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Rapidly melting sea ice in Greenland has presented an unusual hazard for research teams retrieving their oceanographic moorings and weather station equipment.
Move is the most ambitious effort yet to take blockchain payments mainstream.
Deputy Assistant Matthew Twist said “specialist units” were undertaking “high-visibility patrols” in targeted areas across London.
The 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Yibin in Changning County, south-east of the provincial capital Chengdu, late on Monday, officials said.
Thousands of sports fans were packed into the city centre in Nathan Phillips Square when shots rang out, sending many scurrying for cover.
At least 200 patients, many of whom are below the age of 10, are still being treated at two hospitals.
Twitter user WalkingCat noticed that Huawei’s laptops have returned, and we’ve spotted that the MateBook 13, the MateBook, and the MateBook X Pro are all available once again. The MateBook X Pro is currently listed as “out of stock,” but the rest are available to purchase again.
French legend Platini was elected in 2007 and served as president until 2015 when he was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee.
Event organized by The Poor People’s Campaign tackled issues ranging from bipartisanship to inequality and systemic racism.
Although the mission ended in 2017, science continues to flow from the data collected. A new paper published June 13 in Science describes results from four Cassini instruments taking their closest-ever observations of the main rings.
Gabled streets, meandering canals and gorgeous Gothic architecture, Bruges is one of the most postcard-pretty cities in Europe.
The iAtlantic project is the biggest ever mounted in the planet's second largest ocean.
St Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren, Flanders, is one of the world's 14 official Trappist beer producers.
On this island in West Tromsø, north of the Arctic Circle, the sun doesn't set from May 18 right through to July 26, a full 69 days.
The recent divergence in fortunes of the world's dominant planemakers was on full display at the biennial industry beauty contest, where the companies typically confirm orders for hundreds of jets.
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt was born on 24 February 1924 and lived a storied life from infancy.
Tensions between countries on the rise after Washington blamed Tehran for attacks on oil tankers.
The burial was attended by members of the family in Cairo’s Nasr City after authorities refused burial in Mursi’s home province of Sharqiya in the Nile Delta, Ahmed Mursi said.
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will also include media buying agencies from the major ad groups - WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom and Dentsu - as well as the platform owners, the group said on Tuesday at the ad industry’s annual gathering in Cannes, France.
The team, hailing from the University of Sydney, also uncovered several more rooms in a huge Iron Age (ca. 800BC) 'Civic Building', containing storage jars and various other finds scattered amongst the debris, Bourke noted.
Officers were responding to an alleged shoplifting incident last month when the video was recorded.
US aircraft will be able to use San Cristobal airport, Ecuador's defence minister Oswaldo Jarrin has been quoted as saying.
Salah was tempted by the possibility of a move to either Real Madrid or Juventus - and may revisit the situation in 12 months.
CFM, owned by General Electric and France’s Safran, will provide the 1LEAP-1A engines to power 280 A320neo and A321neo jetliners already on order from Airbus by the Delhi-based budget carrier.
France and Germany are spearheading the development of a new manned fighter jet to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Aviation’s Rafale fighter jet, as well as a range of associated weapons, including drones.
The designer’s SS20 collection once again proved her talent for making a splash; elsewhere, Dolce & Gabbana put the leopard into leopard print.
Divers in Kolkata search river for Chanchal Lahiri after he fails to surface in escapology stunt.
Soaring temperatures hit most of country with mercury topping 50C in some parts.
Галделли и Гоффи были арестованы во время совместной операции таиландской и итальянской полиции на окраине Паттайи.
Two billion years ago an enormous asteroid slammed into what is now South Africa. It left behind the largest and second oldest confirmed impact crater, the 300 kilometer-wide (190-mile) Vredefort Crater.
Dassault Aviation and Airbus will build the warplane which is expected to be operational from 2040, with a view to replacing Dassault’s Rafale and Germany’s Eurofighter over time.
Last year there were a record number of cases of the mosquito-borne illness, which can be fatal.
Failure leaves people in Argentina and Uruguay without electricity.
Francesco Galdelli, 58, and Vanja Goffi, 45 have been wanted on an Interpol red notice since 2013.
Chanchal Lahiri was meant to escape and swim to safety but did not emerge from the Hooghly river in West Bengal state.
The focus was still the dollar’s surge on Friday after above-forecast U.S. industrial output and retail sales data and upbeat consumer confidence soundings pushed back futures markets expectations of any quick Fed rate cut.
Leasing company Air Lease Corp on Monday announced a deal for 100 Airbus planes, including 27 of the A321XLR jets, and sources familiar with the matter said Airbus was also close to announcing a deal with JetBlue Airways Corp.
U.S.-Iran tensions are worsening following accusations by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that Tehran carried out attacks last Thursday on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a vital oil shipping route. Iran has denied having any role.
But scientists warn it can be toxic.
Internet blackouts, which began last Tuesday, are also still affecting many areas of the country.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri has promised a full investigation.
at the Women's World Cup but the USWNT was in no mood to go easy on Chile.
Both worker and student strikes have been called for Monday, and hundreds of protesters were still around central government offices in Admiralty.
'Orchard of France' is badly hit by extreme weather that has killed two people.
For minimum-wage workers who have a 40-hour work week, and work 52 weeks without having any unpaid time off, this equates to just $15,080 annually, according to a CNN calculation.
‘It will mean something for him, that there is a place in the world, far away from the States, with his name,’ says resident in community.
Nineteen candidates took part in the election that is all but certain to be decided in a second round of voting between the top two contenders on Aug. 11.
The statement, dated Friday but published on the firm’s website on Monday, said the split will increase flexibility in the firm’s capital raising activities and that the firm’s board recommends shareholders to vote in favor of the proposal.
Speaking after consultations with lawmakers, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the top official in Hong Kong, said passage of the bill would be suspended and a second reading due to take place this month canceled.
waves in recent history, Anshu Priya, a spokeswoman for India's National Disaster Management Authority.
DiCaprio never had a closed deal for the project. It is unclear if Cooper's deal will close at this early stage, also.
Judge rules to convert Adélio Bispo de Oliveira’s detention to internment in state medical facility.
Former Brexit secretary says he would give Tories a better chance in marginal seats.
But step outside your front door today and you can barely move for joggers and cyclists, while it’s entirely normal to be a member of a gym.
Daughter pays tribute to Grace Jones, who had attributed her longevity in part to whisky.
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