August 2021 – Page 3 – The Saturn Herald

Taming China’s grand strategy

Zhao Lijian, who has 1 million followers on Twitter and legions of supporters inside China, was slapped down by hi superiors although he was the spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, quoted on Twitter in March that “the Covid-19 virus had originated in the US and suggested that Washington was engaged in a cover-up. When did…

Root’s 180 not out propels England in lead

England v India, Second Test, Day 1 at Lords India first innings 364 ao off 126.1ov, Rahul 129 off 250, 12 fours, 1 six, Rohit Sharma 83 off 145, 11 fours, 1 six, Virat Kohli 42 off 103m 3 fours, Rishabh Pant 37 off 56, 5 fours, Ravindra Jadeja 40 off 120, 4 fours, James…

India 364 ao Anderson five wicket haul

Rahul 127no helps India to 276-3 on Day 1 at Lords

England v India, Second Test, Day 1 at Lords India first innings 276-3, Rahul 127 no KL Rahul played an outstanding 127 not out, following his supporting role in an opening stand of 126 with Rohit Sharma , who made a superb 83 at Lord’s with Indian captain Virat Kohli also adding 42 in a…

Elephant herds on the run

Chinese officials from the south-western Yunnan province said more than 150, 000 people have been evacuated from the path of migrating elephants. More than 25, 000 police officers using vehicles and drones have monitored the herd of 14 Asian elephants, as the protected animals left a nature reserve in Yunnan about 17 month ago, and…

Team GB claims 65 medals as Kenny and Price wins gold

Top Six countries with most medals. Track cyclist Jason Kenny’s historic gold and Lauren Price won gold in the middleweight final. Team GB claimed 22 golds, 21 silvers and 22 bronze medals in Japan/ Jason Kenny successfully defended Keirin title to become the first Briton to win seven Olympic gold medals and 2 silver. His…

Brazil win second consecutive Olympic gold

Brazil wins Olympic Football gold medal, beating Spain 2-1 Brazil 2 Spain 1 Santos Carneiro Da Cunha (45’+2). Oyarzabl (61’) Malcom (108’) Brazil defended their Olympic men’s football title following a dramatic extra-time victory over Spain at the Nissan Stadium. Substitute Malcom raced in behind and slotted home the winner after 108 minutes to hand…

Math the ultimate timesaver – Shortcuts

One of the world’s greatest mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver – and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts. Success is about shortcuts which allows us to solve one problem quickly so that we can tackle even bigger one. They make us capable of doing great things.…

Rihanna the billionaire

Robyn Fenty known to the world as R&B pop singer Rihanna becomes the richest female musician on the planet after she launched Fenty Beauty in 2017, the cosmetic company she sought to create cosmetics that made “Women everywhere feel included”. Rihanna is now worth £1.22bn. (US$1.7bn} is the wealthiest female musician second only to Oprah…

Perils of Loneliness

In cities, we stand silent in buses and train carriages, ignoring each other. Online, we retreat into silos and carefully create who we interact with. In politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we’ve never met. But imagine what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of our problems, were actually…