2014年12月20日 星期六

2014-12-21 U.K. Spotlight


BBC News
   
New York premiere of Sony film The Interview cancelled   
BBC News
The New York premiere of The Interview, a comedy about the assassination of North Korea's president, has been cancelled amid threats from hackers. A spokesman for the cinema chain due to host the screening said it had been shelved. Hackers targeting ...


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Financial Times
   
Markets will win game of chicken with Fed   
Financial Times
At the FT's Frontier Markets conference in New York, in mid-December, only a handful of participants subscribed to the view that the markets will smoothly absorb the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates when the time comes. For the week just ...


   


Opposing Views
   
Woman Writes Touching Letter To Daughter's Stepmom   
Opposing Views
A letter from a mother to her daughter's stepmom has gone viral, and it's easy to see why. In the letter, blogger Candice Curry writes to Ashley Parish, her ex-husband's new wife. Curry says that, despite the often-tense relationships between mothers and ...


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BBC News
   
Scientists challenge 'Abominable Snowman DNA' results   
BBC News
A theory that the mythical yeti is a rare polar bear-brown bear hybrid animal has been challenged. Last year, Oxford University genetics professor Bryan Sykes revealed the results of DNA tests on hairs said to be from the Abominable Snowman. The tests ...


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Financial Times
   
Denmark's claim to North Pole fans geopolitical rivalry   
Financial Times
When a Russian submarine placed a flag on the seabed under the North Pole in 2007, some said it evoked a bygone age of territorial conquest. “This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags,” Canada's then foreign minister, ...


   


Daily Mail
   
Katie Price jokes as she models a wig on four-month-old daughter Bunny   
Daily Mail
Having recently welcomed her second daughter to the brood, Katie Price is already enjoying the girlier aspects of being a mother again. The former glamour model and mum of five was giving her youngest an early start on the beauty front this week when she ...


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BBC News
   
Carbon dioxide satellite mission returns first global maps   
BBC News
Nasa's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) has returned its first global maps of the greenhouse gas CO2. The satellite was sent up in July to help pinpoint the key locations on the Earth's surface where carbon dioxide is being emitted and absorbed.

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A year in a word: Vlogging   
Financial Times
noun — short for “video blogger”; a person who regularly posts films on the internet about some aspect of their lives — typically comedy, beauty, fashion, music, cooking, adolescent trials and tribulations.

   


Antarctic tourism may pose disease threat to penguins   
New Scientist
For those who go, it's the trip of a lifetime – and it wouldn't be complete without a selfie with penguins. But growing tourism to the Antarctic, in combination with its warming climate, could be placing penguins at a risk of infectious diseases. Antarctic species are ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
X Factor final 2014: Mel B's shaky return after mystery illness   
Mirror.co.uk
Mel B looked shaky as she returned for The X Factor final last night – after a mystery illness forced her to miss Saturday's show. Mel insisted she was “better...ish” after being treated in a private hospital's high dependency unit. She was rushed from her hospital ...


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