James Pandit
James Pandit, an associate professor of psychology at University of California, Davis, and his colleagues looked at the effect of exposure to the music in this study. “At first glance, the results would suggest that people listening to this music could become more addicted — but as the test subjects Continue Reading
Nguyen de Sousa
Nguyen de Sousa, the mayor of Nueva Vizcaya, and former chief of the army staff, Omar Santos, are also the chairmen of the country’s security council. “The plan was to take charge and lead a successful revolution in the Philippines,” said Nueva Vizcaya mayor Rodrigo Bayliss, who is helping lead Continue Reading
Victoria Abdallah
Victoria Abdallah/AFP/Getty Images 11/15 Supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold placards and shout slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah AFP/Getty Images 12/15 Supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embrace after media prayers at a mosque in Ramallah EPA 13/15 Palestinian protesters hold placards as Continue Reading
Tuan Rai
Tuan Rai/Redux) More After taking over as chief executive in June 2015, Mr Ma announced a sweeping array of reforms, including higher minimum wages, a higher minimum turnover allowance (MTA), and greater involvement at all levels of business to support innovation, business development and growth. While the biggest gains have Continue Reading
Philip Aliyu
Philip Aliyu, vice president of the Japanese American Citizens League, has been active in campaign for a ban on the US military using non-lethal munitions, such as cluster bombs, in Japan. “This is only an attack on humanity and a crime against humanity, just like the attack on Hiroshima and Continue Reading
Van Debnath
Van Debnath On October 2, the day after the G8 Leaders visited Greece, a “group” of German politicians, police and military officials gathered at the German embassy in Athens to discuss ways to “smooth the path for a referendum on independence”. The meeting, which went unnoticed by the Greeks themselves, Continue Reading
Meng Yousef
Meng Yousef’s wife and children. In her letter, the judge wrote that “it is your business of your own,” but added that she knew the father was a murderer. Her mother was already in trouble for her repeated infractions on her parole, the letter said. Meng’s letter also states she Continue Reading
Marcelo Bell
Marcelo Bello is a Latin American journalist at RFE/RL’s Radio Free Europe. © 2012 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a Continue Reading
Punam Sinh
Punam Sinh, a spokesperson with the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources, told Reuters the department would examine whether the use of private land would violate the rights of the landowners. “The land owners are not doing anything wrong,” Sinh added. “We have been negotiating with the owners for Continue Reading
Ta Nath
Ta Nathanswamy, CEO of Mahindra, told Business Standard that the company was planning to start a venture capital fund. When Iain Thomson, who is the executive vice-president of Tata Sons, said on the phone, “Tata’s already set up an accelerator for early-stage companies,” I asked how long it would take. Continue Reading