Pour one out for the dugong today—the bulbous yet endearing undersea mammal has hit a worrying new benchmark of species decline. Scientists have declared the animal “functionally extinct” in part of the South China Sea, in a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Hunting, the fishing industry, aquaculture, and other human activity […]
Daily Archives: August 25, 2022
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Online banking has eased out money transfers, with the introduction of UPI it can reach out to the masses, as we can easily scan a simple QR code, or transfer it to a phone number linked to a UPI, with the added benefit to withdraw money from ATM via UPI. Unfortunately, it’s also quite common […]
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Uvalde school board fires Pete Arredondo for his much-criticised handling of the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. A school board in the US state of Texas has fired a district police chief for his handling of the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in the city of Uvalde […]
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Though it was an innocuous-looking wooden frame, the torture rack might have been the medieval era’s most brutal device — and it was used well into the 17th century. Originally believed to have been used in antiquity, rack torture is most often associated with the medieval times. At a time when executioners meted out creative […]
Screenshot: Netflix On Wednesdays we wear black and watch the latest behind the scenes featurette for Tim Burton’s Netflix series centering on Wednesday Addams. In it, the master of cinematic oddities like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands discusses Wednesday star Jenna Ortega’s take on the classic Charles Addams character. “Wednesday is the classic outsider, obviously. She […]
World news
Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of ‘senseless war’ — Global Issues
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The “sad and tragic milestone” coincided with Ukraine’s 31st anniversary of independence, and Mr. Guterres congratulated the country’s people. Today marks a sad and tragic milestone – six months since Russia’s 24 February invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been killed. Millions have been displaced. The people of Ukraine and beyond need peace and […]
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What if we say that the videos you watch regularly will be automatically downloaded to your device? Amazing, right? Yes, we are talking about the YouTube Smart Downloads feature that enables the user to watch videos offline. Especially the regularly watched videos. It’s the smart way to download your favorite short video or a long […]
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Investigators found Satanic symbols and “significant” numbers in Nathan Gilmore’s house, as well as Snapchat messages that implied he’d killed someone. Iowa Department of Public SafetyNathan Gilmore allegedly murdered Angela Bradbury after the two met at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse in April 2021. On July 12, 2021, a teenager wandering through Greenbelt River Trail […]
Diego Luna is Cassian Andor in Andor.Image: Lucasfilm These days, Star Wars works better if you know Star Wars. Knowing that Obi-Wan Kenobi will let Darth Vader kill him makes the Obi-Wan Kenobi show richer. Hearing Ahsoka Tano say “Thrawn” on The Mandalorian will be that much sweeter to fans of Star Wars Rebels. The […]