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ENGLISH

Britain goes without coal for the first time since Industrial Revolution
22Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Britain goes without coal for the first time since Industrial Revolution

    The National Grid has announced Britain’s first full day without coal power since the Industrial Revolution. A combination of low demand for electricity and an abundance of wind meant the grid completed 24 hours relying on just gas, nuclear and renewables. Engineers at the company said Friday marked a “historic” milestone in Britain’s shift away from carbon fuels, and that coal-free days would become increasingly common. Use of the fossil fuel has significantly declined in recent years, accounting for just 9 per cent of electricity generation last year, down from 23 per cent in 2015, with the closure or conversion of coal plants. The Government has pledged to phase out coal - the most polluting fossil fuel from the system by 2025 as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions ...
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The enigma of Assad: How a painfully shy eye doctor turned into a murderous tyrant
22Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

The enigma of Assad: How a painfully shy eye doctor turned into a murderous tyrant

    Syrian president Bashar al-Assad never seemed cut out to be a dictator. As a young man, Assad—the second son of strongman president Hafez al-Assad was so painfully shy that in conversation, “he wouldn’t look in your eye…he covered his mouth with his hands when he talked, and spoke in a low voice,” says Ayman Abdel Nour, a university friend. Indeed, Assad generally avoided gatherings of more than handful of people, and would hunch over to make his tall frame less conspicuous. “He was a totally regular citizen; you wouldn’t guess he was the son of the president unless you knew him personally,” Abdel Nour remembers. While Bashar’s flashy older brother Bassel quickly rose through the ranks of the military, Bashar chose to study ophthalmology and took a softer posting as an arm...
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Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say
22Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say

    As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said. One official in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday at least 140 soldiers were killed and many others wounded. Other officials said the toll was likely to be even higher. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the government has yet to release official casualty figures. A US official in Washington on Friday had put the toll at more than 50 killed and wounded. As many as 10 Taliban fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms and driving military vehicles, talked their way onto the base and opened fire on soldiers eat...
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Mind blowing discovery could revolutionise our understanding of how brain works
21Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Mind blowing discovery could revolutionise our understanding of how brain works

    A study of people born with one hand suggests neuroscientists may have fundamentally misunderstood the way the brain is organised, a scientist has claimed. Dr Tamar Makin, of University College London, said the new theory if proved correct would have massive implications, adding it was mind-blowing to think that scientists could have been mistaken for so long. An international team of researchers from the UK, Israel, Canada and Switzerland used an MRI scanner to monitor the brains of people who were born with one hand as they performed everyday tasks like handling money or wrapping a present. They found the area of the brain associated with the missing hand was active when they used different body parts, such as the arm, foot and mouth. Importantly this happened when these...
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Etiquette Experts Weigh In On Trump’s Awkward Walking Distance From Melania
21Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Etiquette Experts Weigh In On Trump’s Awkward Walking Distance From Melania

    U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 16. President Trump is at it again. People on Twitter recently pointed out that the president left his wife, Melania, behind while deplaning Air Force One over the weekend. In one photo, the president is at the bottom of the airplane’s stairs, greeting and saluting people on the ground, while Melania is still descending. Many online criticised the distance between the two, pointing to other presidents like Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan and the way they descended the stairs with their wives. Though Trump and his wife have descended the stairs together at the same speed a few times before and many other presidents haven’t always descended the stairs with their ...
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Police officer and suspect shot dead on Champs Elysees in Paris attack claimed by Islamic State
21Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Police officer and suspect shot dead on Champs Elysees in Paris attack claimed by Islamic State

    A policeman was shot dead on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Thursday night in an apparent Isil-inspired terror attack. The shooting, in which the gunman was also killed, was carried out by a man who was under preliminary investigation for terrorism but let go. The attack raised questions over how yet another Islamist extremist known to police was able to bring terror to the heart of the French capital. The shooting came just three days before the first round of the country’s presidential election, and François Fillon, the conservative candidate, last night called for election campaigning to be suspended. Security will be heightened across the country in the run-up to Sunday’s election. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant identified the attacker as one of its soldiers,...
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Expertise team in Sunamganj to examine death of fish, duck
21Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Expertise team in Sunamganj to examine death of fish, duck

    A three‐member team of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute arrived in Sunamganj on Friday to examine the cause of death of fishes and ducks in the haors (water bodies) of the district. The team, led by Chief Scientist Dr. Masud Hossain Khan, visited Khachar Haor in Bishambharpur upazila, Halir Haor and Mahaliar Haor in Tahirpur upazila in the morning and examined water of the haors. While talking to reporters, Dr. Masud said, The water of the haors is not in its normal condition and there is existence of toxic gas in the water for which fishers are dying. Dead fishes and ducks were found floating in the haors of Jagannathpur upazila in the last several days after a flashflood in the region that created tension among the farmers of the area. Though the local administrat...
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EU would welcome UK back if election voters veto Brexit: Brussels chief
21Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

EU would welcome UK back if election voters veto Brexit: Brussels chief

    The president of the European parliament has said Britain would be welcomed back with open arms if voters change their minds about Brexit on 8 June, challenging Theresa May’s claim that “there is no turning back” after article 50. Speaking after a meeting with the prime minister in Downing Street, Antonio Tajani insisted that her triggering of the departure process last month could be reversed easily by the remaining EU members if there was a change of UK government after the general election and would not even require a court case. If the UK, after the election, wants to withdraw [Article 50], then the procedure is very clear, he said in an interview. If the UK wanted to stay, everybody would be in favour. I would be very happy. Detailed coverage on snap General Election ...
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Trump’s Got a Mega Bomb Designed to Hit North Korea
20Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump’s Got a Mega Bomb Designed to Hit North Korea

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father, Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang. Forget the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that President Donald Trump claimed, wrongly, was steaming toward North Korea to punish Kim Jong Un’s regime for apparently testing a nuclear-capable ballistic missile last Saturday. Forget the U.S. Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighters that practiced bombing runs on the Korean Peninsula in late March. Forget the contingent of U.S. Army soldiers—part of the 29,000-strong American ground force in South Korea that Vice President Mike Pence visited Sunday, just a day after Pyongyang’s latest missile test failed. No, if the United States seriously intends to punish North Korea ...
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Corbyn’s older brother says Labour leader will win general election by bypassing media like Trump
20Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Corbyn’s older brother says Labour leader will win general election by bypassing media like Trump

    General election 2017 Jeremy Corbyn will bypass traditional media outlets with the same degree of success that outsider-turned-president Donald Trump did, the Labour leader's older brother has predicted. In an interview with The Telegraph, 70-year-old Piers Corbyn hit out at the media coverage his brother receives, claiming that news organisations like the BBC are treating him unfairly. He added that he believes shy Corbynistas will come out in force to support Corbyn and deliver him the result he wants in the general election on 8 June. The BBC is evil and they will carry on being evil, Piers said. At every opportunity they criticise him [Jeremy]. Why? The BBC have never been so biased against any party leader as now. That is because Jeremy stands for something different....
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