Court jails young Russians for ‘plotting to overthrow Putin’: Activists are sentenced to up to seven years in a penal colony in case which has sparked protests and accusations police have overstepped their powers Ruslan Kostylenkov, Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov were sentenced In 2018 authorities detained 10 people, accusing them of belonging to the New Greatness … Read more
Number of passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus on luxury Norweigian cruise liner rises to 53 53 people on board the MS Roald Amundsen have tested positive for Covid-19 Norway has closed its ports to cruise ships for two weeks following the outbreak Authorities fear passengers disembarking along route may have spread virus By … Read more
Ancient ‘hell ants’ had deadly scythe-like mandibles that they used in a vertical motion to pin prey against their horn-like appendages, a fossil has revealed. The 99 million-year old insect stunningly preserved in amber from Myanmar was trapped just as it embraced its final victim — an ancient relative of the cockroach. Alongside revealing just how … Read more
She’s left her 20s behind and entered a brand new decade. And Ferne McCann looked sensational as she posed in a plunging cut-out metallic gown to mark her milestone 30th birthday on Thursday. Taking to Instagram with the stunning snap, the First Time Mum star revealed that she was ‘Beyond overwhelmed’ by the birthday love … Read more
Radiant in a long white gown and veil, 29-year-old Lebanese bride Israa Seblani stands smiling and posing for her wedding video. The scene is shattered by a deafening roar, and a powerful shockwave nearly blows her off her feet. The dramatic footage captured the moment when a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, … Read more
The ‘brightest material on Earth’ has been created after researchers found a way to stop fluorescent molecules fading when they are transferred to a solid state. University of Copenhagen and Indiana University scientists created the new bright substance – that has a brilliant glow – from positively charged fluorescent dyes. Dyes tend to undergo ‘quenching’ … Read more
Portland neighborhoods with mostly minority families and crowded public housing have higher rates of the novel coronavirus. Stumptown has become a tale of two cities with blacks and Hispanics living east of 82nd Avenue, also known as Cascade Highway, at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. An analysis from Willamette … Read more
An Aberdeen football player has tested positive for coronavirus following a spike in cases in the city which has forced 200,000 people into Scotland’s first local lockdown. The club’s training was cancelled today after a follow up swab confirmed the player’s initial positive test. Players in the Scottish Premiership are being tested twice a week … Read more
A teenage activist has claimed that coronavirus and other Zoonotic diseases are a byproduct of mistreating the planet. Environmentalist and conversationalist Bella Lack, 17, from South West London, is a youth ambassador for The Born Free Foundation and appeared on This Morning today to speak about her activism. Speaking via video link, the teenager claimed that … Read more
Lava tubes under the surface of the Moon and Mars are so large they could host entire planetary bases for future space exploration, planetary scientists claim. Researchers at the Universities of Bologna and Padua studied the subsurface cavities that lava created billions of years ago under the surface of Mars and the Moon. These cavities … Read more