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Despite efforts by President Obama to win the Indian prime minister’s cooperation on reducing harmful emissions, India’s negotiators have so far staked out an uncompromising position.
Pfizer, which plans to enjoy a lower tax rate in Ireland after a merger with Allergan, has long employed various tax avoidance strategies.
Mr. Trump’s political debut with black religious leaders was refashioned into a private meeting with a smaller group that downplayed talk of endorsements.
The Paris attacks revealed an enemy practicing what one official calls “dartboard terrorism,” hurling multiple lethal darts at a distant target until one hits the mark.
The emission pledges that countries have signaled they will make in Paris will inevitably fall short. What would a truly ambitious plan to tackle climate change look like?
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 25, 2015, covering December 1, 2015.
Chris Stapleton
Eric Church
Ellie Goulding
The Weeknd
Tim McGraw
2015Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)[†]
Robert "Rob" Blokzijl was a Dutch physicist and computer scientist at the National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF), and an early internet pioneer. He was founding member and chairman of RIPE, the Réseaux IP Européens, the European Internet Registrar organisation.
2015Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (born 1925)[†]
Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the "Father of Robotics". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s. Later, he worked as entrepreneur and vocal advocate of robotic technology beyond the manufacturing plant in a variety of fields, including service industries, health care, and space exploration.
2015John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (born 1926)[†]
John Francis Kurtzke was a neuroepidemiologist and Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University who is best known for his creation of the Expanded Disability Status Scale and for his research on multiple sclerosis (MS). After graduating from Cornell University Medical College in 1952, Dr. Kurtzke started his career in the field of Neurology as Chief of the Neurology Service at the Veteran's Affairs (VA) Medical Centers in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, from 1956 to 1963, and then in Washington, DC, from 1963 to 1995, where he became Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University. At the time of his death, he held the title of Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University.
2015Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930)[†]
James Loscutoff Jr. was a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A forward, Loscutoff played on seven Celtics championship teams between 1956 and 1964.
2015Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)[†]
Trevor Obst was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]