Friday, October 9

Tag: Featured

UK’s first ever double hand transplant patient who suffered horrific work accident says he feels whole again and is looking forward to holding a beer and riding a bike
25Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK’s first ever double hand transplant patient who suffered horrific work accident says he feels whole again and is looking forward to holding a beer and riding a bike

    The first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant is now looking forward to holding a bottle of beer and wearing shirts with real buttons again. Chris King, 57, lost both his hands - except the thumbs - in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work three years ago. Now, he has become the first person to have both hands replaced and only the second to have a hand transplant in the UK. Recovering after the surgery at the UK's specialist centre for the operation at Leeds General Infirmary, he said: 'I couldn't wish for anything better. 'It's better than a lottery win because you feel whole again.' Pub landlord Mark Cahill, from Yorkshire, became the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant in 2012 - performed by the same surgeon as Mr King. The f...
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Labour MP accuses Corbyn aides of entering her office without permission
24Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Labour MP accuses Corbyn aides of entering her office without permission

    A Labour MP has accused aides to Jeremy Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell of entering her House of Commons office without permission. Seema Malhotra said the action constituted a "breach of parliamentary privilege" and has lodged a formal complaint with Commons Speaker John Bercow. In a statement to The Observer, Ms Malhotra – who quit the shadow cabinet last month in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership and is now backing the challenger Owen Smith – said her staff felt "harassed, intimidated and insecure" as a result of what had happened. A spokesman for Mr Corbyn played down the incident and said that claims of intimidation were "untrue". The latest extraordinary twist comes against repeated claims that critics of the Labour leader – particularly women MPs – have ...
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EU considers migration emergency brake for UK for up to seven years
24Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

EU considers migration emergency brake for UK for up to seven years

    Plans to allow the United Kingdom an exemption from EU rules on freedom of movement for up to seven years while retaining access to the single market are being considered in European capitals as part of a potential deal on Brexit. Senior British and EU sources have confirmed that despite strong initial resistance from French president François Hollande in talks with prime minister Theresa May last week, the idea of an emergency brake on the free movement of people that would go far further than the one David Cameron negotiated before the Brexit referendum is being examined. If such an agreement were struck, and a strict time limit imposed, diplomats believe it could go a long way towards addressing concerns of the British people over immigration from EU states, while allow...
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Turkish Prime Minister: State of emergency will not be extended unless there will be a need to do so
24Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Turkish Prime Minister: State of emergency will not be extended unless there will be a need to do so

    A few hours after the Turkish President ordered that more than a thousand private schools in the country be shut down, the Turkish Prime Minister announced that the government is not planning to extend the state of emergency beyond the three months period that has been decided upon. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said last night (Saturday) that the government is not planning to extend the state of emergency beyond the three months period that has been decided upon, unless it is forced to do so. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared a state of emergency, which allows him to enact laws without the support of the parliament and deny rights and freedoms if necessary. “Our goal is not to extend the state of emergency but if there will be a need t...
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Graft money used in militancy, says ACC chairman
24Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Graft money used in militancy, says ACC chairman

    Fund raised through corruption is used in militancy, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud said today. No one will remain safe if terrorism and militancy cannot be curbed, the anti-graft body chairman told journalists at a view-exchange meeting at his office. About corruption in banking sector, the ACC chairman said the anti-graft body will take measures against private banks if evidence of graft and financial irregularities are found against them. “We will leave no stone unturned to stop corruption in the banking sector,” Mahmud said. The anti-graft watchdog will hold talks with the central bank over corruption both in private and public banks, he said. The ACC has given maximum priority to the private banks to fight corruption in the country’s banking se...
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Kuwait swelters in record-breaking 54C heat: the highest temperature ever recorded on earth
24Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Kuwait swelters in record-breaking 54C heat: the highest temperature ever recorded on earth

    If you're feeling flustered by the mini-heathwave over parts of the UK and Europe at the moment, then you'll want to avoid the Middle East right now. On Thursday a blistering temperature of 54C (129.3F) was recorded in Kuwait, firmly putting our hot spell into context. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in the eastern hemisphere and almost certainly the highest temperature ever recorded on earth. A weather station in Mitribah, a remote featureless area of north-west Kuwait, took the temperature last week during an intense heatwave that continues in parts of the Middle East. The mercury in neighbouring Iraq on the same day soared to 53.9C (129F) in the ancient city of Basra. If verified by the World Meteorological Organisation, they will almost certainly be the two...
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How The Shaft will rival the The Shard for coolest skyscraper in London
23Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

How The Shaft will rival the The Shard for coolest skyscraper in London

    Much of modern London has been built by architects who most Londoners will never have heard of: offices by corporate companies such as Aecom, HOK and Aukett Swanke, or housing projects by specialists such as Squire & Partners. Architectural celebrities such as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano are asked to tackle the fancy sugar-work: the Gherkins, the Cheesegraters, the Shards. Which is why Eric Parry being commissioned to design the tallest skyscraper in the City of London makes you sit up and take notice. Parry, an intellectual architect’s architect, is known for his interest in craft techniques — ceramics, woodwork, stitched leather. Earlier in his career he was designing artists’ studios and self-confessed “eccentric things in France”. Admittedly the s...
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How Brexit can set Britain free to boom again
23Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

How Brexit can set Britain free to boom again

    To everyone’s relief, the economic impact of the Brexit vote has so far not been as bad as many – including me – feared it might be. Well, perhaps not everyone, for there is nothing quite as galling as to be proved wrong. For many of those who warned of catastrophe, a recession is still greatly to be desired – so as to punish voters for their own stupidity, as it were. This is a natural enough reaction, but it is not at all constructive, particularly when it comes to business, where success depends on the ability to adapt and respond opportunistically and optimistically to any change in circumstance. It’s still far too early to make firm judgements, obviously, and there have already been a number of not entirely welcome consequences of Brexit, not least a 10 per cent deval...
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The builder who sold his house to fight ISIS despite no military training
23Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The builder who sold his house to fight ISIS despite no military training

    The rocket launched with a loud bang and the sound reverberated through the air. Tim Locks faced an agonising few seconds wait before it reached its target and a cloud of dust and smoke rose from where the building had been. It was a perfect, direct hit and his comrades let out a huge cheer. Tim was on the front line in Kurdistan and inside the building had been IS jihadists, also known as Daesh . He says bluntly: “I didn’t feel anything towards the people I was killing. I had long since stopped seeing Daesh as human, so I had no empathy for them. “I may as well have been shooting rubber ducks at the fairground.” His matter-of-fact response to taking the lives of enemies is something you would expect from a man in the military. After all, they are trained to kill. But Tim ...
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MH370 Pilot Practiced Suicide Route: Report
23Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

MH370 Pilot Practiced Suicide Route: Report

    Evidence surfaced Friday in a new report that suggests the pilot of the disappeared Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have taken the plane on a premeditated suicidal flight. The plane vanished in March 2014 with 239 people aboard. The report from New York Magazine claims to have obtained information from the Malaysian investigation into the incident that was previously unknown to the public. "New York has obtained a confidential document from the Malaysian police investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that shows that the plane’s captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, conducted a simulated flight deep into the remote southern Indian Ocean less than a month before the plane vanished under uncannily similar circumstances. The revelation, which Malaysia wi...
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