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Physicist Jim Al-Khalili (of Iraqi descent) explains how to get out from under the cloud of misinformation. “Every now and again, I go off and I will make a TV
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Philipp Heimberger and Nikolaus Kowall at Social Europe: Italy is living below its means: ‘Italy is living beyond its means!’ This omnipresent claim is readily supported by pointing to Italy’s
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اپ ڈیٹ: ایک اور خود ملازم آٹو رکشہ ڈرائیور (آصف) میرے سفر کے راؤنڈ ٹرپ فاصلے کا حساب لگانے کے لیے گوگل میپ کو سیکھتا اور استعمال کرتا ہے، پھر
UPDATE: Another self-employed auto rickshaw driver (Asif) learns and uses the Google Map to calculate round trip distance of my travel, then calculates rate per kilometer and charges me plus
One single scientist created three inventions that accidentally caused the deaths of millions of people, including himself. Not only that, these inventions decreased the average intelligence of people all around
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The rampaging bulldozer is the state thumbing its nose at the court — and the rule of law. It needs a firm check The Indian Express editorial: The Uttar Pradesh
Before she met John Lennon, she was a significant figure in avant-garde circles and had created a masterpiece of conceptual art. Did celebrity deprive her of her due as an
NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Is Pakistan finally off the FATF hook after successfully completing the two FATF Action Plans? The country was put on Grey List in Feb. 2018. In
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“The problem is that we have statutes on the books based on what Congress can envision,” Barbara McQuade says. “And I don’t think Congress ever imagined that a President would
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Adding fourth dimension to a Statue…as an ‘articulated’ passerby!
Key Findings By the Institute For Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in Its Recent 7-Page Factsheet Titled “Debunking Common Myths about LNG in Pakistan“: LNG is not cheap in
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NEWS OF INTEREST (NOI): Roughly 1 in 4 American expatriates is “seriously considering” or “planning” to renounce their U.S. citizenship, according to a survey from Greenback Expat Tax Services. The
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