North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the Fourth of July 2017, praising it as "a gift for the American bastards." This year, however, the traditional U.S. foe has opted to recognize the holiday more positively, in light of a historical warming of relations between the two nations. The official Korean Central News Agency today published an article in memory of the signing of the July 4 South-North Joint Communiqué in 1972. The document was the first to be signed by Communist-backed North Korea and Western-backed South Korea since they were split by the Soviet Union and the U.S. after World War II and went to war in the early 1950s. In the joint statement, then-North Korean supreme leader Kim Il Sung and South Korean KCIA Director Lee Hu-rak laid out three principles for the eventual reunification of the two Koreas: independence, peace and national unity. North Korea's state-run media marked the occasion this year with overwhelming praise. … [Read more...] about North Korea Celebrates Fourth of July 2018 with Peace, Last Year It Launched ICBM ‘Gift’ for ‘American Bastards’
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World Cup 2018: ‘Gutted’ Harry Kane says England gave it their all as millions of Three Lions fans suffer World Cup heartbreak once more
ENGLAND’S great World Cup adventure is over — after Gareth Southgate’s young Lions lost 2-1 to Croatia in a pulsating, nerve-shredding semi-final. Skipper Harry Kane, speaking minutes after the final whistle, summed up the feelings of the nation when he said: “It hurts. It hurts a lot. “But we can hold our heads up high. We have gone further than a lot of people thought we would do. “Obviously it has been great to get to this stage and we know we have done everyone proud — but we wanted to win. We wanted more and are sad we couldn’t give our fans a final.” Southgate added: “We’ve come an incredibly long way in a short space of time. “The whole thing is beyond where we thought we might go. Tonight we weren’t quite there. But the team will be stronger for it.England players heartbroken and in tears as Croatia celebrate semi-final World Cup win England fans sing 'Don't look back in anger' in support of the team … [Read more...] about World Cup 2018: ‘Gutted’ Harry Kane says England gave it their all as millions of Three Lions fans suffer World Cup heartbreak once more
Sale of electoral bonds skyrocket by 62 per cent in election year: RTI
NEW DELHI: The sale of electoral bonds has skyrocketed ahead of Lok Sabha election by 62 per cent as compared to last year with the SBI selling bonds of over Rs 1700 crore, an RTI reply shows. In an RTI response to Pune-based Vihar Durve, the SBI has said that in 2018 it had sold bonds worth Rs 1056.73 crore in the months of March, April, May, July, October, November. This year in January and March the bank has sold Electoral Bonds worth Rs 1716.05 crore, the response said. The country will go to polls this month with first phase of voting to take place on April 11. The sale shows an increase of 62 per cent from those sold during 2018. The sale of electoral bonds opens in the SBI branches when finance ministry issues notification of the sale for a given period. The data provided by the SBI shows that highest purchase of electoral bonds for the year 2019 was reported from Mumbai where the bonds worth Rs 495.60 crore were sold. It was followed by Kolkata with the sale of Rs 370.07 crore, … [Read more...] about Sale of electoral bonds skyrocket by 62 per cent in election year: RTI
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to American, Canadian, French scientists
Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. "The inventions being honored this year have revolutionized laser physics," the Nobel Committee said in a statement. "Advanced precision instruments are opening up unexplored areas of research and a multitude of industrial and medical applications." The academy honored Ashkin of Bell Laboratories in the US for developing "optical tweezers" that can grab tiny particles, like viruses, without damaging them. He was awarded one half of the prize. Strickland and Mourou will share the other half, after they were singled out for helping develop laser pulses that can be applied to a broad range of industrial and medical devices. The two "paved the way towards the shortest and most intense laser pulses created by humankind," the committee said. The technique is today used in corrective eye surgery. … [Read more...] about Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to American, Canadian, French scientists
Machakos to hold rescheduled Chairman’s Prize tourney
By LARRY NGALA More by this Author The Machakos Golf Club Chairman's Prize golf tournament which was to be held earlier on in the year but was postponed, is finally on this weekend at the par 72 Machakos Golf Club course where a field of 100 players were drawn to battle it out for an array of prizes.Both club chairman Sawran Singh and captain Joe Mboya said though the draw was done on Wednesday, they will be welcoming more players who may not have listed their names before the close of entries. "This is a special day for Machakos so we will be more than happy to welcome as many players as possible for the Saturday event,'' said Singh who has served in various positions at the club before.Singh has put together a host of sponsors including Simba Colt Motors, Eastern Flour Mills, Gelian Hotel, T-Tot Hotel, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, and Friends of the Chairman. Among the players drawn include some of the leading golfers in Machakos such as Jackson Nsioki, Larry Wambua, Francis … [Read more...] about Machakos to hold rescheduled Chairman’s Prize tourney
James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo win Nobel prize in medicine for cancer therapy research
Immunologists James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on cancer therapy, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm on Monday. The discovery made by the two laureates "constitutes a landmark in our fight against cancer," the committee tweeted shortly after the announcement. Research by Allison at the University of Texas in the US and Honjo at Japan's Kyoto University explored how the body's immune system can be harnessed to attack cancer cells by releasing the brakes on immune cells. "Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the treatment of cancer," the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said as they awarded the prize of 9 million Swedish crowns ($1 million, €872,000). Allison's work explored how a protein can function as a brake on the immune system, and how the immune cells can combat tumors if the … [Read more...] about James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo win Nobel prize in medicine for cancer therapy research
