Tuesday, September 29

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Data Reveals the Number of Sexual Partners the Average
2Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Data Reveals the Number of Sexual Partners the Average

    The most uncomfortable question in every relationship: what's your number? As in, how many people have you slept with? To find out the average number of sexual partners a person has had as well as the feelings surrounding the subject, a recent study surveyed over 2,000 people in the US and Europe. Turns out, the average American has had 7.2 partners while the average European has had 6.2. On top of the median counts, America's highs and lows ranged at much more drastic extremes, from 2.6 (Utah) to 15.7 (Louisiana), vs. Europe's 5.4 (Italy) to 7.0 (UK). The survey also asked the participants at what number they considered someone to be too promiscuous. Women answered 15.2 while men said 14; both, however, closely agreed on the ideal number of partners for someone to have in...
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World’s most crucial chemical suddenly in short supply on Harvey US
2Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

World’s most crucial chemical suddenly in short supply on Harvey US

    As it turns out, this colorless, flammable gas is arguably the most important petrochemical on the planet and much of it comes from the hurricane-stricken Gulf Coast. Ethylene is one of the big reasons the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey in the chemical communities along the Gulf of Mexico is likely to ripple through U.S. manufacturing of essential items from milk jugs to mattresses. Ethylene really is the major petrochemical that impacts the entire industry, said Chirag Kothari, an analyst at consultant Nexant. Texas alone produces nearly three-quarters of the country’s supply of one of the most basic chemical building blocks. Ethylene is the foundation for making plastics essential to U.S. consumer and industrial goods, feeding into car parts used by Detroit and diape...
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Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar’s Rakhine
2Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar’s Rakhine

    More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week, the government said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence involving the Muslim minority in decades. About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh from Myanmar, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR, as aid workers there struggle to cope. Myanmar officials blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the burning of the homes. The group claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks on security posts last week that prompted clashes and a large army counter-offensive. But Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh say a campaign of arson and killings by the Myanmar army is aimed at trying to force them out. The treatment of Myanmar’s roug...
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The Queen replies to letter from girl, 5, who asked to borrow a swan for the weekend
2Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The Queen replies to letter from girl, 5, who asked to borrow a swan for the weekend

    A five-year-old girl who wrote to the Queen to ask if she could borrow a swan for the weekend has received an unexpected reply from Buckingham Palace. Lyndsay Simpson penned the letter after being informed by her mum Jennifer Bax that the Queen owns all the swans in Britain. The little girl told Her Majesty of her love of swans, promising she would take good care of one by keeping it in the bath, the Times reported. In a kind reply, Jennie Vine, deputy correspondence co-ordinator at the Palace, thanked the little girl for the request and said that the Queen had taken “careful note” of her comments. She also explained that the Queen does not own every swan in the land, and added the idea is nothing more than a centuries-old urban myth. She added: Her Majesty owns mute swans...
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Britain immigration centre mockery and torture image appeared in secret cameras: 9 employees suspended after the investigation Home Office
2Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Britain immigration centre mockery and torture image appeared in secret cameras: 9 employees suspended after the investigation Home Office

    Footage is said to show officers mocking and assaulting detainees at centre near Gatwick. The private security contractor G4S has suspended nine staff from an immigration centre near Gatwick after fresh claims of abuse and assaults against detainees, prompting calls for the government to stop awarding it contracts. An investigation has also been launched into allegations by the BBC’s Panorama of “chaos, incompetence and abuse” at Brook House immigration removal centre. The programme claims to have undercover footage showing officers “mocking, abusing and even assaulting detainees” at the facility, where drugs are allegedly rife. G4S said nine staff had been suspended pending further investigation in the latest scandal to hit the controversial firm. Jerry Petherick, the man...
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Nearly 40,000 Rohingya fled escalating Myanmar fighting: UN sources
1Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Nearly 40,000 Rohingya fled escalating Myanmar fighting: UN sources

    Rohingya refugees stands in an open place during heavy rain, as they are hold by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after illegally crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, August 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters Around 38,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar, United Nations sources working in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar said on Friday. The estimate comes a week after Rohingya insurgents attacked police posts and an army base in Rakhine state, prompting clashes and a military counteroffensive.
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Chinese Billionaire Plots Rescue of a Great British Carmaker
1Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Chinese Billionaire Plots Rescue of a Great British Carmaker

    An assembly hall sits rusting on a 55-acre factory complex in eastern England, surrounded by a vast expanse of green, productive farmlands. The forlorn structure is a reminder of the latest failed attempt to revive Lotus Cars, a specialist sportscar maker and engineering powerhouse. In its heyday, Lotus was revered for lightweight racers favored by James Bond and Mario Andretti. The company’s engineering talent alone was so well respected it developed a successful consulting firm with clients that included General Motors, Aston Martin, and Tesla. But consumer tastes changed. When sports cars gave way to SUVs, Lotus suffered. Under an ambitious plan hatched in 2009, Lotus started building the new hall in anticipation of producing an expanded lineup of five new models. But t...
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Theresa May will not lead us into next election say top Tories
1Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May will not lead us into next election say top Tories

    Senior Tories today crushed Theresa May’s claim that she will lead them into the next election. MPs and grandees shot down her surprise assertion that she is “here for the long term” and will remain Prime Minister into the next parliament. Even loyal supporters, who said Mrs May was right to assert her authority as premier, admitted there could be no second chance for her to run a general election campaign after throwing away David Cameron’s 2015 majority. Related: Theresa May: I'm not a quitter (Sky News) Former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan said it would be “difficult” for Mrs May to stay on until 2022, when the next election is due. Lord Heseltine, the former deputy prime minister, said Mrs May had no long-term future. Privately, two executive members of the 1922 Commit...
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US flies bombers, fighters in show of force against North Korea
1Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

US flies bombers, fighters in show of force against North Korea

    The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said. North Korea hates such displays of U.S. military might at close range and will likely respond with fury. Two U.S. B-1B supersonic bombers and four F-35B stealth fighter jets joined four South Korean F-15 fighters in live-fire exercises at a military field in eastern South Korea that simulated precision strikes against the North's "core facilities," according to the U.S. Pacific Command and South Korea's Defense Ministry. The B-1Bs were flown in from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam while th...
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Texas faces long recovery from Harvey, rising financial toll
1Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Texas faces long recovery from Harvey, rising financial toll

    As floodwaters receded and rescuers searched waterlogged neighborhoods for more potential victims, Houston officials began turning their attention to finding temporary housing for those in shelters and getting enough gasoline for people to fill up cars but also to the city's long-term recovery, which will take years and billions of dollars. Authorities raised the death toll from the storm to 39 late Thursday. And the latest statewide damage surveys revealed the staggering extent of the destruction. The Texas Department of Public Safety said more than 37,000 homes were heavily damaged and nearly 7,000 were destroyed, figures that did not include the tens of thousands of homes with minor damage. About 325,000 people have already sought federal emergency aid in the wake of Ha...
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