(Bloomberg) — With Angela Merkel’s succession plan unraveling, her Christian Democrats are bracing for an open power struggle at the party’s national convention later this month. Less than a year after picking Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to head the CDU, a consensus is building among party officials that she’s not suited to […]
Daily Archives: November 5, 2019
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WASHINGTON — Boeing announced Nov. 5 that it has submitted a proposal to NASA to develop a lunar lander that could be launched in a single piece on a Space Launch System rocket. The company said its “Fewest Steps to the Moon” proposal, submitted for NASA’s Human Landing Services program, […]
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(Reuters) – U.S. Democrats scored an upset victory in Kentucky on Tuesday over a Republican governor backed by President Donald Trump and seized control of the state legislature in Virginia, where anti-Trump sentiment in the suburbs remained a potent force. The outcomes of Tuesday’s elections in four states, including Mississippi […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday it will relaunch its Hitch carpooling service in seven Chinese cities at the end of November, with improved safety features and more rigorous driver and passenger verification mechanisms. The ride-hailing giant suspended the service last year following the murder of a […]
FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Wednesday it would introduce some of its cancer treatment drugs in China through Britain’s AstraZeneca. This comes after AstraZeneca said […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hong Kong lawmaker Junius Ho, pictured in July A pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Hong has been stabbed in the street by a man pretending to be a supporter. In footage posted online, a man is seen approaching Junius Ho with flowers before reaching into […]
Evolutionary biologist Athena Aktipis from Arizona State University who hosts a podcast called ‘Zombified’ has said that more than half of the species on Earth are parasites. She told the Asia Times: “If you actually look at the proportion of species overall that are parasitic in one way or another […]