It comes days after US President Donald Trump said Washington was considering a big “fine” as part of a probe into China’s alleged theft of intellectual property. And now a trade expert has warned Mr Trump is “determined to bite somebody”. The former president of the National Foreign Trade Council, […]
Daily Archives: January 19, 2018
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What time is the Atlas V launch? The rocket is due to blast off at 12.48am GMT (19:48 ET) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral air force station in Florida. The launch was due to take place yesterday but was abandoned due to technical difficulties. The United Launch […]
The images were captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite earlier this month, revealing snow-covered dunes in north-west Algeria, on the edge of the desert. The Sahara, the largest desert on earth, where temperatures can reach a sweltering 117 degrees Fahrenheit, is generally better known for sandstorms than […]
Finance experts KPMG said a ‘no-deal’ Brexit would cost Dutch firms trading with the UK up to £546million (€620m) in import and export licences. Around 200,000 jobs in the Netherlands, one of the EU’s biggest economies, are believed to be involved in trade with the UK. The staggering sum excludes […]
Three people were killed and five others injured after an explosion on a docked towboat on the Tennessee River in Kentucky on Friday, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said. Authorities are investigating what caused the blast on the vessel, which was moored and being repaired at the First Marine facility […]
In the 1990s South Africa preached reconciliation and forgiveness in its successful and largely peaceful transition out of apartheid. Today, Liberia, long torn by civil wars, has peacefully elected a new president, George Weah, who’ll take office Jan. 22. And Colombia, after a half-century of conflict, has made peace with […]
Justin and Tori Engelhardt, husband and wife beekeepers in Sioux City, Iowa, discovered a tragic surprise late last month when they went to check on their 50 beehives. The hives — home to half a million bees — had been overturned and hacked apart. The couple’s supply shed had been […]
Neither the Philadelphia Eagles nor the Minnesota Vikings have won a Super Bowl, and these two storied but tortured franchises are only two victories away from a title. With so much on the line, the drama is sure to be high Sunday night in Philadelphia. Here’s how you can watch […]