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Viral Video: AR Rahman Surprises Students With Live Orchestra At University Of Greenwich In London
A.R. Rahman's daughter, Khatija Rahman, reacted to the viral video
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Workers Found A Suitcase Next To A Road. They Found A Woman's Body Inside
Highway workers discovered the bag near a quiet, wooded neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut, a town of 60,000 people located 30 miles northeast of New York City. They were on a routine morning drive, authorities said, when they spotted the suitcase about 15 feet from the shoulder of a paved, two-lane road that runs through lush, affluent neighbo...
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About Time: Five Countries With Eccentric Time-Keeping
North Korea is not alone in its penchant for setting its own time. Geopolitics, economics and the whims of kings and strongmen have seen meridian-meddling across the world -- challenging the theory of 24 time zones pegged to Greenwich Mean Time, which was established in 1884.
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Google Pays Tribute To Sandford Fleming On His 190th Birthday
Google has honoured Sandford Fleming, a Canadian inventor and engineer of Scottish birth known for his invention of worldwide standard time, with a doodle. It is widely believed that Sandford Fleming missing a train in Ireland due to a mistake printed in a timetable ultimately led to his brilliant idea that altered time as we know it.
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Woman Gets Stuck In Tree While Playing Pokemon Go
In a bizarre incident in the US, a woman got stuck up in a tree inside a cemetery while playing the widely popular location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go and had to be rescued by firefighters.
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Turning Back the Clock: North Korea Creates Pyongyang Standard Time
North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday.
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In Speech, Hillary Clinton to Put Wages at Heart of Economic Policy
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will put the fight for higher wages for "everyday Americans" at the heart of her economic agenda today, when she makes the first major policy speech in her White House bid.
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Second Thoughts: Is a Tiny Addition in Time Too Much?
Question: When is a minute not a minute? The answer: At 2359 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on June 30, when the world will experience a minute that will last 61 seconds.
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Britain to Start Testing Driverless Cars
Britain has named four cities to test driverless cars in the coming year. Innovate UK, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, said Wednesday the four cities would be Greenwich, Milton Keynes, Coventry and Bristol.
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US Marshals, Police Wounded, Fugitive Dead in New York City Gunfight
Two US marshals and a New York police detective were wounded and a fugitive wanted on sex abuse charges was killed in a shootout in the city's upscale Greenwich Village neighbourhood on Monday, authorities said.
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Asian Plants May Offer Remedy For Diabetes
Two plants from South East Asia may have anti-diabetic properties and could help tackle obesity as well, believe British researchers.A team of researchers at the University of Greenwich plans to investigate Cassia auriculata and Cassia alata whose extracts...
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Viral Video: AR Rahman Surprises Students With Live Orchestra At University Of Greenwich In London
A.R. Rahman's daughter, Khatija Rahman, reacted to the viral video
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Workers Found A Suitcase Next To A Road. They Found A Woman's Body Inside
Highway workers discovered the bag near a quiet, wooded neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut, a town of 60,000 people located 30 miles northeast of New York City. They were on a routine morning drive, authorities said, when they spotted the suitcase about 15 feet from the shoulder of a paved, two-lane road that runs through lush, affluent neighbo...
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About Time: Five Countries With Eccentric Time-Keeping
North Korea is not alone in its penchant for setting its own time. Geopolitics, economics and the whims of kings and strongmen have seen meridian-meddling across the world -- challenging the theory of 24 time zones pegged to Greenwich Mean Time, which was established in 1884.
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Google Pays Tribute To Sandford Fleming On His 190th Birthday
Google has honoured Sandford Fleming, a Canadian inventor and engineer of Scottish birth known for his invention of worldwide standard time, with a doodle. It is widely believed that Sandford Fleming missing a train in Ireland due to a mistake printed in a timetable ultimately led to his brilliant idea that altered time as we know it.
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Woman Gets Stuck In Tree While Playing Pokemon Go
In a bizarre incident in the US, a woman got stuck up in a tree inside a cemetery while playing the widely popular location-based augmented reality game Pokemon Go and had to be rescued by firefighters.
-
Turning Back the Clock: North Korea Creates Pyongyang Standard Time
North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday.
-
In Speech, Hillary Clinton to Put Wages at Heart of Economic Policy
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will put the fight for higher wages for "everyday Americans" at the heart of her economic agenda today, when she makes the first major policy speech in her White House bid.
-
Second Thoughts: Is a Tiny Addition in Time Too Much?
Question: When is a minute not a minute? The answer: At 2359 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on June 30, when the world will experience a minute that will last 61 seconds.
-
Britain to Start Testing Driverless Cars
Britain has named four cities to test driverless cars in the coming year. Innovate UK, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, said Wednesday the four cities would be Greenwich, Milton Keynes, Coventry and Bristol.
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US Marshals, Police Wounded, Fugitive Dead in New York City Gunfight
Two US marshals and a New York police detective were wounded and a fugitive wanted on sex abuse charges was killed in a shootout in the city's upscale Greenwich Village neighbourhood on Monday, authorities said.
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Asian Plants May Offer Remedy For Diabetes
Two plants from South East Asia may have anti-diabetic properties and could help tackle obesity as well, believe British researchers.A team of researchers at the University of Greenwich plans to investigate Cassia auriculata and Cassia alata whose extracts...
