Monday, August 05, 2024

A Fossil Named Tina May Rewrite the Story of Human Evolution

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana was yesterday named as the teen charged over the knife attack in the Merseyside town.

Rudakubana was unmasked after a judge lifted reporting restrictions just days before his 18th birthday.

Hundreds of people have gathered in Sunderland city centre — in England’s north east — following riots in Hartlepool and London on Wednesday.

Glass could be heard smashing behind giant plumes of smoke after Sunderland and Central Police station was torched by violent yobs as darkness fell.

Terrifying UK scenes as three cities riot


Should the US consider assassinating Putin? 

Despite the Russian president’s obsession with intrigue, denial and deception, he is a fairly predictable adversary, writes a former CIA officer...

Retaliation could have been more costly if Tehran had chosen escalation, but it would still have been manageable. Russia, on the other hand, as Putin often reminds the West with his threatening speeches about nuclear war, is another matter. What happens if it fails? As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "When you set out to kill the king, you'd better not miss!".


Posing as ‘Alicia,’ This Man Scammed Hundreds Online. He Was Also a Victim. WSJ


Troubled by Google Maps Reviews Crooked Timber



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Column: Why hugely profitable corporations won’t spend enough to keep hackers from stealing your private info LA Times


A Fossil Named Tina May Rewrite the Story of Human Evolution Popular Mechanics


Near-Grounding Incident in Great Barrier Reef Attributed to GPS Malfunction GCaptain