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Uncertain economy may prompt Fed to delay rate hike, Janet Yellen suggests
Federal Reserve chair points to considerable uncertainty in speech following weak jobs report on Friday, amid concerns over Brexit and Chinese economy Hikes to US interest rates might be on hold again thanks to considerable uncertainty about the economic outlook Janet Yellen suggested in a speech on Monday. Speaking at the World Affairs Council of […]
From the Vietnam war to Islam the key chapters in Ali’s life
Wherever the great dramas, triumphs and tragedies of a generation were, there was Muhammad Ali Ali and Vietnam Cassius Clay, as he was then, was not so much a fighter for peace as a peaceable fighter who needed a reason to fight and Vietnam was not that reason. He might have feared he could serve […]
Prince Philip Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Great Britain’s Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II. Personal: Birth date: June 10, 1921 Birthplace: Corfu, Greece Birth name: Prince Philip of Greece Father: Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark Mother: Princess Alice of Battenburg Marriage: Queen Elizabeth II (November 20, 1947-present) Children: Edward, Earl of Wessex […]
Dagger in King Tut’s tomb was made with iron from a meteorite
Researchers who analyzed metal composition of dagger within wrapping of mummified teenage king say it strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin A dagger entombed with King Tutankhamun was made with iron from a meteorite, a new analysis on the metal composition shows. In 1925, archaeologist Howard Carter found two daggers, one iron and one with a […]
Milky weigh: our galaxy has the mass of 700bn suns, say scientists
Most accurate measurement so far has estimated the collective mass of the Milky Ways stars, black holes, dust, dark matter – and unidentified flying objects Our galaxy has a collective mass 700 billion times that of the sun, according to the most accurate measurement yet by scientists. The estimate covers the mass of all the […]