For the first time in 19 months, Florida has executed a prisoner — a white man accused of racially motivated murder — using an untested lethal injection formula. Authorities say 53-year-old Mark James Asay, the first white man executed in Florida for killing a black man, was pronounced dead at […]
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When the sides met in the quarter-finals six years ago, Bale was still in the lilywhite of the north London club and was powerless to prevent a 5-0 aggregate drubbing by one of the competition’s giants. But the man who left Tottenham as the world’s most expensive player two years […]
Jurgen Klopp’s side were beaten by the Spanish team in the Europa League final two seasons ago, but can still be pleased with a group-stage draw in which they avoided Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. Liverpool will face Russian champions Spartak Moscow and Slovenian title holders Maribor in […]
The French president’s personal makeup artist placed two claims for payment, one for £9,219 (€10,000) and one for £14,751 (€16,000) having claimed an attractive public image is essential. The bill was issued for makeup applied during his travel, ahead of press conferences and for foundation applied during the presidential campaign. […]
Some 45 per cent of people in this age group intend to buy their first home with a partner or loved one or already have, Halifax found. Men were twice as likely than women to say that not being able to buy with someone else is a barrier to getting […]
Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been on islands, with inhabitants facing dangers from climate change, sea level rise, invasive species, and human interactions.
Scientists have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters smaller than a nanometer (0.8 nm) exceeds that of wider carbon nanotubes by an order of magnitude.