A new study of flies suggests a hormone released in early pregnancy enlarges the gut so it absorbs more energy from food and stimulates the body to store more fat.
A new study shows how an imperfect vaccine may protect vaccinated individuals but allow the pathogen to evolve and put unvaccinated individuals at risk of more severe illness.
As the congressional recess nears, routine business has stalled in Washington, with legislation authorizing the Export-Import Bank and the financing of the highway trust fund both stalled. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains. Photo: AP
Hillary Rodham Clinton has left no doubt about the type of campaign she expects to run with fellow Democrats in 2016.“I want to be onstage with you, and I want you onstage with me,” the Democratic presidential front-runner told senators during a recent visit to the Capitol.Read full article >>
A new government review of what the Chinese hack of sensitive security clearance files of 21 million people means for national security is in — and some of the implications are quite grave.Covert intelligence officers and their operations could be exposed and high-resolution fingerprints could be copied by criminals, the Congressional Research Service disclosed in an analysis of one of the most harmful cyber thefts in U.S. history.Read full article >>
As the VIX falls, some traders think now might be the perfect time to prepare for a correction.
Karnataka is hedging its be ts strongly on three urban-centric schemes of the NDA government.
The state Crime Branch (CB) has decided to treat an acid attack on a woman on a par with murder and categorized the former under 'red flag cases'.
Aside from a few dizzying highlights from the likes of Inarritu, Oppenheimer and Andersson, there was a slight sense that last year’s Venice Film Festival was a little bit of a let down, after a few cracking years in a row on the Lido. But it seems like it was nothing but a blip: perhaps because of the Oscar-winning success of the 2014 edition’s opening film “Birdman,” the full line-up announcement for the 2015 festival looks to be a strong return to form, on paper at least. Joining the already-announced... Читать дальше...
Finland's Nokia, once the world's largest phone maker, has unveiled a spherical camera designed for making 3D movies and games that can be watched and played with virtual reality headsets.
Pakistan’s The Express Tribune which has partnership with the International New York Times reports that the death of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar is confirmed by the group’s central leadership. According to the media outlet a former minister of the Afghan Taliban who is now a member of the group’s leadership has said on condition Read the full article...
The Orissa high court on Tuesday quashed the Odisha Judicial Services (OJS) preliminary examination, 2015, after the state public service commission (OPSC) filed an affidavit accepting that 24 out of 100 questions set in the examination were erroneous.
LONDON (AP) — Barclays, Britain's second largest bank, said Tuesday that second quarter profit increased sevenfold, boosted by earnings from investment banking and a 496 million pound ($774 million) gain on assets acquired from Lehman Brothers in 2008. Net income rose to 1.15 billion pounds in the quarter ended June 30, from 161 million pounds in the year-earlier period. The report was the first since John McFarlane took over as executive chairman and fired CEO Antony Jenkins after concluding Jenkins... Читать дальше...
Atlas the Australian Shepherd puppy performs an escape that Houdini himself would have been proud of
The Bank of Japan expects a new measure of consumer price inflation to rise above 1% over the summer, adding to evidence that the economy is escaping more than a decade of deflation, people close to the central bank said. Officials recently began to release a consumer price index that strips out energy and fresh food prices in the central bank's monthly economic report. The new index is an attempt to show the public that inflation is returning and that overall price growth is simply being masked by cheaper global oil costs. Читать дальше...
Mathew Flores had to make do with reading junk mail until Ron Lynch harnessed the power of the internet to get him his own library
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s super PAC has raised millions of dollars as he prepares for a long primary battle on his road to the White House. Notable donors to the PAC include a Texas oil man, a Wall Street financier and several former U.S. ambassadors, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Targets for ambulance response times in Wales are to be dropped for all but the most life-threatening calls under a Welsh government trial.
People in the state are talking about the striking similarity in the way former President APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday and the demise of former chief minister J B Patnaik, one of the state's most legendary figures around three months ago.
Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily tour along the twists and turns of the 2016 presidential campaign. It's Wednesday, July 29, and this is what we're watching: Rick Perry will strike populist notes in a speech about Wall Street culture gone awry Hillary Rodham Clinton won't say where she stands...
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Update as of 6:00 a.m. EDT: The Afghan government has called a press conference amid conflicting reports of Mullah Omar’s death. The Afghan president is also expected to issue a statement, which is likely to shed light over what caused Omar’s demise. Original story: