Sat 16 March 2024: John Barnett, a 62-year-old whistleblower who worked for Boeing for 32 years, did not commit suicide. according to a family friend. He was discovered dead by apparent suicide by authorities in South Carolina. The Charleston County coroner’s office confirmed on Tuesday that Barnett died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An inquiry […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Archaeologists in Nuremberg, Germany, made a big discovery while excavating for the construction of a retirement home. They may have discovered the largest mass grave of plague victims in Europe. Archaeologists have discovered about 1,000 skeletons of plague victims in mass graves at Nuremberg, potentially containing over 1,500 people. While accurate […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: The volume of the international arms trade contracted by 3.3% between 2019 and 2023 compared to the preceding five-year period, according to a report released on Monday. However, during the same period, major arms imports into European countries increased by 94%, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its report. […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Wednesday that her country would be expanding the number of Danes serving in the armed forces and requiring women to conscript. According to Frederiksen, the Nordic nation would be increasing the mandatory service period for both men and women from four months to eleven […]
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Voters cast ballots in Simferopol, Crimea Photo: AP Fri 15 March 2024: For the first time, people across Russia and in the annexed regions of Ukraine will vote for three days in the presidential election from today to Sunday. Results will follow shortly afterwards, and the winner will be inaugurated in May. The multiday […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: The UK government will today unveil a new definition of extremism which appears to target Muslims, despite an eruption of hate crimes against Jews and Muslims since the 7 October Hamas incursion in southern Israel. Critics say that the change risks infringing on freedom of speech. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Dog owners find it amusing when their pets lick their faces. Some people actively enjoy their pets’ affection, while others actively push their dogs away. Although that’s a touching scene, the dog owner shouldn’t do it. Jacqueline Boyd, a senior lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, explains in an […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Pope Francis issued a fresh condemnation of all wars on Wednesday, days after irking Kyiv and Western capitals for appearing to suggest that Ukraine should surrender and negotiate peace with its Russian invader, Reuters reports. Francis had told Swiss broadcaster, RSI, that Ukraine should “show the courage of the white flag” and open talks with Russia, but his deputy Cardinal, Pietro Parolin, […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Italy encountered a record of more than 1,400 cyberattacks last year, a government cabinet official said on Wednesday. Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano told lawmakers that the agency he heads investigated 1,411 “significant” cyber-security attacks that had some impact on Italian entities, saying, “That is a significant increase compared to 2022.” Ransomware […]
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Thu 14 March 2024: Some 26 workers were rescued hours after a gold mine collapsed in Australia’s Victoria state on Wednesday, local media reported. Rescuers are working to free one miner who remains trapped in the Ballarat Gold Mine after a rockfall, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Earlier, some 27 workers were trapped after a […]
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