Yearly Archives: 2018

Founder of 'revolutionary' US blood-testing startup once valued at $9bn charged with fraud

Theranos was established by Elizabeth Holmes in 2003 when she was just a 19-year-old Stanford drop out. Within a year it had won $6m (£4.5m) backing from investors attracted by Ms Holmes’s desire to disrupt the industry monopoly over blood tests – and she was toasted as a rising star of Silicon Valley. Ms Holmes and Mr Balwani claimed the …

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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development earmarks USD 3 billion to support sustainable development in Ethiopia

By WAMABU DHABI, Jun 16 2018 (WAM) Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, allocated an AED11 billion (US$3 billion) economic aid package to the Ethiopian government to support sustainable socio-economic development in that country. The purpose of the funding is twofold. ADFD deposited an amount of AED3.7 billion (US$1 billion) in the National …

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‘Old In Art School’: An MFA Inspires A Memoir Of Age

Upon retiring from Princeton University at age 64, historian Nell Irvin Painter decided to pursue a second career in visual art among students a third of her age. (Image credit: Samantha Clark/NPR)

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Teaching Children To Ask The Big Questions Without Religion

Religion offers answers to big questions about life and death, right and wrong, and who we are. But some unaffiliated parents are finding power in not knowing those answers. (Image credit: Courtesy of Nathan Freeman)

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DHS: Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Adults At Border In Six Weeks

Enlarge this image A Central American child who is traveling with a caravan of migrants sleeps at a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 29, 2018. Hans-Maximo Musielik/AP hide caption toggle caption Hans-Maximo Musielik/AP The Department Homeland Security says 1,995 minors were separated from their “alleged adult guardians” at the southern border in just over a month-long period. A DHS …

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