Macron demands answers from Iran over academic’s detention World French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called on Tehran to explain why a Franco-Iranian academic based at a Paris university has been arrested... Macron demands answers from Iran over academic’s detention
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UK New UK bank note to feature mathematician Turing The Bank of England on Monday said World War II code-breaker Alan Turing had been chosen to feature on the back of Britain's new £50 bank note... 10 hours ago
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