Teflon

One slight surprise on that occasion was that he did not arrive on his bike, as he had done for previous meetings with King Willem-Alexander. But the big surprise was that this skilled political operator had fallen by a crisis of his own…

THE HAGUE: Dubbed "Teflon Mark" because scandals slide off him like a pancake from a non-stick skillet, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has this time cooked up a crisis of his own making. The longest-serving leader in the history of the…

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Muskproved once again that he’s difficult to beat in court.On Friday, a federal jury in San Francisco took just two hours to clear the Tesla Inc chief executive officer of claims by investors that he defrauded them when…

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Thousands of people suffering from a disabling headache condition could soon be cured by a patch of Teflon implanted inside the brain.The pioneering treatment is designed to block pain messages along a major nerve, and research suggests it…