[ad_1] The singer-songwriter of the 1970s, formerly known as Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and gave up his life as a musician, will headline a series of spiritual reflections for the BBC during Ramadan. He changed his name to Yusuf Islam in 1977, 10 years after the release of …
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[ad_1] Formation of a fast jet of water due to the interaction of two bubbles. Credit: Vicente Robles Two microscopic bubbles are better than one in penetrating soft materials, concludes a new study by engineers at the University of California, Riverside. Optical cavitation, which uses a laser to bubble into …
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[ad_1] yesHaving a relative of a nursing home resident today means guilt, frustration, and fear. With nearly 2,400 residents a week dying from the virus and predictions of a higher death toll than in hospitals, the anguish of not being able to keep loved ones is compounded by struggles to …
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[ad_1] Ethiopia’s telecoms regulator Ethiopia’s Communications Authority has said it will enter into a consultation period with licensees as it seeks to finalize rules that will eventually govern liberalization of the country’s telecoms sector. The Ethiopian government will issue two new licenses for mobile network operators in the country, while …
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[ad_1] South Africa’s relatively low death rate from Covid-19 is difficult to explain. While we may still be lucky that our population is more resistant to infection than elsewhere, and a relatively small larger population will be helpful, it is too soon to know. South Africa has experienced the Covid-19 …
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[ad_1] Caption: In this photographic illustration, the Covid-19 virus is displayed on the screen of the smartphone. The coronavirus appears in the background. Photo credit: RafaPress Provider: Getty Images / iStockphoto Source: iStockphoto Copyright: Rafael Henrique | PHOTOGRAPHY (Credits: Getty Images / iStockphoto) A smartphone app designed to track who …
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[ad_1] Sam Smith was taken for a walk for his daily exercise, shortly after they ignored criticism of a photo of them crying locked up. Sam cut a casual but elegant figure in jeans, a sweater, and white sneakers, while listening to music through his headphones and drinking coffee. They …
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[ad_1] Pacific Yew Bark. Credit: Walter Siegmund / Wikimedia / CC BY 2.5 Scientists are one step closer to understanding how trees make the cancer drug Taxol. In a recent article published in the Biological Chemistry Magazine, a group of researchers led by Mark Lange of Washington State University, have …
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[ad_1] Three days before the UK closed and the world changed beyond recognition, I had to take a train from London to Edinburgh with my six-year-old autistic son, daughter and two-year-old partner. We were traveling back to Scotland a week later than planned after a heartbreaking visit with my parents. …
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[ad_1] GENEVA – A new report finds that a record 50.8 million people worldwide are displaced within their own countries due to conflict, violence and natural disasters. The report, released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says an estimated 33.4 million people were recently …
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