Celia Barquín: European golf champion murdered in Iowa
From BBC A homeless man has been charged in the murder of prominent Spanish golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, who was found dead on an Iowa golf course. Ms Barquín won the European Ladies’ Amateur championship in July and was…
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Large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation
BY DIANA YATES | LIFE SCIENCES EDITOR, U. OF I. NEWS BUREAU Using a new climate-modeling approach, U. of I. postdoctoral researcher Yan Li and his colleagues found that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert could have…
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Birth defects cluster not just down to Zika
By: Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade From Sci Dev Net Speed read Unusual cluster of microcephaly probed in northeastern Brazil Number of cases increased 20-fold from 2010 to 2015 Poverty, poor environmental management may increase risk [SAO PAULO] The Zika virus…
Global Blockchain, a lead investor in the KODAKOne platform, announces plan to enable the future of Fan Engagement …
…and Image Protection through the KODAKOne Platform VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (CSE:BLOC) (CSE:BLOC.CN) (CSE:BLOC.CNX) (FSE:BWSP) (OTC:BLKCF) (“BLOC” or the “Company”), a lead investor in the KODAKOne platform, is pleased to announce that WENN Digital,…
China strikes $60 billion of US goods in widening trade war
From Newsmax China announced it will take retaliatory tariff action against $60 billion of U.S. goods, sharply escalating the trade war as the Trump administration considers imposing duties on virtually all Chinese imports. China’s retaliatory tariffs, ranging from 5 percent…
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With the belugas.. and a narwhal!
Le BpJAM est le zodiac du GREMM From Baleinesendirect A new season is getting underway aboard GREMM’s Zodiac, the BpJAM. New season, new team! This year, the crew is composed of two research assistants returning for their second consecutive season….
Farewell to an exceptional man
By Alicia Bárcena From ECLAC Op-Ed Just a few weeks ago, the calm, clear and assertive voice of an exceptional man faded out. Kofi Annan has departed, sooner than expected, for the just territory of legends. For those of us…
Music’s emotions
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio As an aspiring author, I understand the mechanics of evoking emotion through well-crafted stories or poems. We relate to collections of words because their meaning often generates empathy encouraging emotion: a smile for the…
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Cayman Islands police respond to 4 vehicle break-ins in George Town
From RCIPS Officers responded to reports of four vehicle break-ins yesterday morning, 17 September, all in the Fairbanks area of George Town. The first break-in occurred at an address on Outpost Street. One of the rear windows of the vehicle…
