Amid Brexit questions, Oxford University tops world rankings
For the first time, the Times Higher Education global rankings have put a university in the United Kingdom on top: the 2016-2017 rankings saw Oxford University in England unseat the California Institute of Technology, which has topped the list five times.Although US schools continue to dominate the top 10 and top 20 lists, Oxford’s ranking is a coup for the school. Yet some are concerned that Oxford might not be able to stay on top for long, as questions pile up about the potential Brexit. Brit..>> view originalMia Farrow's son Thaddeus dies at 27
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THE US Geological Survey (USGS) has reported a magnitude 6.4 earthquake off the coast of Tokyo. The quake struck the sparsely populated Izu islands south-southeast of Japan's main Island, Honshu, Associated Press reports. The USGS said the quake hit around 1:21am local time on Wednesday. The epicentre was located 617km south-southeast of Tokyo at a depth of around 10km. There have been no immediate reports of damage and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says no warnings are in ..>> view originalAbbas seeks British apology for 1917 declaration - Al
Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Abbas said that the Palestinian people had suffered greatly because of the Balfour Declaration in which Britain said it favored the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine but that this should not undermine the rights of others li..>> view originalPrince William and Kate in Canada: Why their royal visit is more than just the photo ops
The visit that begins when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge land in Victoria on Saturday with their young children will serve up a week of splendid photo ops showcasing the photogenic young royals, along with the rich environmental and First Nations heritage in British Columbia and Yukon. But the tour that takes Prince William and Kate from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to the Great Bear Rainforest and a street party in Whitehorse is also a carefully crafted exercise in trying to bolster Canad..>> view originalDrug suspect 'rises from dead' to declare support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs
Manila: He was shot four times and left lying in a pool of blood in a dark street of the sprawling Philippine capital, a victim of President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drugs crackdown.But Francisco Maneja "played dead" for more than an hour before photojournalists arrived at the scene and saw him sit up and lift his hands in the air, screaming "help me" in a blaze of camera lights. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Drug user declares support for Duterte ..>> view originalWife in real-life Fault in Our Stars marriage, Katie Prager, dies five days after husband
Wife in real-life Fault in Our Stars marriage, Katie Prager, dies five days after husband Updated September 23, 2016 07:42:45 Katie Prager, popularly referred to as the wife of the real-life couple in the movie The Fault in Our Stars, has died five days after husband Dalton passed away.Both had cystic fibrosis when they first met at 18 online, before then meeting in real life, forming a romance and getting married in 2011.Katie's mother, Debbie Donovan, shared the news ..>> view originalSouth Korea Says It Has a Plan to Assassinate North Korea's Kim Jong-Un
South Korea has revealed that it has a plan in place to assassinate North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. According to CNN, South Korea confirmed that it has elite troops on standby ready to assassinate Kim Jong-Un should the country feel threatened by North Korea’s nuclear weapons. During a parliamentary session on Wednesday in Seoul, the country’s defense minister, Han Min-Koo, affirmed that the country is prepared to take out the North Korean leader should circumstances warrant such a drastic step. Whe..>> view originalUse keywords to search content on this website
Curfew imposed in Charlotte as Keith Scott's family view footage of killing
Protesters and police in Charlotte confronted each other for a third evening, on Thursday night, in a roaming demonstration as the family of police shooting victim Keith Scott said it still had “more questions than answers” after privately viewing footage of his killing. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of hundreds on the John Belk freeway, where they had blocked traffic. The clash led the mayor, Jennifer Roberts, to declare a midnight curfew – a step she had declined to take earlier..>> view original
Friday, October 7, 2016
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