UK government sued over ‘pie-in-the-sky’ net-zero climate strategy The Guardian
We're all paying the price for rampant eco hypocrisy Telegraph.co.uk
Last week’s marking of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the US reminded us that democratic values in that country, and in so many other others, remain fragile. Many law enforcement officers responsible for defending Capitol security are still traumatised by the attack incited by former president Donald Trump. More than 150 police officers were wounded and four rioters were killed. One police officer died of a stroke after responding to the riot and several more died by suicide in the ensuing weeks. Читать дальше...
David Axe
Patriot Missiles, United States
The Patriot’s computer and human minders don’t always get it right. On March 23, a Patriot battery shot down a Royal Air Force Tornado fighter-bomber returning to Kuwait after a mission over Iraq. The two crew died.
Here's What You Need to Know: The flier fired a HARM anti-radar missile that destroyed the Patriot’s sensor dish but, luckily, did not harm the Army crew.
During the spring 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces... Читать дальше...
From Kanngiesser et al. in PNAS: Humans, as compared with other animals, create and follow conventional norms that determine how we greet each other, dress, or play certain games. Conventional norms are universal in all human societies, but it is an open question whether individuals in all societies also actively enforce conventional norms when others in their group break them. We investigated third-party enforcement of conventional norms in 5- to 8-y-old children (n = 376) from eight diverse small-scale and large-scale societies. Читать дальше...
Dean Henderson made little secret of his desire to be Manchester United's No.1 when he returned to the club in 2020 and looking on course to usurp David De Gea during the early part of 2021 - but now, he is desperate to leave Old Trafford
Charity is calling for 'urgent' work to address reports of discrimination against people of colour who go missing.
Chris Wood is poised to become Newcastle's second January signing, while there are mixed reports on the club's pursuit of Benoit Badiashile
VERA star Riley Jones, who plays PC Mark Edwards, admitted to being nervous when his character was introduced to the Brenda Blethyn series.
OMICRON is causing far-reaching disruption already in 2022, as the highly transmissible Covid variant infects hundreds of thousands of people a day who then have to isolate per Government rules. Schools also face disruption, with parents and students questioning whether exams will be cancelled this year.
JESSE LINGARD is set to leave Manchester United, with Tottenham interested in signing the midfielder.
Tejasswi Prakash says that it was her biggest mistake to trust her and called her a 'liar'. Shamita Shetty says that she can change her mind about what she wants to do.
Maybe this year won’t be so bad after all.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune. January 9, 2022.
Hundreds of people walked over 40 miles on Tuesday in India’s northeast to demand the repeal of a controversial act that grants special powers to Indian troops, following a deadly incident last month when soldiers killed over a dozen civilians.
As the best player on one of the NBA's best teams, DeMar DeRozan has rightfully earned a place in MVP discussions.
New rules on insolvency and restructuring of companies in Portugal will come into force in mid-April, under a law published in the state gazette on Tuesday that reduces the period of personal insolvency to three years from the current five....
Cummins, the first Australian fast bowler to lead a Test side, said his approach to leadership is quite similar to England's Eoin Morgan.