council is on track to plant more than 2,200 trees this year, taking the total number of trees delivered in the past two years to more than 5,000. A total of 2,217 trees are scheduled to be planted across the borough by the end of the current planting season which runs from October to April. They include 690 ...

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Residents get Sugar Smart during February half-term

  Tower Hamlets Council joined up with partners to deliver the borough’s first Sugar Smart Day during February half-term in Idea Store Whitechapel. The event saw the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Councillor Amina Ali join partners including Diabetes UK and Queen Mary University of London’s (Queen Mary) dental team to talk to residents about the health effects of eating ...

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Telescopes detect ‘biggest explosion since Big Bang’

Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space – five times bigger than anything observed before. The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth. The eruption is said to have left a giant dent in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.Researchers reported their findings in The Astrophysical ...

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Markets fall as virus spreads around the world

Stock markets fall in Asia on Friday, after losses in the US and Europe on Thursday. First case reported in sub-Saharan Africa – in Lagos state, Nigeria, reports BBC. New Zealand confirmed its first case – someone recently returned from Iran.Belarus, the Netherlands, and Lithuania also confirmed first cases. South Korea confirmed 256 new cases, bringing the total above 2,000. ...

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UK MP Rupa Huq crosses limit as criticising Bangladesh

Dr Rupa Huq, a Bangladeshi origin lawmaker of British Parliament termed Awami League-led current Bangladesh a “rouge state” while she was sharply criticising its present human rights situation. Labour party member Rupa Huq among four Bangladeshi origins British MP was elected from the Ealing Central and Acton constituency of London. The British MP came up with such audacious observation on ...

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Biman to refund Saudi-bound passengers

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will refund to its passengers who, purchased tickets for traveling to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah or tourism purposes, as the Saudi government has imposed a temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims and tourists to stop the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom. If the passengers want to travel to Saudi Arabia after withdrawal of the ban, they ...

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NASA unveils InSight lander’s findings on Mars

In this artist’s concept of NASA’s InSight lander on Mars, layers of the planet’s subsurface can be seen below and dust devils can be seen in the background. Photo: Courtesy NASA has published a set of six papers this week describing its InSight lander’s findings above and below the surface of Mars. These findings reveal a planet alive with quakes, ...

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Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro: Flagship 5G Smartphones on the Go

Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Mi 10 Pro: Photo Credit AndroidAuthority Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro debuted on 13th February with a superb combination of versatile cameras, cutting-edge video recording technology, gaming-friendly processor and many more advanced features. On the same date Xiaomi has launched another flagship phone Mi 10. Though both smartphones look almost ...

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