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World’s Oldest 112 year old Man Masazo Nonaka from Japan
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

World’s Oldest 112 year old Man Masazo Nonaka from Japan

    After an extensive search, Guinness World Records has awarded the title of oldest living man to Masazo Nonaka from Japan, who is an incredible 112 years and 259 days old. A representative from the organization presented Nonaka with his certificate at his home in Hokkaido the northernmost of the country’s islands on Tuesday. The previous title holder was Francisco Nuñez Olivera, of Spain, who passed away in January this year at the age of 113. Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905, just months before Albert Einstein published his famous special theory of relativity and more than a year before the Wright Brothers first demonstration of powered flight. We are very pleased to announce that we have a new record holder for the oldest living man. Mr. Nonaka’s achievement is r...
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European airlines warned over Syria strikes as May stands behind Trump
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

European airlines warned over Syria strikes as May stands behind Trump

    Airlines in the Eastern Mediterranean were placed on high alert amid the possibility of a US-led airstrike response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria. It comes as speculation over if a strike would happen continued as Theresa May said Britain would need more evidence before joining a military retaliation over the alleged poison gas attack. But European Aviation Security Agency warned pilots of possible air-to-ground missile launches as Donald Trump and US allies continued to weigh up retaliatory measures. It told operators: Please note that EASA has issued Rapid Alert Notification for Eastern Mediterranean/Nicosia FIR (flight information region) area stating that: Due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria with air-to-ground and/or cruise missiles w...
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Poisoned spy Sergei Skripal miracle recovery: How survived novichok attack
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Poisoned spy Sergei Skripal miracle recovery: How survived novichok attack

    Investigations into the nerve agent attack in Salisbury continue Poisoned spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition and is expected to leave hospital in due course, while his daughter Yulia has been discharged. Just a few weeks ago they were seemingly on the brink of death so how did they survive? Alastair Hay, Professor of Environmental Toxicology at Leeds University, tells Sky News how they may have fought off the novichok nerve agent and managed a miracle recovery. The nerve agents are deadly, says Prof Hay. That's why they were chosen as chemical weapons. If you are exposed to a number of lethal doses then invariably it is fatal. They block acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme active in the nervous system. The result is involuntary contraction of ...
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Britain deploys third warship to strictly enforce North Korea trade ban
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Britain deploys third warship to strictly enforce North Korea trade ban

    The UK is to deploy a third warship to help enforce sanctions against North Korea. Amphibious assault ship HMS Albion will join HMS Sutherland and HMS Argyll, which is due in the region later in the year to take part in exercises with Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore. The ships will enforce the UN ban on ship-to-ship transfers of goods destined for North Korea. Several Chinese-registered ships have been seized for secretly siphoning off oil to North Korean ships in international waters over the past few months. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: Our Armed Forces are at the forefront of Global Britain, and the deployment of HMS Albion, Sutherland and Argyll demonstrates our unwavering commitment to our international responsibilities and to maint...
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257 people killed after Algerian military plane crashed
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

257 people killed after Algerian military plane crashed

    A total of 257 people have been killed after an Algerian military plane crashed near the country's capital. The cause was unclear and an investigation has been launched, the country's defence ministry said in a statement. It added that ten crew members and 247 passengers mostly soldiers and their relatives died in the crash. The jet came down in farmland close to Boufarik airport near Algiers and emergency services have been sent to the crash site. Black smoke could be seen rising near a motorway in footage broadcast on Algerian television, with a crowd of officials also visible in a field next to the crash site. The tail fin of a plane could also be seen above olive trees, with smoke and flames billowing from the wreckage. The country's state news agency said th...
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Facebook in arms race with Russia
11Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Facebook in arms race with Russia

    Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook chief executive, warned on Tuesday of an online propaganda arms race with Russia and vowed that fighting interference in elections around the world is now his top priority. The 33-year-old billionaire, during testimony that lasted nearly five hours, was speaking to Congress in what was widely seen as a moment of reckoning for America’s tech industry. It came in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which, Facebook has admitted, the personal information of up to 87 million users were harvested without their permission. Zuckerberg’s comments gave an insight into the unnerving reach and influence of Facebook in numerous democratic societies. “The most important thing I care about right now is making sure no one interferes in the v...
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Islamic State Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe
10Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

Islamic State Beatles warn of more attacks in Europe

    Two men accused of being members of the Islamic State Beatles cell have told Sky News there will be more IS-inspired attacks in Europe. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) earlier this year, issued the warning in a Sky News interview. They said they did not die on the battlefield because God decreed it was not their destiny. The men, both from west London, did not deny being members of the four man British IS cell, and seemed unrepentant. Speaking to Sky News at a detention facility in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria, they said they would wait for a court to prove they were directly part of the group that held 20 hostages and oversaw the beheading of seven. They did not specifically condemn te...
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Queen Elizabeth jokes about Trump and his plane
10Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth jokes about Trump and his plane

    In any other circumstance, two 91-year-olds strolling slowly around a garden, complaining about the prevalence of noisy aircraft would hardly be of note. But when that elderly couple happens to be the Queen and Sir David Attenborough, old friends and undisputed national treasures, the nature of their conversation is rather more of interest. The Queen could not contain her irritation. Why do they go round and round when you want to talk? she pondered aloud. Poking fun at the noisy aircraft favoured by US leaders, she joked: Sounds like President Trump or President Obama. It is not the first time the monarch has expressed frustration about living under a flight path. In a pre-recorded message, she told BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners Question Time: I very much hope you hav...
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Ex Russian spy daughter Yulia released from hospital
10Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Ex Russian spy daughter Yulia released from hospital

    The Russian embassy to the UK has congratulated Yulia Skripal on her recovery from a nerve agent attack that Britain and an array of Western allies blamed on Russia. Yulia Skripal was released from hospital on Tuesday after she and her father, a former Russian double agent, were poisoned in Salisbury in southern England last month. In a message posted on Twitter, the Russian embassy stressed the need for urgent proof that what is being done to her [Yulia] is done on her own free will. Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on March 4 following exposure to Novichok, a nerve agent. Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence, was convicted of selling Russian state secrets to Britain in 2006. He was traded...
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Finger bone first found in Saudi Arabia more than 85,000 years ago
10Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Extras, Featured

Finger bone first found in Saudi Arabia more than 85,000 years ago

    More than 85,000 years ago, the Arabian peninsula looked very different from the vast, sandy expanse people see today. The region was a lush grassland, seasonally greening with every rainy period, and dotted by hundreds of freshwater lakes. Researchers have found evidence in the sands of aquatic- and semi-aquatic mammals, such as hippos, which are more commonly associated with the African subcontinent. They've also found stone tools the suggest an early human presence on the peninsula, but no direct fossil evidence until now. A single human finger bone discovered in 2016 at an ancient lake site in Saudi Arabia called Al Wusta has now been dated to approximately 88,000 years ago, according to a new study in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. We have found 10,...
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