The Daily Populous

Tuesday September 19th, 2017 morning edition

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14/135 2 September 2017 A girl looks on as muslims offer prayers during the Eid al-Adha festival in Agartala Reuters.

19/135 29 August 2017 Retiring paramilitary policemen prepare for a group photo before retirement in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China Reuters/Stringer.

21/135 27 August 2017 A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tells a Rohingya girl not to come on Bangladesh side.

Thousands of people have fled their homes following two days of violence in a deepening crisis in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar.

Members of the Muslim Rohingya minority escaped to the border with Bangladesh but Bangladeshi border guards are turning them back.

22/135 26 August 2017 100 newlyweds wearing Han Dynasty style outfits attend a group wedding in Pingdingshan, Henan province of China.

26/135 23 August 2017 A child reacts after a big wave on a waterfront as Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong Reuters/Tyrone Siu. »

See jerkface bacteria hiding in tumors and gobbling chemotherapy drugs

Authored by arstechnica.com

Researchers caught the little jerks hiding out among cancer cells, gobbling up chemotherapy drugs intended to demolish their tumorous digs.

Yet the new data suggest that certain types of drug-resistant cancers could be defeated with a simple dollop of antibiotics alongside a chemotherapy regimen.

The role of bacteria in drug-resistant cancers and the potential for using antibiotics with chemotherapies “merit additional exploration,” the authors conclude. »

Dan Ariely Takes on 'Irrational' Economic Impulses

Authored by npr.org
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Once you've offered to pay for the delightful Thanksgiving dinner, your mother-in-law will remember the incident for years to come.

Before the fine was introduced, the teachers and parents had a social contract, with social norms about being late.

But once the fine was imposed, the day care center had inadvertently replaced the social norms with market norms. »

German girl who joined ISIS 'could yet face death penalty'

Authored by dailymail.co.uk

A German teenager who ran away to join ISIS may yet face the death penalty, Iraq's Prime Minister has warned.

But Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has now said Iraq's judiciary will decide if the teenager will face the death penalty.

Charges were laid against the 16-year-old and three other German women captured in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul in July. »

Canada won't do business with Boeing while it's 'busy trying to sue us,' Trudeau says

Authored by cbc.ca

Canada won't do business with Boeing while it's 'busy trying to sue us,' Trudeau says.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped the gloves Monday in his fight with Boeing, saying the government won't do business with a company that he's accusing of attacking Canadian industry and trying to put aerospace employees out of work.

"But we won't do business with a company that's busy trying to sue us and trying to put our aerospace workers out of business.". »