How to watch the Perseid meteor shower this month

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower this month

07.08.2016

Lastly, the end of August is another opportunity to see Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter at the same time if you missed your chance at the beginning of 2016. Comet 109 P/Swift-Tuttle, last passed near the Earth in 1992. We have charted the paths of planets, proper motion of stars, and the subtle wobble of the the Earth - precession.

Pound edges up after Bank of England stimulus slump

Pound edges up after Bank of England stimulus slump

07.08.2016

Carney, the bank's governor, said at a news conference on Thursday. And while not overly aggressive, it allows scope for further expansion if it is required later down the line. Some experts argue there is only so much the central bank can do to help the economy - that even with lower interest rates, businesses and households will remain anxious about the future so long as the Brexit talks with European Union drag on.

Dubai International Airport to resume full service in days after jet crash

07.08.2016

Flights to and from the airport have resumed, the Government media office said , after services were suspended for several hours. All of the 282 passengers and 18 crew escaped with their lives after flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram in India was forced into an emergency landing before exploding in a fireball that gutted the fuselage yesterday lunchtime.

Women were key beneficiaries of job market in July

Women were key beneficiaries of job market in July

07.08.2016

The U.S. economy remained resilient in the month of July, with employers adding an additional 255,000 jobs to the workforce, beating expectations that new hiring would top out at 180,000. The U.S. Federal Reserve left the benchmark interest rate unchanged last week, and said that near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished.

Chaos inside Emirates plane that crash-landed in Dubai

07.08.2016

A voice can be heard telling passengers to leave their luggage behind and to evacuate the aircraft. Several flights have since been cancelled or delayed due to the incident, with Emirates reporting that it is still in "recovery mode" as far as its normal scheduling is concerned.

Solid US hiring in July added 255000 jobs and lifted pay

Solid US hiring in July added 255000 jobs and lifted pay

07.08.2016

More important to numerous record 151.5 million Americans now holding jobs is the rise in wages, an 8-cent-an-hour increase, or 0.3 percent, resulting in a 2.6 percent year-over-year improvement. But Friday's report suggests the recovery is beginning to reach some of the groups that have struggled most in recent years. Construction firms added 14,000 positions after two months of declines.

Construction adds 14000 jobs in July

07.08.2016

It shows the economy from a labour perspective is heading in the direction that the Fed wants. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.6%. Shortly after the numbers were released , Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign released a statement blasting the current economic growth trajectory, but not referencing July's numbers themselves.

Clinton acknowledges trust issues, blames them on GOP

07.08.2016

When she ran for Senate in NY in 2000, she noted, people had reservations about her candidacy. "Were 66 percent of the American public wrong?" While Clinton is now leading Trump in most polls, many surveys show broad swaths of the public do not find her trustworthy, and harbor doubts about whether she's told the truth about email server.

Leaked iPhone 7 Prototype Claims to Be Legit

Leaked iPhone 7 Prototype Claims to Be Legit

07.08.2016

So, while the guy in the video has a working phone in front of him, it's not an actual iPhone 7 Plus , nor is it a prototype. The hype over the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus is getting stronger each day, with images and video footages showing mockups, prototypes and smartphone parts emerging on Chinese social media site Weibo and on YouTube.

Paul Pogba Reportedly Lands in Manchester to Finalise Man Utd Transfer

07.08.2016

Regardless of this, according to the Daily Mail , Pogba has already been preparing for his move to Old Trafford by watching endless hours of footage of his soon-to-be Manchester United teammates in action last season, as he aims to familiarise himself with them before his arrival.