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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains developed
Chicago, June 10 : Using a streamlined process, researchers at the University of Illinois (UI) now can purify the amino acid precursors and build the polypeptides at the same time. Drawing inspiration from ribozymes, which excel at making amino acid chains quickly while isolating them from the cellular environment, the researchers have developed a system that mimics the ribozyme function, ...
Read More »Britain’s most wanted fugitive arrested in Malta
Christopher Guest More Jr, collected photo One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Malta in connection with the brutal killing of a father at a remote Cheshire farmhouse after 16 years on the run. Detectives have been seeking Christopher Guest More Jr, 41, since he left the country shortly after the murder of Brian Waters on June ...
Read More »US leaves door open to China on trade talks at G20
The United States is open to further negotiations with China on their ongoing trade battle but any potential deal will wait until the two leaders meet at the end of the month, Washington’s top finance official said Saturday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned ...
Read More »Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing apps on phones
Photo: A member of the media tries out new Huawei Honor 20 series of phones following their global launch in London. London, Jun 8 : Facebook said Friday it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, a move that deals a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant. ...
Read More »EU game-plans amid wait for new UK PM
London, June 7 : Caught up in political turmoil (Italy and Germany) or scandal (Austria), in government-making (Denmark) or government dissolution (Greece), EU leaders are keeping only half an eye on the dizzying spectacle of the Conservative Party leadership race. But they are well aware that reality will come knocking soon enough on Brussels’ door. The new UK prime ...
Read More »Brexit: Government spends £97m on consultants P
Reparing for Brexit has cost the UK government £97m in consultancy fees, the National Audit Office has revealed. The money has been spent on hiring external experts because government departments lack the staff and skills needed, the NAO said. It criticised the government for a lack of transparency, saying details of contracts had not been published in a timely fashion. ...
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