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EU unveils plan to secure raw materials, cut dependency

7:06 pm September 3, 2020

Brussels: Worried by an increasing dependency on the raw materials used to make smart phones, televisions and energy-saving lights, the European Union on Thursday launched a new strategy to secure access to rare earth minerals and to reduce reliance on suppliers like Chile, China and South Africa. The EU is predicted to need around 60 […]

From Blackboards to Zoom Whiteboards: Experts explore changing paradigms of school education

‘Scientists set new world record for internet speed’

10:48 pm August 24, 2020

London: Scientists in the UK claim they have achieved the world’s fastest internet data transmission rate, a speed which would make it possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. The researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second — five times faster than the previous record. The […]

Prince Charles leads UK’s VJ Day World War II end commemoration

9:15 pm August 15, 2020

London: Britain’s Prince Charles on Saturday led the UK’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day – the day World War II ended with Japan‘s surrender in 1945. The 71-year-old heir to the British throne, joined by wife Camilla – Duchess of Cornwall, led a two-minute UK-wide silence from the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England as […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

On V-J Day, UK’s Johnson pays tribute to campaign’s veterans

8:09 pm August 15, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is paying tribute to veterans of the multinational World War II campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe. In an open V-J Day anniversary letter released Saturday and addressed to “Veterans of the Far East Campaign,” Johnson hailed the courage of […]

East Turkistan body urges US to end trade deal with China

7:23 pm August 15, 2020

Washington: A US based international organisation striving for the restoration of East Turkistan’s independence has urged the Trump administration to end its trade deal with China and take action to stop genocide of the Uyghur and other Turkic people in the communist nation. In a statement, East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) has alleged that […]