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Month: September 2024
Landslide triggered by climate change ’caused Earth to vibrate for nine days’
Researchers suggest that the landslide was a result of a glacier at the foot of a mountain in Greenland thinning.
Musk channels Star Wars over WWIII threat
The billionaire has weighed in on a potential imminent escalation of the Ukraine conflict US entrepreneur Elon Musk has reacted with foreboding to President Vladimir Putin’s warning to NATO about the consequences of potential long-range strikes against Russia with weapons provided by the US-led military bloc. Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine would depend on satellite intelligence…
US convicts black rights activists over alleged Russia ties
The charges carry a maximum sentence of five years in jail Four US black rights activists have been convicted of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents, the Justice Department has announced. They have been acquitted, however, of a more serious charge of acting as agents of a foreign government. A Florida jury found four…
Myth debunked: Famous Roman siege thought to have lasted years ended in ‘mere weeks’
Romans launched brutal attack, capturing hilltop fortress within few weeks, researchers say
Bangladesh interim govt chief urges religious harmony
Reports of violence against Hindus in the Muslim-majority country have led to tension with India Nobody should do anything that “harms religious harmony” in Bangladesh, interim leader Mohammed Yunus told the nation on Thursday. He issued the warning amid reports of deadly violence against Hindus and other minorities in the country following the ouster of…
UK crime minister’s bag stolen at police conference
Diana Johnson was discussing the crime “epidemic” at a senior officers’ event The UK minister for policing and crime prevention, Diana Johnson, had her purse stolen while speaking about rising lawlessness at a conference for top police officials on Tuesday. The incident happened at the annual Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) conference in Kenilworth, as confirmed by…
Elite US SEALs training against China – FT
Team Six has reportedly been focusing on “a Taiwan conflict” The US Navy’s elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six, has been training to “help Taiwan” in case of a “Chinese invasion,” according to the Financial Times (FT). The unit carried out the 2011 mission that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. SEAL Team…
Pigeon-guided bombs, dead trout and hair whorls triumph at spoof Nobel prizes
Research on lactating cows and anus-breathing mammals also picked up awards.
Fyodor Lukyanov: Western elites could be about to get a taste of their own ‘color revolution’ medicine
The US and Western European establishment know how to interfere and influence elections abroad, which is why they fear what’s happening now There’s a reason why 2024 has been called the year of the big elections. More than half of the world’s population will be called to the ballot boxes, but this time it goes…