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World news in 7 minutes. Wednesday 2nd September 2026.Today: Germany blames Russia. Ukraine Kyiv strikes. Putin 'winning'. Kenya flights. Guinea-Bissau referendum. Nepal floods. India expiry dates. Canada 'get serious'. Tupac murderer. Peru glacier risk. Argentina Messi goodbye,W ...  Afficher plus

World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 21st July 2026.Today: India Pakistan treaty. Palau forum. Kazakhstan vice president. Switzerland shooting suspect. Russia India peace call. Russia NATO Arctic. Italy population decline. United States lake. Iran US sanctions. Venezuela energy deal. ...  Afficher plus

✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZHEnds 23:59, Sunday 6th September.--Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was shocked to read his own obituary branding him the "merchant of death." While the story might not be entirely true, it pushed him to reconsider ...  Afficher plus

The prize most coveted by the best and brightest minds in society owes its name to one man: Alfred Nobel. This Swedish inventor born in 1833, has a complicated history after battling through childhood poverty in which only three of his seven siblings reached adulthood. Parcasters ...  Afficher plus

What I learned from reading Alfred Nobel: A Biography by Kenne Fant. ---- [16:24] The self-awareness that would become so characteristic of him was awakening and with it the determination to be the master of every situation. He was not going to throw himself into the world and le ...  Afficher plus

Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who demonstrated it in Britain for the first time on 14th July, 1867. He had discovered that when nitroglycerin, an explosive liquid, was absorbed by kieselguhr, a porous siliceous earth, it produced a solid that was resistan ...  Afficher plus