During World War II, the British Ministry of Defense commissioned a rugged and highly legible timepiece for its troops, and twelve Swiss brands answered the call to produce Britain’s very first military-issued wristwatch. Colloquially known as the “Dirty Dozen” in recognition of the twelve brands that produced them, these purpose-built field watches followed a design […]
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A STUDENT has told how she did a ‘dossers’ degree’ so she could use the loan to pay for her new £7,000 kitchen.
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'Tis the season for walking into the living room in the morning and being scared (and delighted) by your own decorations.
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The last few years have seen a rapid improvement in various types of artificial intelligence, many of which are now widely used by both businesses and the general public. However, like most disruptive new technologies, the potential benefits of AI must be balanced with the risks it poses. Some are unsure whether this can be […]
Читать дальше...Operation Meteoric will allow British troops helping with the evacuation to be armed as threats from Hezbollah grow.
PADANG TERAP: “When they were alive, they were very close. Even in death, they were just 50 metres apart.”
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Paul Feig partly blames Donald Trump for the backlash against his female-led Ghostbusters movie.
Sam Bremner speeds over to on the stroke of half time to bag her second of the match.
Roosters fullback Sam Bremner catches a sleepy Newcastle defence to charge into goal and extend the club's lead.
Serj Tankian has teased he could work with System of a Down again in the future.
Keith Urban doesnt measure the success of his songs based on how well they do in the charts.
Cartagena is a stunning city and one of the country's most popular destinations
Researchers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (an asteroid monitoring centre funded by NASA) found an asteroid in August that will become a “two-month mini-moon” this year.
Читать дальше...On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department organized the country's first standing army -- 700 soldiers who would serve for three years.
Musician Halsey turns 30 and musician Julien Baker turns 29, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 29.
If roughly 45,000 U.S. longshoremen make good on their threat to strike beginning Tuesday, they could shut down 36 ports from Maine to Texas that handle about half the goods shipped into and out of the United States. A strike that lasts several weeks would force businesses to pay shippers for the delays, and some goods could arrive too late for the peak of the holiday shopping season. The U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents shippers and ports, and the longshoremen’s union haven’t met since June. Читать дальше...
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Stoke City boss Narcis Pelach gives his verdict on his side's defeat at Middlesbrough
No one likes getting sick. Debilitating illnesses drain your energy and cause all kinds of nasty fluids to come out of your body. If allowed to spread, these diseases can decimate an entire population. As bad as that sounds, fiction is arguably worse. Writers have fashioned countless crazy plagues across the storytelling realm. Their insane […]
Читать дальше...The crash sparked one of Brazil's biggest aviation crises.