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Brexit: Boris Johnson says he is ‘not aiming for no deal’

Boris Johnson has sai he is “not aiming for a no-deal outcome” for Brexit at the launch of his campaign for the Tory leadership. But he said the threat of no deal was a “vital” negotiation tool and the UK “must do better” than the current deal. At his campaign launch, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said Mr Johnson was “yesterday’s ...

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States sue to stop $26.5 billion Sprint-T-Mobile deal

Photo: A woman using a cell phone walks past T-Mobile and Sprint stores in New York. New York, Jun 12 : A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion bid for Sprint, citing consumer harm. The state attorneys general said the promised benefits, such as better ...

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Battle over Brexit resumes in UK House of Commons

Photo: Anti Brexit campaigner Steve Bray shouts through his megaphone outside Conservative leadership contender press conferences, in London, Tuesday, June 11, 2019.  London, Jun 12 : Britain’s Parliament is resuming its battle over Brexit, with an attempt by opposition lawmakers to stop the U.K. leaving the European Union without a divorce deal. The Conservative Party is holding a contest to replace ...

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Final 10 candidates named for Tory leadership in UK

London, June 11 : The final candidates for the Tory leadership race have been confirmed, with 10 running to become the next PM. Jeremy Hunt, Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock and Michael Gove – who launched their campaigns ahead of the nomination deadline – are on the final list. Conservative MPs will now take part in a series of votes to ...

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20 flats destroyed by massive fire in east London

London, Jun 10 : A fire has engulfed a block of flats in east London, forcing people to evacuate their homes as it spread over six floors. At least 20 flats destroyed by massive fire and a further 10 homes are damaged by heat and smoke as about 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines are called in, reports Sky news. ...

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Modern;  past, present and  Islamic law (a gift for Shawal after Ramadan, 2019)

Fatema Miah:   I couldn’t refrain from forwarding these points were raised in discussion about Islam and law,  and where I strongly emphasised on few facts of Hudud the Islamic law, actually what people not aware of rather do know of Sharia as a matter of criticism. Ottoman word comes up strongly when Islam sharia rule talked about. Yes, understandably ...

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Mechanism of America’s complex political system

  Rayhan Ahmed Topader : Mr Trump was different from all who had gone before. He claimed to be actuated by rigid conformity to perceived national self-interest. He professed to put America first on all matters. He proffered the idea that should each country do the same, the result would be stability through an equilibrium of multiple interests. The logical ...

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The energy sources

Fatema Miah: The energy we use everyday are produced from these sources. Worse of from among them fossil fuel and the coal burning source is the worse harmful to the environment. Also the gas burning adds carbondioxide to the environment. Nuclear:  The fission of uranium or other heavy elements produces a great deal more energy than fossil fuels but needs ...

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Global warming is taking its toll

  Afridi Raihan:   Most people think that climate change is something that warms up the earth but that is not the case, if you really think about it, climate change literally just means a change in climate, either hot or cold. An example of this is when we had the ice age around 2.7 million years ago and it ...

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Record ethnic minority students at Oxford

Oxford University’s latest admissions figures show the highest ever proportion of places for ethnic minority students – at 18%. There were also rising numbers of state school pupils, up to about 61%. But the figures, for undergraduate entry in autumn 2018, showed more places taken by students from Singapore than from the north-east of England. Vice-chancellor Louise Richardson said a ...

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