Tobacco claimed another victim Wednesday — President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald tendered her resignation following a Politico report that she “bought shares in a tobacco company one month into the leadership of the agency.” Centers for Disease Control and […]
Daily Archives: January 31, 2018
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Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea is on Real Madrid’s transfer wishlist for the summer with his contract at Old Trafford winding down. The Spain international’s current deal expires in 2019 meaning, as things stand, the club have just a year to tie him down to an extension to prevent him […]
Pokemon Go fans have been given a glimpse at what the future holds for the popular app. In a new blog post on the Niantic website, Big Heritage founder Dean Paton discusses the historical benefits of Pokemon Go. During last year’s anniversary celebrations, Niantic teamed with Big Heritage to bring Pokemon […]
Terry Virts: Space warriors require unique skills. ‘It’s not like flying F-16s.” WASHINGTON — With 28 years of service in the U.S. Air Force and 16 years as a NASA astronaut, Terry Virts understands why the Pentagon has fought back proposals to create an independent military space corps. Virts now […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Akash Systems, a San Francisco startup that sells RF power amplifiers for satellites, announced Jan. 30 it has raised $3.1 million in seed round funding, which it plans to use to develop its own line of cubesats.In November, Akash began selling amplifiers with patented integrated circuits made […]
Last week, Diaz revealed he’d grown tiresome of sitting on the sidelines and was planning a summer return to the cage. “Sick of sitting around waiting for you f*****s to do s**t there’s no excitement in this fight s**t step your games up I’ll see u around may, June,” the […]
The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder is being tracked by both Manchester United and rivals Manchester City. And United appear to be leading the race over the final hours of the transfer window. City are working on a deal to land Riyad Mahrez and have tabled a fresh bid worth around £65m […]
In his first State of the Union address to Congress, President Trump made clear he was fulfilling a campaign promise to keep operating the prison for foreign terrorism suspects at the US military base at Guantanamo, Cuba. “I just signed, prior to walking in, an order directing [Defence] Secretary [Jim] […]