2015年7月27日 星期一

2015-07-28 U.K. Spotlight


The Guardian
   
John Horton Conway: the world's most charismatic mathematician | Siobhan ...   
The Guardian
John Horton Conway is a cross between Archimedes, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dalí. For many years, he worried that his obsession with playing silly games was ruining his career – until he realised that it could lead to extraordinary discoveries. John ...

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International Business Times UK
   
Mo Farah visits London school on eve of British Diamond League - IBTimes UK   
International Business Times UK
Olympic medallist Mo Farah says doping allegations against his trainer do not put any additional pressure on him and he's looking forward to running again in London's Olympic stadium on 24 July. Farah took time out of preparing for the 3,000m in the ...

2015-07-28 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
South Korea declares 'de facto end' to Mers virus   
BBC News
South Korea's Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has declared a "de facto end" to the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Virus (Mers). Mr Hwang said that as there had been no new infections for 23 days, the public could be "can now be free from worry".
South Korea: Mers virus outbreak is over   The Guardian
South Korea MERS Outbreak Is Over, Government Says   Wall Street Journal
South Korea Says MERS Threat Is Over   ABC News
Financial Times   
Reuters   
New York Times   
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Lifehacker UK
   
The Free BodyWeight Planner Calculator is Probably the Most Precise Dieting ...   
Lifehacker UK
The National Institute of Health in the US has launched a new weight loss tool, which some experts are claiming could be the most scientifically precise yet. The Body Weight Planner uses a model informed by the latest research on weight loss to provide ...
Why Burning 3500 Calories is Not Enough to Lose a Pound   eMaxHealth
US Gov outs Body Weight Planner to let you keep track of your calorie intake   Techie News
New weight-loss tool designed by the US government may be the most ...   The Independent
Al-Arabiya   
BizTek Mojo   
Tech Times   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Trauma of premature birth can affect babies for life   
New Zealand Herald
Those born prematurely could be more likely to be more anxious and introverted. Photo / Thinkstock. Premature babies are more likely to become introverted, neurotic adults and to struggle in relationships and careers, research suggests. Babies born ...
Infants born at low weight or premature are more likely to become introverted   Daily Mail
Underweight babies are more likely to be 'neurotic adults', new research suggests   Irish Independent
Premature babies more likely to get bullied at school and struggle with careers   Mirror.co.uk
TIME   
Philly.com   
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Techie News
   
RNIB lines up legal action over uveitis treatment shortage   
Optician Online
RNIB logo Vision charity RNIB has weighed up legal action as patients in England are denied sight saving treatments freely available in Scotland for severe refractory uveitis. It warned this week that adults and children with the rare eye condition ...
NHS England criticises charity   News Tonight Africa
NHS England blasted by charity who claims patients may need to move to ...   Scottish Daily Record
Charity voices concern over NHS England's refusal to fund anti-TNF treatments   Techie News
Daily Mail   
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PPP Focus.com
   
Good Night's Sleep Sharpens Our Memories   
PPP Focus.com
Psychologist Dr Nicolas Dumay, of the University of Exeter, said, “Sleep nearly doubles our chances of remembering previously unrecalled material.The post-sleep boost in memory accessibility may indicate that a few memories are sharpened overnight”.
The benefits of 'sleeping on it' are real   New Zealand Herald
Struggling to remember something? Have a good sleep, as researchers find it ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Sleep makes memories more accessible: Study   Financial Express
Newsweek   
TV3.ie   
Xinhua   
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Daily Mail
   
George Osborne's £9-an-hour Living Wage 'will be a disaster for home care'   
Daily Mail
An industry association claimed an extra £750million of public funding may be urgently needed to meet the financial costs of a higher wage for staff. Around half a million over-65s in the UK rely on home support for basic tasks such as eating and ...
Cost of national living wage could trigger 'catastrophic failure' in homecare   The Guardian
Careworkers' warning on wages   City A.M.
Living Wage 'could harm home care sector'   BBC News
Herald Scotland   
Gazette & Herald   
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Medical News Today
   
Could one-two punch of generics for breast cancer be more powerful than wonder ...   
Washington Post
First marketed in the 1960s as a fertility drug, tamoxifen has been hailed as a miracle drug for its ability to prevent and treat breast cancer, and despite decades of research scientists have not been able to find anything comparable -- until now. In ...
Two Inexpensive Generic Drugs Could Provide Better Treatment For Cancer   Chinatopix
Generic meds may boost survival in some early breast cancers   Oncology Nurse Advisor
Breast Cancer Drug Combo More Effective Than Standard Treatment: Study   Newsmax
Echo Examiner   
Times Gazette   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Astra clears another drug off the shelf   
The Times (subscription)
AstraZeneca has sold one of its rare disease medicines to Sanofi as it refines its portfolio and raises cash. The British pharmaceuticals group said yesterday that Genzyme, the rare diseases division of Sanofi, would pay $300 million for Caprelsa, a ...
AstraZeneca sells rare cancer drug to Sanofi for up $300 million   Dispatch Times
Sanofi says it will pay up to $300M for AstraZeneca's rare thyroid cancer ...   Fox Business
AstraZeneca sells rare cancer drug to Sanofi for up to $300 million   Vocal Republic
Reuters   
Moneycontrol.com   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Tesco to withdraw most popular sugary drinks   
The Times (subscription)
Britain's biggest supermarket chain is withdrawing some bestselling children's drinks in a bid to tackle obesity. From September, Tesco will stop selling cartons of Ribena, Capri-Sun and Rubicon, but continue to stock bottles of Ribena cordial and ...
Tesco, please don't take away my Ribena!   Telegraph.co.uk
Tesco is keeping sugary drinks like Capri Sun out of kids' lunchboxes   Mashable
Ribena, Capri-Sun and Rubicon sugary drinks to be removed from Tesco shelves   Grimsby Telegraph
Express.co.uk   
Western Gazette   
Huffington Post UK   
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BBC News
   
Stafford Hospital's new NHS trust 'must improve'   
BBC News
A new NHS trust set up to run Stafford Hospital requires improvement, inspectors have said. The verdict came from the Care Quality Commission's first inspection since the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust was created in November.
CQC says Royal Stoke must do better   Stoke Sentinel
Huyton care home with overpowering urine stench blasted by inspectors over ...   Liverpool Echo
Improved Peterborough City Hospital given 'good' rating in latest CQC inspection   Rutland Times
East London and West Essex Guardian Series   
ITV News   
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2015-07-28 U.K. Science


BBC News
   
Chasing Britain's most threatened duck   
BBC News
A team from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) is capturing and tagging female common scoters, to find out why these birds are in such severe decline in Britain. Just 35 pairs of the birds now breed in the UK each year, most of them by lochs in the ...

2015-07-28 U.K. Sports


Reuters UK
   
Rogers on track for third test, Starc shrugs off ankle   
Reuters UK
LONDON Australia's opening batsman Chris Rogers has survived a stiff examination from his bowling team mates in the nets but expects England's pacemen to come even harder at him in the wake of his dizzy spell that forced him to retire at Lord's.
Ashes 2015: Ian Bell says Test cricket is 'brutal environment'   BBC Sport
England use cannabis lamps to prepare Edgbaston pitch ahead of third Ashes Test   Daily Mail
England's Ian Bell primed for home Ashes Test – with aid of New Zealand   The Guardian
Zee News   
The Independent   
Bangkok Post   
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BBC Sport
   
Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize, says Vladimir Putin   
BBC Sport
World football's governing body is engulfed in a corruption crisis, including an investigation into the award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia. "People like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve ...
People like Blatter deserve Nobel prize, Putin tells Swiss TV   CNN
Vladimir Putin says Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize   Telegraph.co.uk
Putin: FIFA Chief Blatter Deserves Nobel Prize   RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Guardian   
Washington Post   
TIME   
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Goal.com
   
Mourinho talks up Arsenal title chances   
Goal.com
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said those who think Arsenal do not spend big should "get a calculator." Days after accusing other Premier League clubs of "buying the title," Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Arsenal should be considered among the ...

2015-07-28 U.K. Entertainment


BBC News
   
Robert Rauschenberg and Paul Nash among Tate 2016 shows   
BBC News
The work of 20th Century artists dominates next year's programme at Tate with exhibitions by US artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Robert Rauschenberg. Tate Britain will host the largest presentation of British war artist Paul Nash - who played a key role in ...

2015-07-28 U.K. Technology


USA TODAY
   
OnePlus 2 hopes to be a new flagship killer to rival iPhone, Galaxy   
USA TODAY
New York— On the heels of last year's sleeper hit, Chinese start-up OnePlus has announced a new phone that promises iPhone-type specs at half the price. Late Monday the company unveiled the the OnePlus 2, its successor to last year's OnePlus One .
OnePlus 2: Key highlights of the new flagship smartphone   IBNLive
OnePlus 2 launched with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 810; coming to ...   Firstpost
OnePlus 2: A Big Android Phone for Relatively Little Money   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mashable   
ZDNet   
The Register   
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The Guardian
   
Seven things security experts do to keep safe online   
The Guardian
Ashley Madison's Korean web site is shown on a computer screen in Seoul, South Korea. The company suffered a massive hack in mid-July. Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP. Alex Hern · @alexhern. Monday 27 July 2015 07.11 EDT Last modified on Monday 27 ...

2015-07-28 U.K. Business


Irish Examiner
   
MarketsAsian markets recover as China shares go positive   
Financial Times
Regional markets remain on tenterhooks as Chinese sharemarkets endure a volatile morning session following the market's biggest sell-off in more than eight years. The Shanghai Composite conducted a wild round trip within the first half hour of trade, ...

2015-07-28 U.K. U.K.


BBC News
   
David Cameron: UK property no safe haven for 'dirty money'   
BBC News
Foreigners must be stopped from buying UK homes with "plundered or laundered cash" and a "global effort" launched to defeat corruption, David Cameron will say in a speech later. Mr Cameron will vow to expose the use of "anonymous shell companies" to ...

2015-07-28 U.K. World


BBC News
   
IS conflict: Nato to discuss Turkey-Syria border crisis   
BBC News
Envoys from all 28 Nato countries are to hold a emergency meeting to discuss Turkey's campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. The meeting in Brussels was called by Turkey, which has become involved in the Syrian conflict in ...

2015年7月26日 星期日

2015-07-27 U.K. Spotlight


BBC Sport
   
BBC Sport - Europa League: We were better than Astra - Inverness   
BBC Sport
Greg Tansey believes Inverness Caledonian Thistle were knocked out the Europa League by an Astra Giurgiu side no better than many teams in Scotland. The Romanians progress to face West Ham United in the third qualifying round courtesy of Constantin ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Health


BizTek Mojo
   
The US Government Launches Precise SuperTracker Weight-loss Tool to Help ...   
BizTek Mojo
The United States government has designed a new weight-loss tool which uses a scientifically accurate mathematical model to help users lose their weight and achieve a healthy weight. The National Institute of Health (NIH), a part of the US Department ...
How many calories should you really be eating if you want to lose weight?   Al-Arabiya
The Body Weight Planner By NIH Might Be Your Best Friend To Lose Weight Fast   Tech Times
New weight-loss tool designed by the US government may be the most ...   The Independent
Healio   
Yahoo News UK   
Shape Magazine   
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Scottish Daily Record
   
NHS England blasted by charity who claims patients may need to move to ...   
Scottish Daily Record
The Royal National Institute of Blind People claimed those living with inflammatory eye condition uveitis will have to go to Scotland for treatment to stop them going blind. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Pinterest ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Science


Daily Mail
   
Cambridge professor Peter Wadhams insists three scientists have been ASSASSINATED   
Daily Mail
A Cambridge professor has claimed that three scientists investigating climate change in the Arctic may have been assassinated. Professor Peter Wadhams insists Seymour Laxon, Katharine Giles and Tim Boyd could have been murdered by someone ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Sports


Times of India
   
Suspicion, animosity makes Tour de France success Chris Froome's best   
Times of India
PARIS: Chris Froome admitted he'd been "up against everything" at the Tour de France where he was accused of cheating, spat upon and had urine thrown at him. The 30-year-old Briton did not just overcome 21 stages, 3,600km, cobbles, crosswinds and ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Entertainment


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Partners in Crime, episode 1, review: 'watchable but lacking in parts'   
Telegraph.co.uk
Period mysteries drenched in whimsy are a staple of Sunday evenings. Judged on this alone, BBC One's Partners in Crime should have been the perfect TV programme to finish to the weekend. A ripping yarn reviving two of Agatha Christie's most charming ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Technology


Reuters
   
Facebook partnership a boon for video technology firm Bidalgo   
Reuters
TEL AVIV Facebook marketing partner Bidalgo targets a tripling in sales in 2015 as its new technology to automate the process of making personalised online video advertising benefits from Facebook's growing share of the video market. Facebook is ...

2015-07-27 U.K. Business


Financial Times
   
Italy's Pier Carlo Padoan calls for 'political union' to save euro   
Financial Times
Italy's finance minister has called for deeper eurozone integration in the aftermath of the Greek crisis, saying a move “straight towards political union” is the only way to ensure the survival of the common currency. Pier Carlo Padoan's comments ...
Italy's Padoan calls for tighter euro zone integration - FT   euronews
Italy Joins Call for Deeper Political Integration in Eurozone   Atlantic Sentinel

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Bloomberg
   
Greece Poised for Troika Talks Amid Bourse Shutdown   
Bloomberg
Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras, with newly appointed deputy foreign minister for European affairs Sia Anagnostopoulou and government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg. Don't Miss Out — Follow Bloomberg ...

2015-07-27 U.K. U.K.


BBC News
   
David Cameron begins trade mission in South East Asia   
BBC News
David Cameron says business deals worth more than £750m ($1.2bn) will be made during his tour of South East Asia. Mr Cameron is to be accompanied by 31 UK business leaders on the trade mission, which starts in Indonesia. The UK prime minister says ...

2015-07-27 U.K. World


CTV News
   
Turkey calls for NATO meeting after airstrikes against militants   
CTV News
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels in Iraq. The move came as Turkey's state-run media reported ...
Turkish air strikes 'changing regional game', says PM   BBC News
Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq after soldiers killed - sources   Reuters Africa
Turkish prime minister says no plans for ground troops in Syria   Reuters India
CNN International   
The Globe and Mail   
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BBC News
   
Investing in Iran after the lifting of sanctions   
BBC News
Just a few days after hosting a historic deal between Iran and the world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme and lifting international sanctions, Vienna has been the venue for deals of a different kind. For the first time in many years, an army of ...
Winds of change in West Asia   The Hindu
More nukes, more problems   Jerusalem Post Israel News
United with Iran   The Nation
Financial Express   
The Straits Times   
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ABC Online
   
Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound   
ABC Online
Palestinian Muslim worshippers and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for the Holy City's two destroyed Biblical temples. No serious injuries were reported at the site, which ...
Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at al-Aqsa site   CNN International
Palestinian Youths Clash With Israeli Police in Jerusalem   New York Times
Police and protesters clash amid mounting tension at religious shrine   Irish Independent
Xinhua   
Press TV   
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Firstpost
   
At least 13 dead after al- Shabaab attack Somali hotel   
Firstpost
Mogadishu: The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first responder and the rebel group said. A Reuters witness ...
12 Are Killed in Bombing Outside Hotel in Somalia   New York Times
US condemns 'abhorrent' Mogadishu attacks   The Sun Daily
Truck bomb hits Somali hotel, kills 12   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ABC Online   
Sky News Australia   
Xinhua   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Passenger held after arson attempt on Chinese plane   
DAWN.com
BEIJING: A man who tried to set fire to the cabin of a plane with more than 100 people aboard as it was landing in southern China early on Sunday was overpowered by fellow passengers and crew, reports said. Two of the 95 passengers suffered injuries ...
Man tries to set fire on China jet midair   Times of India
Passenger arrested after trying to set fire on Chinese plane   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Security probe after man sets fire to seat on domestic flight   ecns
The Chosun Ilbo   
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New York Times
   
Three Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Tokyo   
New York Times
TOKYO — A small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo on Sunday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground, while three people were pulled alive from the wreckage, officials said. The single-engine propeller plane plowed into ...

2015年7月25日 星期六

2015-07-26 U.K. Spotlight


Wired
   
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED   
Wired
Caption: Charlie Miller (left) and Chris Valasek hacking into a Jeep Cherokee from Miller's basement as I drove the SUV on a highway ten miles away. Whitney Curtis for WIRED. Slide: 2 / of 6 . Caption: Miller attempts to rescue the Jeep after its ...

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BBC News
   
Heavy rain causes flooding around Scotland   
BBC News
Heavy rain causes flooding in parts of Scotland, with a number of weather warnings and alerts in place until lunchtime on Saturday. Water on road at Haggs Road. Commuters drove through the floodwaters on Haggs Road in Glasgow on Friday morning.

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ManUtd.com
   
Ed Woodward reveals United's scouting process   
ManUtd.com
Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has outlined the scouting process at Manchester United and detailed how the club conducts its incoming transfer business. Woodward has overseen deals to acquire Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay, Morgan ...