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Peter Nightingale (left) and Ian Gent with two of the eight queens needed for the '8-queen' problem. Stuart Nicol/University of St Andrews, Author provided

The above picture shows a chessboard with two queens placed on it. As the queens do not share the same row, column or diagonal of the chessboard they are not attacking each other. Can you place another six queens on the board so that none of the eight queens are attacking each other? And if it’s possible, how many ways are there to do it?

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'Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon announced on Tuesday's program that his show would give $1 million to J.J. Watt's Houston Flood Relief Fund.

Nicolas Hatton, founder of The 3 Million, a campaign group for the rights of EU citizens in Britain

Some of the most important things in life are the ones that we aren’t “supposed” to talk about—miscarriages, egg freezing and how to stop entering ourselves in races we don't want to be in. We break down that wall in this episode of Mentoring Moments.

India have swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Test series and 5-0 in the ODI series and now will look to make it 9-0 on Wednesday for which they will need to win the T20 match.

India have swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the Test series and 5-0 in the ODI series and now will look to make it 9-0 on Wednesday for which they will need to win the T20 match.

The Aquinas High School boys and girls cross country teams are considered among the best in Division 3 after the Wisconsin Cross Country Association released its state rankings this week.

GOP lawmakers say mining can be done safely and provide badly needed jobs, but repeal bill weakens 10 or more environmental protections.

New Balance has recently been awarded the highest amount in damages to a foreign entity in trademark infringement proceedings.

The New York attorney general plans to announce a multistate lawsuit to protect recipients of a program that shielded children brought into the U.S. illegally.

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“Dangerous” new technologies have been threatening society for generations – or at least that’s what sections of the media would have us believe. Whether it’s “violent” video games making our children more aggressive, “evil” video nasties twisting young minds or Virtual Reality headgear posing a threat to users’ “physical and emotional wellbeing”, new technology has often been perceived as something to be feared. But fear and anxiety about new technology isn’t new. Even... Читать дальше...

Morata, Aspas strike twice in 8-0 demolition of Liechtenstein

Wang Jianlin's company is suing Chinese social media accounts, accusing them of spreading false reports that he was barred from leaving China.

John Cryan says ‘big number’ of bank employees will lose their roles to automation

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Sept 6 (Reuters) - Kentucky's "unapologetically pro-life" governor and the state's last abortion clinic will square off on Wednesday in a federal courtroom in a case that could make it the first U.S. state without an abortion provider.

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South Korea is planning to deploy additional launchers of a controversial U.S.-built missile defense system, a further sign of escalating tensions and a diplomatic stalemate over North Korea's growing nuclear weapons program. The Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that four more rocket launchers that make up the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system will be installed along with the two launchers that are already in operation at a former golf course in the city of Seongju, located south of Seoul. Читать дальше...

It's grown from "one of the largest white-collar industries in Washington DC" to being a truly global phenomenon. In her must-read new book, The Smear, the five-times Emmy Award winner and former CBS investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson, reveals how smearing people has become a huge, multi-billion dollar industry.

It's grown from "one of the largest white-collar industries in Washington DC" to being a truly global phenomenon. In her must-read new book, The Smear, the five-times Emmy Award winner and former CBS investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson, reveals how smearing people has become a huge, multi-billion dollar industry.

Navistar International Corp. reported Wednesday a fiscal third-quarter net profit of $37 million, or 38 cents a share, after a loss of $34 million, or 42 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. The FactSet consensus for earnings per share was 33 cents. The trucks and engine maker said revenue rose to $2.21 billion from $2.09 billion. The FactSet consensus for GAAP sales was $2.18 billion. Truck segment sales rose 10% to $1.5 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $1.44 billion. The company... Читать дальше...

The ‘Craigavon Two’ were wrongfully convicted of murdering a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) constable amid claims of evidence tampering by security services, abuse of police power and no proof that they were even at the scene, their supporters say.
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Why insurers’ losses from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could be Detroit car makers’ gains.

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