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A COSMIC BAT IN FLIGHT ESO’s Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat’s dusty clouds

By admin / June 18, 2019

Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy wings through...

Culture

RECOVERED PAINTINGS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH back on permanent display at the Van Gogh Museum

By admin / June 18, 2019

Van Gogh’s works View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882) and Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen (1884-1885) go...

FDA announces Project Facilitate to assist physicians seeking access to unapproved therapies for patients with cancer

By admin / June 6, 2019

On June 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oncology Center of Excellence announced a new pilot program to assist...

Health

WHO highlights huge scale of tobacco-related lung disease deaths

By admin / June 6, 2019

The World Health Organization is highlighting the damage tobacco causes to lung health: over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are...

CHERNOBYL, APRIL 26, 1986 A date and place that history will never forget

By admin / May 28, 2019

On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear...

“THE DOME”: Chernobyl’s € 2.1 billion new confinement structure

By admin / May 28, 2019

Within months of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Soviet crews contained the radioactive wreckage inside a temporary shelter, a 21-story-tall "sarcophagus." There were...

PETULANT PARTNERS: SWITZERLAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

By admin / May 25, 2019

Take a look at some of Switzerland’s great heroes. William Tell, of course, famously shot an apple from his son’s...

Monaco’s Model Students

By admin / May 24, 2019

By bringing the United Nations into the classroom, students at the International School of Monaco and Collège Charles III are...

Business

HIGH FLYER – THIERRY BOUTSEN

By admin / May 24, 2019

A career in motorsport placed Thierry Boutsen in pole position for success in his next venture, business aviation. But Formula...

Exclusive

GERHARD SCHRÖDER The Chancellor who came in from the cold

By admin / May 24, 2019

In 1998, Gerhard Schröder became the first politician since World War II to unseat an incumbent chancellor in Germany. He...

History, Nuclear, Others May 28, 2019

CHERNOBYL, APRIL 26, 1986 A date and place that history will never forget

On April 26, 1986, a sudden surge of power during a reactor systems test destroyed Unit 4 of the nuclear power station at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire…

Ex detective claims Suzy Lamplugh WASN'T on the way to meet 'Mr Kipper' on the day she disappeared
on June 24, 2019 at 8:30 am
Ex Scotland Yard detective David Videcette believes the probe into the disappearance of Miss Lamplugh (pictured) who vanished in Fulham, west London, in 1986, was flawed from the start. […]
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds 'almost split earlier this month' after four rows in six weeks
on June 24, 2019 at 8:30 am
One spat was reportedly caused after the potential prime minister, 55, arrived back at their home in Camberwell, south east London, later than expected. […]
England star Toni Duggan accuses Cameroon's Augustine Ejangue of spitting on her
on June 24, 2019 at 8:29 am
England fans were left outraged after seeing Cameroon's Augustine Ejangue spit on Toni Duggan during Sunday's World Cup last-16 showdown. […]
Asian accountant who smashed ex-wife's head against car is spared jail
on June 24, 2019 at 8:28 am
Syed Ahmad, 51, viciously assaulted former spouse of 21 years Perveen Ahmad, also 51, outside a David Lloyd centre in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, by slamming her head into a BMW. […]
Boris and Carrie are seen together for first time since police row
on June 24, 2019 at 8:28 am
Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds have been spotted canoodling in Sussex with friends saying they are still 'very much in love' despite a row that saw the police called in by neighbours.&nbs […]
Massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off Australia's north coast near Indonesia
on June 24, 2019 at 8:28 am
A massive earthquake has struck near Australia's north coast - sparking an evacuation across Darwin. […]
UK weather Met Office danger to life warning one month of rain due to fall in a day today
on June 24, 2019 at 8:28 am
Torrential downpours could drop up to a month's rain in some parts of England (Liverpool pictured) and Scotland over a 60-hour period of wind, rain, lightning and hail. […]
Cameroon accused of 'shaming' women's football in 3-0 defeat to England's lionesses
on June 24, 2019 at 8:28 am
England manager Phil Neville has slammed Cameroon's national team for 'shaming' women's football after they were defeated 3-0 by England in a match that was marred by bad behaviour. […]
Iran drone and tanker attacks 'a bid to fight back against 'status quo' as economic sanctions bite'
on June 24, 2019 at 8:25 am
Lt Gen Robert Ashley Jr said the recent US drone and oil tankers attacks by Iran were a bid to change the 'status quo' as the US-imposed sanctions have started to hit the Iranian economy. […]