AL-QOSH, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes have retaken the country’s largest dam from jihadists, Kurdish officials said, as the United States and Britain step up their military involvement in the conflict. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest … [Read more...] about Kurds retake key Iraq dam from jihadists
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Kurds retake key Iraq dam, Sunnis hit jihadists
AL-QOSH, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook the country’s largest dam from jihadists on Sunday, as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces fought the militants west of Baghdad. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest prize yet clawed back from … [Read more...] about Kurds retake key Iraq dam, Sunnis hit jihadists
Indian ‘oldest man ever’ says yoga, celibacy key to age
KOLKATA: Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga. Hindu monk Swami Sivananda was born on August 8, 1896, according to his passport. If true, … [Read more...] about Indian ‘oldest man ever’ says yoga, celibacy key to age
Apple is losing its focus again — and this time, there’s no Steve Jobs coming to the rescue
Apple was a disaster before Steve Jobs returned to the company he helped start decades earlier. Despite the company’s success in the early 1980s with the Apple II and Macintosh computers, Apple was in big trouble by 1997. The company was hemorrhaging money. The final … [Read more...] about Apple is losing its focus again — and this time, there’s no Steve Jobs coming to the rescue
Tesla nabs another Apple employee — this time, it’s one of the key designers on the Mac team
One of the key designers behind some of Apple’s most daring Mac products in the past few years has moved to Tesla to work on electric cars. Matt Casebolt, who had worked on the Mac Pro and the new MacBook as a director of product design at Apple, said on his LinkedIn … [Read more...] about Tesla nabs another Apple employee — this time, it’s one of the key designers on the Mac team