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Long-standing conundrum on the Sun’s atmosphere solved
The Hindu 16 Nov 2019
The Sun is one of the most familiar celestial objects – it is on the sky everyday. Yet, it harbours many a puzzle for the solar physicist. One of the puzzles concerns its surface and atmospheric temperature. An international team of researchers including one at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, has had a go at this question ... Frequent images....
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Europe is squeezed between a hungry China and surly US
The Guardian 16 Nov 2019
The idea of Xi Jinping as a modern-day Odysseus seems a little far-fetched ... It was a classical, even epic, piece of opportunism ... .......
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Cortical arousals can assist in healthy sleep
Deccan Chronicle 16 Nov 2019
Washington. A new research on rats has shown that cortical arousals and brief awakenings during sleep exhibit non-equilibrium dynamics and complex organisation across time scales, which are necessary for spontaneous sleep-stage transitions and for maintaining healthy sleep ... .......
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North Korea says US proposals for talks on denuclearisation were a ‘trick’
The Independent 16 Nov 2019
North Korea has said that the United States had proposed resuming talks on denuclearisation in December, but warned that Pyongyang was not interested unless Washington was ready to meet its terms. And a top envoy said he believed the proposal was merely “a trick to earn time.” ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Show all 8 ... 1/8 France ... ....
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30 years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czechs are back on the streets
CNN 16 Nov 2019
(CNN)For many Czechs, Sunday's anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be a bittersweet moment. Nearly three decades after the collapse of the Communist regime, people will mark a dramatic moment in history amid allegations, confirmed by a court decision, that their prime minister collaborated with the StB, the Communist-era secret police ... ....
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St. Mark’s Square reopens in Venice, but water remains high
Las Vegas Sun 16 Nov 2019
VENICE, Italy — Tourists and residents were allowed back into St. Mark’s Square in Venice on Saturday, a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of the lagoon city’s already devastated center ... The city was struck Tuesday by devastating floods, the worst in decades. Water rose up again in St ... Mark’s Square....
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Turkey says it bought Russian S-400s to use them, not put them aside
Yahoo Daily News 16 Nov 2019
President Donald Trump ... officials would aim to tackle the issue. He also said that no Russian personnel would come to Turkey to operate the S-400s ... (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Catherine Evans). ....
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Australian survives crocodile attack by gouging its eye
Taipei Times 16 Nov 2019
An Australian wildlife ranger has recounted his terrifying escape last week from the clutches of a “particularly cunning” crocodile, after wrestling with the reptile and sticking a finger in its eye ... Dickmann said the animal latched on to his thigh. “That noise will haunt me forever I think, the sound of the snap of its jaws,” he said. ‘BULLET-PROOF’....
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A day that underscored the corruption swamping the Trump presidency
CNN 16 Nov 2019
(CNN)A fateful convergence of events Friday reflected a culture of corruption and intimidation endemic to the circle of a President who vowed to drain the swamp but instead became its incarnation ... "What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to partner with them." ... Read More ... "Truth matters ... truth still matters." ... ....
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Bill Gates Surpasses Jeff Bezos, Reclaims Richest Person On Earth Title
NDTV 16 Nov 2019
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates officially surpassed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at world's richest person on Earth with a net worth of $110 billion - according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires... ....
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Can the planet really afford the exorbitant power demands of machine learning?
The Guardian 16 Nov 2019
There is, alas, no such thing as a free lunch. This simple and obvious truth is invariably forgotten whenever irrational exuberance teams up with digital technology in the latest quest to “change the world” ... Which meant that increasing amounts of electrical power were needed to drive the kit ... .......
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Teenager who killed two in California shooting dies in hospital
Belfast Telegraph 16 Nov 2019
A 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his southern California high school before turning a gun on himself died on Friday without investigators discovering the motive for the attack. Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow died from a head wound ... He said no manifesto, diary or suicide note had been found ... PA. ....
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Trump attacks impeachment witness on Twitter, Democrats see intimidation
The Hindu 16 Nov 2019
President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. Mr ... Democrats say Ms. Yovanovitch was pulled back to Washington to clear the way for Mr ... Mr ... As Ms ... Trump asked ... ....
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Navy’s MiG-29K jet crashes near Goa village, pilots eject to safety
Yahoo Daily News 16 Nov 2019
An Indian Navy MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed near a village in Goa soon after it took off for a training mission from INS Hansa on Saturday. The incident took place in Dabolim. Both the pilots have managed to eject safely. The aircraft involved in the crash was a trainer version of the fighter jet ... More ... More ... @SpokespersonMoD ... (With PTI inputs). ....
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Vatican youth seminary scandal grows with new abuse claims; 'Le Iene' set to reveal more
Independent Online 16 Nov 2019
A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican’s youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls ... The Vatican announced in September that its criminal prosecutor was seeking to indict a former senior seminarian and the then-rector of the St....
