Scientists have discovered a new phase of water — adding to liquid, solid and gas — know as “superionic ice.” The “strange black” ice, as scientists called it, is normally created at the core of planets like Neptune and Uranus. In a study published in Nature Physics, a team of […]
Daily Archives: October 28, 2021
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(Changes headline, adds background, details) BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping will participate in the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in Rome on Oct. 30-31 via video link, according to a notice from China’s foreign ministry on Friday. He will make a speech at the summit, […]
A brace of notable rugby milestones await in Cardiff on Saturday with Beauden Barrett and Alun Wyn Jones both set to cement their status as modern-day icons. Barrett will win his 100th cap, having been named at fly-half in a powerful New Zealand side, while Jones is poised for his […]
When world leaders gather on Sunday in Glasgow, U.K., for the start of their annual climate summit, discussions will focus on strengthening lagging efforts to hold global temperature increases to 1.5°C—a goal set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. To meet that target, the world needs to cut greenhouse gas […]
The journalist explained: “We are not in North Korea, we’re in Great Britain and it has been aired, it has been seen by millions, and you can’t just rewrite history.” Prince William, 39, said in May the interview should “never be aired again”, and a royal source has now told […]
PlayStation has announced the PlayStation Plus lineup for November and it’s one of the largest free games offerings for the service yet. Six titles are up for grabs this month, three of which are exclusive to VR. Knockout City, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, and First Class Trouble are your “standard” […]
Quenneville met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, deputy commissioner Bill Daly, Panthers general manager Bill Zito, and Panthers president and CEO Matthew Caldwell on Thursday. He tendered his resignation following the meeting, the team said. Bettman said the league would not take action against Quenneville, the second-winningest coach in NHL […]
Pullin, a two-time world champion snowboarder died while spearfishing in his native Australia in July 2020. The snowboarder, 32, was the Australian flag bearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and competed in three Olympics in total. He was known as an experienced diver and had previously posted […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook rose to prominence over the past two decades with some of the world’s most recognizable branding: a big blue-and-white letter F. No longer. On Thursday, the social networking giant took an unmistakable step toward an overhaul, de-emphasizing Facebook’s name and rebranding itself as Meta. The change […]
My younger brother told me that he is proposing to his girlfriend of six years. He’s 25 — which, from my perspective as his older sister in a committed, unmarried relationship, is too young to propose. On top of this, his soon-to-be fiancée has extreme social anxiety, which has kept […]
Speaking out. Zayn Malik continued to deny getting into a physical altercation with a family member as reports of an alleged incident with Yolanda Hadid made headlines. “I adamantly deny striking Yolanda Hadid and for the sake of my daughter I decline to give any further details,” the 28-year-old singer […]
Miralem Pjanic deletes Instagram post that read ‘know when to let that s*** go’ less than 24 hours after Ronald Koeman was sacked by Barcelona… as Bosnian backtracks and says he was ‘misquoted’ By Sam Mcevoy For Mailonline Published: 01:00 BST, 29 October 2021 | Updated: 01:38 BST, 29 October […]
Grieving Surfside condo families want officials to keep searching in piles of rubble for remains: Casket of New Yorker among the 98 dead was so light, friend says, she could have ‘lifted it with her pinkie’ because so little of her body was found Estelle Hedaya’s casket was so light […]
This weekend, world leaders and other delegates will begin assembling in Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit that will run for two weeks. Representatives from 196 countries will meet to hammer out what is hoped will be an ambitious set of pledges to keep alive the mission to limit global […]
Halloween came to the US Senate a few days early on Thursday as Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) re-enacted the famous “Biscuits with the Boss” scene from the first season of “Ted Lasso.” Romney — clad in the recognizable chinos, sweater, whistle and mustache sported by Jason […]
Film and TV icon Christopher Lloyd had nothing but nice things to say about his pal George Clooney who directed him in the upcoming drama ‘The Tender Bar.’ A slew A-list stars have come together for the upcoming 1970s-set family drama The Tender Bar as actor George Clooney, 60, makes his directorial debut. […]
A refrigerator bearing the Ben & Jerry’s logo is seen at a food store in the Jewish settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Oct 28 (Reuters) – New York’s $268 billion state pension fund on Thursday became the latest to restrict its holdings […]
Figures showing the fossils found and a drawing of what this monster scorpion looked like. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology/Chinese Academy of Sciences Picture a little monster scorpion with its characteristic prickly pincers and creepy curled stinger. Now, enlarge that image until the venomous insect is over 3 feet […]
A huge amphitheatre on the western edge of the Roman settlement, which today is Richborough in Kent, was likely to have put on shows involving gladiatorial battles, wild beast hunting, or maybe even the public execution of a criminal. Paul Pattison, a senior properties historian at English Heritage said an […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Endangered California condors can have “’virgin births,” according to a study released Thursday. Researchers with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said genetic testing confirmed that two male chicks hatched in 2001 and 2009 from unfertilized eggs were related to their mothers. Neither was related to […]