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iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro have higher demand than expected

Apple launched three new smartphones this year; the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max. These three smartphones went on pre-order on Friday in the US and are scheduled to go on sale on September 20. Apple-watching analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released an investor note mentioning that iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Pro order demands ...

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Brexit: UK will reject any delay offer, PM to tell Juncker

The UK is not prepared to postpone Brexit beyond the current 31 October deadline, Boris Johnson is to tell European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at talks on Monday, reports BBC. The lunchtime meeting in Luxembourg will be the first time the pair have met since the PM took office in July. A Downing Street source says Mr Johnson will stress ...

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Saudi Arabia oil and gas production reduced by drone strikes

Saudi Arabia has cut oil and gas production following drone attacks on two major oil facilities run by state-owned company Aramco. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the strikes had reduced crude oil production by 5.7m barrels a day – about half the kingdom’s output, reports BBC.A Yemeni Houthi rebel spokesman said it had deployed 10 drones in the ...

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British PM likens himself to Incredible Hulk ahead of Brexit talks

London, Sept 15 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the Incredible Hulk in an interview on Saturday ahead of talks with European leaders. “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” Johnson told the Mail on Sunday newspaper. “Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be and that is the case for this ...

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US fines Japan Airlines $300,000 over long flight delays

The US government is fining Japan Airlines $300,000 for delays that trapped passengers on two grounded planes for hours. Under an agreement with the Transportation Department, the airline gets credit for $60,000 spent compensating passengers, and $120,000 will be waived if the airline avoids similar incidents for one year, reports AP.The department says that after bad weather forced a January ...

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Former PM Cameron ‘sorry’ for Brexit divisions

London, Sept 14 : The British prime minister who called the Brexit referendum and then saw the public vote to leave the European Union says he is sorry for the divisions it has caused. David Cameron said in an interview published Saturday that he thinks about the consequences of the Brexit referendum “every single day” and worries “desperately” about what ...

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Pound climbs to highest level since July

The pound has hit its highest level against the dollar since July amid hopes a no-deal Brexit can be avoided. Sterling jumped more than 1% on Friday to over $1.24 against the dollar, its highest level in seven weeks, reports BBC.The pound was boosted after a report in the Times said the DUP, Northern Ireland’s largest political party, was prepared ...

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Bangladeshi ‘Jamdani’ fair delights saree lovers in Delhi

A daylong fair on Jamdani, Muslin and other handloom sarees, an embodiment of the pride of Bangladesh, has delighted a large number of saree lovers, creating soothing effects on them to make them ponder over the revival of these rare wears. The creations of Mantasha Ahmed and Nasreen Jahan, the owners of two popular fashion houses in Dhaka, the spectacular ...

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Water, temperature right for life at another star’s planet

Photo: This artist’s rendering provided by University College London Centre for Space Exochemistry Data researchers shows Exoplanet K2-18b, foreground, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. Cape Canaveral, Sept 12 : In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this ...

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Trump delays tariff hikes on Chinese goods ahead of talks

US President Donald Trump will delay a planned tariff hike on $250bn (£202.8bn) of Chinese goods as a “gesture of good will”. In a tweet, Mr Trump said a 5% increase to duties scheduled for 1 October will be postponed for two weeks.He said the delay had been requested by China, and also follows a move by Beijing to scrap ...

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