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Hidden for more than a century, a remarkable collection of Australian and Antarctic history has been revealed to the public for the first time. The Royal Society in London has launched a digital archive of more than 50,000 meteorological images spanning three centuries. It includes weather observations by Louis “Bunny” Bernacchi, the only Australian on…
A Mexican man living in the U.S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday. The Democratic congresswoman, whose district includes the Houston neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said acting ICE Director David…
When she was 17, Grace Woodroofe uploaded her first three songs to triple j Unearthed. They made their way to Heath Ledger via the late cinema legend’s sister, Woodroofe’s high school friend. Woodroofe was plucked from Perth, signed to Ledger’s label, The Masses, and thrust into the Los Angeles music scene. “Heath really nurtured the…
SRINAGAR: J&K police announced Saturday an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against a designated Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo alias Fayaz, over a 2013 attack that left four cops dead in north Kashmir’s Sopore.The notice will help international law enforcement agencies locate, detain, and initiate legal proceedings for extradition of Kandoo to face…
PROVO, Utah — Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk plan to call a final witness on Friday as they try to raise doubts about the prosecution’s case before it can go to trial. A Utah judge is deciding whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial on…
No-one knows for sure exactly how many bears there are in Japan, but they’re on the move — and they’re not afraid of humans. When Araki Osamu first heard reports a bear had been seen in the streets of his home town, a 1-hour bullet train ride north of Tokyo, he dismissed it as “fake…
NEW DELHI: The personnel department (DoPT) on Friday afternoon cancelled a food ministry order to suspend an executive director of Food Corporation of India (FCI), treating it as “non-est” — which means legally non-existent from the beginning.Officials said such an order is a rare instance. ED in FCI is equivalent to a joint secretary level…
Both engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, preventing the pilots from being able to reach a nearby airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an preliminary investigation report released Friday. Pilots had looked for a field or other flat areas to land prior to…
A Trumpian clash between the Netanyahu government and Israel’s most senior court is rapidly building into a major constitutional crisis. The issue ultimately at stake is control of a television station that is critical of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and follows other moves designed to clamp down on domestic and international media criticism of the government….
JAMMU: A 31-year-old woman constable of BSF allegedly died by suicide in the family quarters of the force’s camp at Gadigarh on Jammu’s outskirts.Constable Vanita Rani, from Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, joined the force in 2014 and was posted with BSF’s 165 Battalion. She was found hanging from a ceiling fan with a dupatta Friday.Police said…