WASHINGTON — Jim Simpson, chief executive of Bermuda-based fleet operator ABS since December, is no longer head of the company. Simpson succeeded Tom Choi, who co-founded ABS in 2005. Simpson left ABS this month, according to this profile on the professional networking site LinkedIn. He declined to state the reason […]
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And the Oscar for the best popcorn blockbuster goes to… The Academy Awards are adding a new category for popular film. What that means, nobody knows, because the academy hasn’t filled in any details. All we know is that the flicks considered for outstanding achievement in popular film will also be […]
Over a decade into the rollicking era of tweets and online posts, the nation is still grappling with the mores of online speech and conduct. Over the past month or so, a number of high profile journalists, talk show hosts, and entertainment bigwigs have seen their past outpourings resurface in […]
You’ll never catch upNiklas Stark/EyeEm/Getty By Leah Crane If you are driving a car and match your speed to the vehicle in front, it will appear to slow down, relative to you. Albert Einstein said the same isn’t true of the photons emerging from your car headlights, however – they […]
Shocking photos show the men, dressed in blue overalls, handcuffed and surrounded by Yemeni soldiers as crowds watched their public execution take place in city’s streets. Authorities ordered the rapists to lie down on the floor, pointing a gun to their head, before shooting them five times in the heart. […]
The pest devours plant species including maize, rice, cotton and sugar cane and has devastated crops across Africa (AFP Photo/SIMON MAINA) More A caterpillar native to the Americas that has devastated crops across Africa has made its way to Asia, scientists in India said Thursday, warning of a threat to […]
Fossil enthusiast Philip Mullaly was walking along the beach in Victoria Australia when he saw it: a glint in a boulder with quarter of a tooth exposed. “I was immediately excited, it was just perfect and I knew it was an important find that needed to be shared with people,” […]
Not great for keeping coolMike Morden / Alamy By Sam Wong A man’s choice of underwear really can have an impact on his sperm, according to the largest study yet on the subject. Jorge Chavarro and colleagues at Harvard University asked 656 men to provide a semen sample and blood sample, and answer a […]