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Rolls-Royce plans for mini nuclear plants get £210m state backing
The Business Desk 09 Nov 2021
X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox. Register. Some 40,000 jobs in the UK regions could be created by 2050 after Rolls-Royce announced that it had secured the funding to bring forward its plans for the next generation of low-cost, low-carbon nuclear power technology ... Related Articles ... Previous Article. Next Article. .
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Taiwan says China can blockade its key harbours, warns of 'grave' threat
DNA India 09 Nov 2021
China's armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan's key harbours and airports, the island's defence ministry said on Tuesday, offering its latest assessment of what it describes as a "grave" military threat posed by its giant neighbour ... Also read ... China views Taiwan as Chinese territory ... China Taiwan China-taiwan PLA. .
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Risk of Ethiopia descending into civil war ‘only too real’: UN
Al Jazeera 09 Nov 2021
UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo has said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real”, adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in the wider region would be immense, compounding the many crises besetting the Horn of Africa” ... AU envoy calls for collective action ... .
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How chip shortage has changed the industry, created new new giants
The Times of India 09 Nov 2021
SAN FRANCISCO. Since 1989, Microchip Technology has operated in an unglamorous backwater of the electronics industry, making chips called microcontrollers that add computing power to cars, industrial equipment and many other products. Now a global has elevated the company’s profile ... Even so, the power shift has been unmistakable ... chip production ... .
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US Supreme Court to debate restrictions on religious advisors at executions
RTE 09 Nov 2021
The US Supreme Court will consider a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisers in death chambers. John Ramirez, 37, was scheduled to be executed on 8 September for stabbing a shop worker to death during a 2004 robbery ... .
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Alec Baldwin calls for police to watch guns on set after 'Rust' death
The News International 09 Nov 2021
Alec Baldwin calls for police to watch guns on set after 'Rust' death. Police officers should be stationed on all film productions where guns are being used, Alec Baldwin said Monday, weeks after he fatally shot a crew member in a tragic on-set accident in New Mexico ... Baldwin has described the "incidental accident" as a "one in a trillion episode." ... .
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Belarus migrants: Poland fears armed border escalation
BBC News 09 Nov 2021
Poland has warned of a possible "armed" escalation on its border with Belarus, fearing its neighbour may try to provoke an incident with hundreds of migrants seeking to cross into the EU. Extra troops have been deployed after desperate crowds tried to cut a barbed-wire border fence ... Many of them have come from the Middle East and Asia ... .
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UN says over 3 million in Myanmar need “life-saving” aid
Egypt Independent 09 Nov 2021
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN humanitarian chief urged Myanmar’s military leaders on Monday to provide unimpeded access to the more than 3 million people in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance since government forces seized power on Feb. 1 “because of growing conflict and insecurity, COVID-19 and a failing economy.” ... On Sept ... Since Feb ... ....
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NASA Selects New Mission to Study Storms; To Simulate Impacts on Climate Models
International Business Times 09 Nov 2021
NASA has selected a new Earth science mission to study the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impacts on weather and climate models ... So far, NASA received 12 proposals for EVM-3 missions in March 2021. After detailed review by panels of scientists and engineers, the agency selected INCUS to continue into development ... Nasa ... .
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January 6 panel subpoenas six more associates of Donald Trump
Belfast Telegraph 09 Nov 2021
A committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to six more associates of former president Donald Trump who were involved in his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election ... Mr Thompson said ... Daily Headlines & Evening Telegraph Newsletter ... Enter email address ... AP/PA Images. / ... Most Read. Allison Morris ... Latest.
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Bitcoin price surges to record high of more than $68,000
The Guardian 09 Nov 2021
Other cryptocurrencies have also risen to record highs, such as ethereum, which soared to $4,837 ....
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Plot for Hindu temple in Islamabad restored after public outcry
The Siasat Daily 09 Nov 2021
New Delhi. The Islamabad Capital Development Authority (CDA) has come under severe criticism from the public for cancelling a plot allotted for the construction of a Hindu temple and cremation centre, Dawn news reported. Within hours, the Islamabad city managers had to withdraw a notification under which the plot had been cancelled ... Also Read ... .
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Bulls pull away in 4th, win 118-95 to snap Nets’ 5-game run
Wtop 09 Nov 2021
CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points, Zach LaVine added 24 and the Chicago Bulls used a 42-point fourth quarter to pull away for a 118-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night. Rookie Ayo Dosumnu had a season-high 15 points and played a key role in the late rally as Chicago snapped a two-game losing streak ... They got stops, ran out.
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Deadly fire ‘decimates’ school in southern Niger
Al Jazeera 09 Nov 2021
At least 26 schoolchildren have been killed when their classrooms made out of straw and wood were engulfed in a blaze in southern Niger a local governor told the AFP news agency ... Fires in the highly flammable classrooms are common but rarely result in casualties ... .