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The Ring Nebula is hiding a giant structure made of iron
Astronomers in Europe have identified an unexpected feature hidden inside the famous Ring Nebula. The discovery was made by a team led by researchers at UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University, who found a narrow, bar shaped cloud made of iron deep within the nebula. The iron cloud is being reported for the first time in Monthly Notices of…
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Who is part of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza? | Gaza News
US President Donald Trump has officially outlined the architecture of the “Board of Peace”, which is expected to “fulfill” Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, days after US envoy Steve Witkoff launched “phase two” of the United States-brokered plan to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. A statement published by the White House on Saturday details a three-tiered power structure –…
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AR Rahman issues clarification as ‘communal’ remark draws sharp reactions
New Delhi: Kangana Ranaut has called him “prejudiced”, Javed Akhtar says he disagrees with him, Varun Grover describes him as a great composer attacked for stating an opinion. On Sunday, AR Rahman attempted to step away from the raging debate over a remark on declining work from Bollywood with a clarificatory statement saying that India is his teacher, inspiration and…
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10 Fantasy Movies That Deliver Everything You Want from the Genre
Fantasy films offer us an escape from the mundane real world. Through the films in this genre, audiences can get transported to new worlds full of magic, adventure, and magnificent creatures. But, in films, these movies also need to have characters worth rooting for or stories that resonate universally. They can be set in surreal dreamscapes or fantastical realms, and…
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How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired this Nigerian doctor : NPR
Martin Luther King Jr speaks to civil rights marchers in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965. He was a believer in health care for all: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” Stephen F. Somerstein/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen F. Somerstein/via Getty Images Growing up as a teenager in…
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European Nations slam Trump’s 10 percent tariff threat over Greenland
Berlin: The eight European countries targeted by US President Donald Trump for a 10 per cent tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, January 18, warning that the American leader’s threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.” In an unusual and very strong joint statement coming from major US allies, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,…
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Tension and chaos take hold during Trump’s Minneapolis-area immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with hundreds of people in tactical gear emerging from a bland office building near the main airport. Within minutes, hulking SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans begin leaving, forming the unmarked convoys that have quickly become feared…
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Go Ape: How to Watch All the Planet of the Apes Movies and TV Shows in Order
In 1963, author Pierre Boulle’s novel La Planete des singes debuted in France and the US. On this side of the pond, it was renamed Planet of the Apes (which is much better than the UK’s hokey name for it: Monkey Planet). The book was a massive hit even though Boulle didn’t consider it his best. (In his defense, he…
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Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency
President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice. Trump granted a slew of pardons on Friday, including one for Adriana Camberos, who was convicted for a second time after Trump commuted her sentence during his first term. The latest pardon was for a 2024…
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After 5 decades, Mumbai court shutters Rs 7.65 theft case
Mumbai: Nearly 50 years after the theft of Rs 7.65, a Mumbai court has finally dropped the curtain on a 1977 cold case involving two unidentified accused and a complainant who remained untraceable despite decades of police searches. The ruling is one of the many recent verdicts in decades-old cases that have remained in the cold storage, clogging the legal…
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