Новости за 22.02.2020

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith admits they need to take advantage of Southampton's poor home form today.

In development for nearly a decade, the Starliner programme was Boeing’s answer to the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle programme in 2011, which left NASA and allied space agencies dependent on Russian Soyuz rockets to take crews to the International Space Station.

A former campaign staffer for ex-Democrat representative Katie Hill was arrested for allegedly hacking her opponents' websites.

A former campaign staffer for ex-Democrat representative Katie Hill was arrested for allegedly hacking her opponents' websites.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A majority of Vermont schools that have tested their drinking water taps for lead have found at least one tap with elevated lead levels, the Vermont Health Department said.

HELSINKI — The Finnish government says it has agreed to take in up to 175 asylum-seekers from camps in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta “to alleviate the humanitarian situation” experienced by refugees in the Mediterranean members of the European Union. The Finnish interior ministry said Saturday in a statement that the Nordic country of 5.5

As number of cases in South Korea surge, here is the latest news on Feb. 22.

Chief minister Hemant Soren in a late night tweet to Union external affairs minister S Jaishankar sought his intervention to bring back 30 labourers of Jharkhand who are trapped in Oman. The incident came to light after a social worker informed that the labourers, working at a tower line of a reputed company, were kept locked up for asking for their wages.

The Imoca Open 60 "Einstein" will be prepared in the south of England for installation of the newest generation of foils.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists they can keep hold of their best players if they miss out on Champions League qualification.

As we pulled into the visitor parking lot at the Royal Tyrrell Museum on a chilly winter morning, we were surprised to see only a few cars there. We have visited the Drumheller area many times, but never during the quieter winter months. We were looking forward to exploring the museum and to seeing the […]

Republican lawmakers in Missouri have moved to "investigate the investigators" in the wake of a probe into former Gov. Eric Greitens.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath inaugurated a Forestry Conference of Indian Forest Service officers at Noronha Academy of Administration in Bhopal on Saturday.Speaking at the conference he emphasised on the usage of forest produce and the role of forests in economic growth."I have been connected to forests for the past 30 years. But the time has changed from what it used to be 30 years ago and we have to acknowledge this. I was first-time Member of Parliament(MP) when the forest act was... Читать дальше...

Just read that ex- Derby player Craig Ramage was sacked by the BBC for making 'racist' remarks. Seems you have to be very careful with your choice of words these days.

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TOKYO (AP) - Japan's health minister said Saturday that 23 passengers were released from the Diamond Princess cruise ship without being tested for the new virus due to procedural mistakes, another sign of sloppiness in the quarantine of the ship, where more than 600 people were infected.

BODIPY on fire

Look closely, are those flames? Graduate student Andrea Cabrera-Espinoza dropped BODIPY derivatives dissolved in chloroform into quartz cuvettes containing methanol. The compounds are less soluble in methanol than in chloroform. That solubility difference helped slow their diffusion, allowing Cabrera-Espinoza to capture the movement under UV light, creating the illusion of colored flames.

Submitted by Andrea Cabrera-Espinoza, Ortiz lab, Universidad del Valle, Colombia

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Deontay Wilder defends his WBC heavyweight title for the second time against Tyson Fury as they both look to finally put to rest who the winner of the first fight was following a controversial draw.

Calculated Risk: Projections for first quarter GDP growth are all over the map.

• London-based visual artist Max Siedentopf pushes the boundaries of passport photography in his series, "Passport Photos."
• Siedentopf pokes fun at restrictive passport-photo rules by setting up fake scenarios outside of the frame as people have their ID picture taken.
• Although the cropped portraits in Siedentopf's series fit passport-photo requirements, the zoomed-out pictures reveal bizarre and chaotic scenarios taking place.
• The result is a series of hilarious images. Читать дальше...

The pharma industry body, which works under the Union Commerce Ministry, said it was extending its full support to the Indian missions in China to fight the coronavirus outbreak

BRITAIN'S wildlife could be at risk from a devastating outbreak of a new ash dieback tree disease as a result of an "idiotic" EU regulation.

Liverpool U18s were beaten 4-2 in their top-of-the-table clash with Manchester City at the Academy on Saturday morning.

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