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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...

Things to know before applying for Google AdSense.

1. Write High-Quality Content: The #1 thing you need to do before applying for Google AdSenseis to write high-quality content. This is very important thing which you can’t i gnore at any cost. I mean it! Google loves the blog who are providing high-quality content and their  visitors are enjoying  it. Keep in mind that your application will be reviewed by humans and you have to impress them to get approved by AdSense. A high-quality content… is unique and original with proper headings and bullet lists free from grammar and spelling mistakes is long enough useful and informative. 2. Create Privacy Page for Your Blog: One of the common mistakes that most new bloggers. Even though there are people out there who say that having a privacy policy for a blog doesn’t make sense but they are wrong! The first thing you will need to apply for Google AdSense and get approval is the privacy policy of your blog or website. If you don’t have it you ...

MORATA CAN BECOME A CHELSEA GREAT ONCE HE IMPROVES HIS FINISHING.

His goal record is good but stats show that it could be even better as he lags behind his rivals and even his own record in previous seasons Chelsea and Alvaro Morata have been in good form this season but the 17-point gap to Manchester City can be partly attributed to their inferior finishing.  Morata is Chelsea's go-to goalscorer and he has an impressive 12 goals in his 25 appearances, 20 of which were starts, for the club. However, his conversion rate is both not as good as some of his big rivals in the Premier League or his own record back at Real Madrid.  The 25-year-old has scored with 17.9% of his shots, including blocks, in the league since joining Chelsea in a £58 million deal last summer. This is almost identical to the record of his Chelsea predecessor Diego Costa, who has scored with 18% of his shots in the league since 2016. In filling the Costa void, Morata has had to adapt to being in a new league and becoming his side's mai...

ARSENAL CLOSE IN ON GREEK YOUNGSTER MAVROPANOS.

The Gunners have agreed a deal worth around £2m in principle and will loan the defender immediately out to Werder Bremen Arsenal are closing in on the signing of centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina for a fee in the region of £2million. The 20-year-old broke into the Super League side's first-team towards the end of the season before cementing his place in the starting XI this term, but has already attracted interest from Greek giants Olympiakos and the Premier League side. And it is the Gunners who are closest to signing him in the January transfer window due their new chief scout Sven Mislintat having close links with the player's agent from his time at Borussia Dortmund. Mislintat, who identified and scouted the player, is expected to focus heavily on bringing the best young players to Arsenal and Mavropanos' arrival is likely to see him immediately loaned out to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. Mavropanos would follow his compatriots Panagio...

OZIL YET TO MAKE DECISION ON FUTURE AS ARSENAL START CONTRACT TALKS.

The Germany playmaker has courted interest from a number of clubs and his current deal at the Emirates Stadium expires in the summer Arsenal finally opened talks with Mesut Ozil’s representative last month over a contract extension but the German star has yet to make a decision on his future, Goal  understands. The Gunners are confident that Ozil will not sign a pre-contract with a foreign club in January, with Alexis Sanchez and Jack Wilshere in the same position as their contracts also expire in the summer. Talks over a renewal for Ozil were put on hold back in February last year due to the uncertainty surrounding manager Arsene Wenger’s own contract situation. However, when the Frenchman renewed his deal by a further two years at the end of May, there was no decision taken to resume talks with any of the aforementioned trio. The club didn't put their first formal offer on the table to Ozil's representative until December - a delay of almost 10 months - while ...

Guardiola fears City stars in danger over fixture pile-up.

Pep Guardiola saw Manchester City return to winning ways at the end of the Premier League’s exhausting holiday schedule, but warned the English game is in danger of destroying its top stars. City beat Watford 3-1 on Tuesday, 48 hours after the leaders saw their 18-game winning streak come to an end in a draw at Crystal Palace. A spell of four games in 11 days has taken its toll, with City’s Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus sustaining a knee ligament injury which will sideline him for four to six weeks. Full-back Kyle Walker also limped off after the victory over Watford with what appeared to be a groin injury. “We are going to check it out, he (Walker) might have a little problem,” Guardiola said. “But what everyone saw in the last weeks is how many injuries the players have. We are going to kill them. “The federation bosses have to reflect a little bit. It’s not normal to play (December) 31st and two days later. “I know the show must go on, but… that is not nor...

Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases.

Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from. These are the decorated boxes into which the wrapped body of the deceased was placed before it was put in a tomb. They are made from scraps of papyrus which were used by ancient Egyptians for shopping lists or tax returns. The technology is giving historians a new insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt. The hieroglyphics found on the walls of the tombs of the Pharaohs show how the rich and powerful wanted to be portrayed. It was the propaganda of its time. The new technique gives Egyptologists access to the real story of Ancient Egypt, according to Prof Adam Gibson of University College London, who led the project. "Because the waste papyrus was used to make prestige objects, they have been preserved for 2,000 years," he said. "And so these masks constitute one of the best libraries we have of waste papyrus that would other...

Fire reductions 'make methane numbers add up'.

Scientists think they can now better explain the recent surge in methane levels seen in the Earth's atmosphere. Although only a trace component in the air, CH4 is a greenhouse gas and has been rising rapidly since about 2006. Tropical wetlands and fossil fuels are suspected as major sources - but the sums do not add up. Only if methane reductions stemming from fewer global fires are considered can the CH4 budget be made to balance, says a new Nasa-led study. John Worden from the US space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and colleagues  report their work in the journal Nature Communications . Methane concentration in the atmosphere currently stands just above 1,850 parts per billion (1,850 molecules of CH4 for every billion molecules of air). But in the early 2000s, it hovered around 1,770ppb. Emissions from oil and gas production, such as losses from fracking operations; and microbial production in wet tropical environments, such as marsh...