by Projects UAE | Oct 11, 2020 | Sports
Rafael Nadal scored an almost flawless win (6-0, 6-1, 7-5) against World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, bagging his 13th French Open title and 20th major Grand Slam win matching the record set by Roger Federer. This was also Nadal’s 100th win at Roland Garros. The first set...
by Projects UAE | Oct 10, 2020 | Business
Facebook has faced criticism for its approach to curb QAnon -a fast-growing, fringe conspiracy movement. On Tuesday, the company acknowledged that its previous policies had not gone far enough and unveiled plans to ramp up its crackdown on QAnon by removing any group,...
by Projects UAE | Oct 10, 2020 | Environment
September this year was 0.05C hotter than September last year, which itself had set previous record for being the hottest September ever. Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation programme, said yesterday that the warmth in the Siberian Arctic...
by Projects UAE | Oct 5, 2020 | Travel
Last Saturday, October 3, was the first acqua alta of the season for Venice. Venice’s acque alte (“high waters”) is the regular flooding caused in the city by high tides, normally seen between October and March. This predominantly affects the two...
by Projects UAE | Sep 30, 2020 | Science, Tech
American biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna and French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier are the first women to receive a joint Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the sixth and seventh to receive the Chemistry price in general. Their years of research and experimentation...