European plane producer Airbus has announced that it will soon cease production of one of its most iconic passenger planes. It could hold up to 800 people and was once the world’s largest passenger capacity aircraft. The decision came as Emirates, Airbus’ largest purchaser of the A380, moves towards using a selection of smaller, more…
Global
Europe Year in Review
With the ink now drying on an agreement between the UK and the EU’s 27 remaining states, the end is finally in sight for a series of negotiations that have dominated the public sphere in Europe over the past year. However, 2018 has been an incredibly significant year for the continent beyond Brexit, with many…
Science
Genetics research ‘biased towards studying white Europeans’
Professor David Curtis, a geneticist and psychiatrist from University College London, has raised an issue concerning the heavy bias within genetic research towards white Europeans. Prof Curtis claims that the utilisation of white European samples for genetic tests are insignificant when applied to other ethnic minorities because of genetic variation between ethnicities. Curtis wrote a…
Sport
Norwich under-21s narrowly beat visiting Villareal
Norwich under-21s beat Villareal under-21s 1-0 in the Barclays Premier League International Cup. Having lost their opening fixture to a very strong PSV Eindhoven side (four of whom went on to play in the 2-1 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League last month) Norwich U21 needed a victory from their second group game…
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