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Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport | US immigration newsthirst.

A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to her friends and colleagues. On Wednesday, Cora Anderson, a friend and colleague of Kseniya Petrova, shared the news of Petrova’s detention on Facebook, saying the Russian scientist arrived at Boston Logan international airport on 16 February from…

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Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US ‘is over’ newsthirst.

Jessica Murphy & Bernd Debusmann BBC News Reporting fromToronto and Washington DC Canada: Retaliatory trade action to have “maximum impact” on US Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation, is over”. Speaking to reporters in…

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Orioles’ Tyler O’Neill homers on opening day for sixth straight year, extending own record newsthirst.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run home run off Toronto’s José Berríos in the third inning of Thursday’s game at Toronto, extending his major-league record by homering for a sixth straight opening day. Orioles’ Tyler O’Neill hits Home Run on his sixth consecutive Opening Day Playing a season-opening game in his home country…

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King undergoes hospital observation due to cancer treatment side effects | King Charles III newsthirst.

King Charles went into hospital on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” as part of his continuing medical treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace has said. The monarch underwent scheduled treatment for cancer this morning, which required “a short period of observation in hospital”, according to a palace statement. “His majesty’s afternoon engagements were therefore postponed,”…

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MIT Commencement Friday, May 27, 2022 | MIT News newsthirst.

The OneMIT Commencement Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m. on Killian Court, located off Memorial Drive. This year’s guest speaker is MIT alumna Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala MCP ’78, PhD ’81, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and former finance minister of Nigeria. An expert in global finance, economics, and international development, Okonjo-Iweala…

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Mapping the future of metamaterials | MIT News newsthirst.

Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily found in nature. With engineered three-dimensional (3D) geometries at the micro- and nanoscale, these architected materials achieve unique mechanical and physical properties with capabilities beyond those of conventional materials — and have emerged over the past decade as a promising way to engineering challenges where all…

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