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Turkey mulls further measures against Vatican as envoy returns to Ankara
Turkey's ambassador to the Vatican, Mehmet Paçac? returned to Ankara late April 12, after Ankara's strong reaction against Pope Francis' description of the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
Pope, thousands brave rain for Easter in St. Peter's Square
In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on April 5 praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.
Who do you see: Einstein or Marilyn Monroe?
A classic optical illusion created many years ago by neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of technology helps you test your eyesight and find out if there’s anything wrong with your vision.
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Kerry cancels plans to attend Monday event back in US
In a sign that keenly watched Iran nuclear talks will go down to the wire, top US diplomat John Kerry has cancelled plans to attend a key event in Boston on March 30 to remain at the negotiations in Switzerland.
Humans killed Three Million whales throughout 20th century
Shocking findings by a research conducted in the New Bedford Whaling Museum of Massachusetts point to the fact that humans killed approximately three million whales in the 20th century.
The rate of extermination shows that between 1960-1992, the same number of whales were killed as those hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries, combined.
The mystery of the lost luster of the Universe
A galaxy cluster is a cosmic leviathan, a conglomeration of hundreds of thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity. It’s also a cosmic mystery.
With the title “A galaxy cluster with a high birth rate” a report explains the cosmic mystery, which is due to stellar low birth rate.
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Bosch Buys German Software Co with Sofia-based R&D Center
Bosch Software Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of German technology giant Bosch, plans to acquire Cologne-based ProSyst Software AG, which has a research and development unit in Sofia.
Agreements to this effect were signed on February 13, 2015, according to a media statement of Bosch.
ProSyst employs some 110 associates in Cologne, Germany, and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Coen brothers: pioneers of American cinema
Regarded as two of the most innovative directors in the world, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have been pushing back the boundaries of movie-making for nearly three decades.
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Boston opens 'oldest' US time capsule from 1795
It dates back to 1795, and has been dubbed the oldest time capsule in America. On Tuesday, a museum in Boston re-opened the relic, last seen over a century and a half ago.
The Museum of Fine Arts in the northeastern city opened the time capsule at a press conference at 6pm (2300 GMT).
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Is Davos the reason for non-attendance at TÜS?AD meetings?
One cannot say that Turkey?s prestigious Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜS?AD) has always been on good terms with the government.