Fri 09 October 2020: Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according to research published on Wednesday by software firm BlackBerry Corp, Reuters reports. The report on the group, known publicly as Bahamut, the name assigned to the mythical sea monster of Arab lore, highlights how […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: American poet Louise Gluck has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, with judges praising “her unmistakable poetic voice”. The 10 million Swedish crown ($1.1m) prize is named after dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature and peace in accordance […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Unemployment is seen as the biggest worry over the next 10 years for business executives around the world, closely followed by concern about the spread of infectious diseases, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. Unemployment rates have rocketed due to lockdowns and other restrictions to combat the coronavirus […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: The findings of the study suggest that geographically, the country that benefited most was China, where billionaire wealth grew fastest of all in Asia The total wealth of billionaires across the globe has risen to $10.2 trillion as of the end of July — a new high after the year’s V-shaped […]
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Mon 05 October 2020: The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, one of the most common causes of liver cancer. Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and Briton Michael Houghton were awarded the prize for “a landmark achievement in […]
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Sun 04 October 2020: Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minster said on Saturday archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. Khalid el-Anany said at least 59 sealed sarcophagi, with mummies inside most of them, were found that had been buried in three wells more than 2,600 years ago. archaeologists […]
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Tue 29 September 2020: The French government will implement an 8 million-euro ($9.2 million) package to help people working in circuses France – France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on fur […]
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Tue 29 September 2020: A British artist named Sacha Jafri has taken over the ballroom of Dubai’s Atlantis, The Palm to create the world’s largest painting and in turn, making a record-breaking piece of art ever created on canvas. The artist has been working on the painting for over five months, ever since the novel […]
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Sun 27 September 2020: Book Author(s) : Clarissa Ward Published Date : September 2020 Publisher : Penguin Random House Hardcover : 336 pages ISBN-13 : 9780525561477 “Under these circumstances, talking to a Western reporter could be a death sentence. And yet here in Douma, as soon as people saw that I was a journalist, they […]
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Fri 25 September 2020: The FDA permits up to 3.1% of a food’s content to have glycyrrhizic acid, but many candies and other licorice products don’t reveal how much of it is contained per ounce A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day […]
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