The Ig Nobel prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then makes them think.
During the first US presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump about The New York Times report which revealed that Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and also he had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years starting in 2000.
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Neeraj Chopra began his quest for a World Championships gold medal with a false start in the men's javelin throw final in Eugen, Oregon, on Saturday. India's other contestant in the final Rohit Yadav had a throw a 77.95 metres.
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Chebet picked up his first major victory in two hours six minutes and 51 seconds, with compatriots Lawrence Cherono and Benson Kipruto second and third.
The 57-year-old said he is still 'kind of processing' the infamous incident.
Mike Pompeo has said that among the dozens of world leaders he met as the United States Secretary of State he found the 'most unpleasant' was Chinese President Xi Jinping, who threatened to stop sending PPE kits to America if it kept asking for accountability from Beijing on COVID-19.
Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19 so she went to the bathroom to perform a rapid Covid test which confirmed she was infected, WABC-TV reported.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Tuesday, Day 5.
Things may have been heated from the off between US President Donald Trump and former US Vice President Joe Biden at the first 2020 presidential debate -- but that didn't stop several eyes from turning to their incredibly chic wives, who both put on a very stylish display while supporting their spouses at the milestone event.
The race, held annually since 1897, is the world's most prestigious marathon and generally draws over 30,000 runners from all over the world.
What forecasters predicted to be one of the worst ever blizzard's in New York left only moderate snow in the Big Apple. But coastal New England was battered on Tuesday by a blizzard of blinding snow, ferocious waves and winds that topped hurricane speed.
Four-times Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters, due to make her professional comeback after a seven-year hiatus, said she will be selective in picking the tournaments she plays to give her time to focus on her children. A mother of three, the 36-year-old Belgian announced plans in September to come out of retirement for a second time. But her return, initially scheduled for January, has been pushed back due to a knee injury.
The rupee depreciation will work in favour of students who are currently studying in the US and plan to secure a job that pays in dollars.
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Launching a scathing attack on Harris, the Trump campaign said the Americans will resoundingly reject the absymal failures of Biden and Harris. 'Joe Biden is no moderate, and with Harris as his 'political living will,' he is surrendering control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, cut police funding, kill energy jobs, open our borders, and appease socialist dictators,' Katrina Pierson, Trump 2020 campaign's senior advisor, said in a statement.
Images from the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, Day 3, in Oregon.
The International Olympic Committee dashed Russian athletes' hopes of marching behind their national flag at the Winter Games on Sunday, deciding against immediately lifting Russia's Olympic suspension after fresh doping violations
In interactions at work: Be sensitive, be authentic, keep your conversations respectable and transparent, respect confidentiality, be willing to listen, willing to forgive, be accountable and if required willing to apologise, advises Dr Ankkush Puri.
In the short run, the government should loosen the purse strings but trying to invent new instruments is a bad idea, Banerjee said. Trust, he said, in the system is important at this point and keeping that in mind.
Rediff.com takes a look at the candidates from both parties and how they would remake history if elected as the American President.
US WNBA All-Star Griner's detention in Russia extended
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'Domestic will remain very much the core of what IndiGo is.' 'But the emphasis in our next growth phase is going to be on the international side.'
"There have been moments for optimism - plenty. And on the men's side, not as much."
Do you agree with the minorities' viewpoint that that the government is enforcing 'Hindu practices' on them forcefully?
US President Donald Trump triumphantly greeted supporters at the first of the three inaugural balls, joining his First Lady on stage to tell them: 'We did it."
Chusovitina may not want to look old for her Hollywood hero but in a sport over-populated with teenagers, she is almost pre-historic as her gymnastics lifespan of competing in seven successive Olympics defies logic.
Goat Yoga is real and, believe it or not, is a big craze in the United States with classes selling out everywhere from California to New York.
Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova made a sluggish return to international indoor athletics, finishing last in an 800 metres at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday.
A blizzard has hit the US causing major air, road traffic disruptions
Germany is to bid to host the 2024 Summer Games in Berlin or Hamburg, the country's Olympic sports confederation (DOSB) said on Tuesday.
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Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Thursday, Day 7.
An American woman had not won the historic race since Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 1985.
The Massachusetts State Police said in a tweet that residents in the affected areas who have gas service from Columbia Gas 'should evacuate their homes immediately if they have not done so'.
So, the first United States presidential debate is over. The event held at Hofstra University saw Republican nominee Donald Trump going up against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a 90-minute debate where both candidates packed in quite a few punches. Here's a look at the varied emotions they went through during the interesting event.
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