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After Biden offered more support for Zelensky, the Kremlin warned of a long war
Ukrainian forces on Sunday hunted Russian stragglers in the key city of Lyman, which was taken back from Russia after its demoralised troops fled with “empty eyes”, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Gazeta reported. Despite Russia’s baseless claim it had annexed the region surrounding the city, Ukrainian forces fled with “empty eyes”, the report added.
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Alex Murdaugh’s wife was worried about his finances and truthfulness before she was murdered
Alex Murdaugh, the millionaire accused of killing his wife and son in a boating accident, told his son that he wanted to settle the case with his law firm by end of 2021, a lawyer said. Murdaugh also asked his son to rewrite the check and make it out to the law firm, the lawyer…
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Daily briefing about how artificial intelligence might change mathematics
Nearly 60,000 Ukrainian researchers fled Ukraine during the first half of World War II, according to an estimate by the National Scientific Academy of Ukraine. The academy has been supporting scientists who have left the country, it added. Some scientists said that they did not want to continue working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHR)…
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Is it possible that Russian assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine?
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that the reasons for the ongoing war in Ukraine are because the country has historically been part of Russia, even though it had gained independence from the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago. He added that Russia was defending itself against “neo-Nazi” government in Ukraine just as…
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Biden learns from the Cuban Missile Crisis in dealing with Putin
Russia has carried out a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that appears to have failed around the time US President Joe Biden was in Ukraine on Monday, media reports said. The test of the Satan II missile, which could deliver multiple nuclear warheads, seems to have failed, officials said. Biden was in the…
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The final sample of Mars dirt was dropped by NASA’s Perseverance rover
NASA’s Perseverance Rover has dropped the last of 10 sample tubes on the surface of Mars, thereby completing humankind’s “first sample depot on another world”. Six weeks ago, Perseverance deposited titanium tubes filled with samples of rock and dust on Mars, to be sent to Earth for further study. The depot will include crater floor…
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A skinny robot is documenting the rapid erosion of anAntarctic glacier
Researchers said it’s hard to tell if the West Antarctic Glacier is falling. The grounding-line retreat is driven by warm ocean water melting the underside of the ice. “Thwaites is a…changing system, much more rapidly changing than when we started this work five years ago and even since we were in the field three years…
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A video that could undermine Alex Murdaugh’s claim of not being at the scene of the killings is about to be played in court, a source says
Alex Murdaugh, the former US lawyer who is accused of killing his wife and son in 2021, confronted his former law firm CEO about missing funds the morning of the killings, Jeanne Seckinger, the firm’s CFO, testified at Murdaugh’s double murder trial on Thursday. Seckinger added that legal fees shouldn’t have been made payable to…
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See the full list of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards
Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ has received eight nominations for the 21st annual Golden Globe Awards, with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson receiving acting nods for their roles. The film is also up for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s ‘Everything Everywhere’ has received six nominations, including nods for Michelle…
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Sources say the US developed method to track balloon fleet within a year
The US has said that China’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the country was a “brazen violation of US sovereignty”. The US also said that the balloon did not appear to have any surveillance equipment, which would make it both smaller and likely less sophisticated than the Chinese balloon shot. The US had…
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Putin digs himself ever deeper into a quagmire
South Africa has announced that it will hold naval drills with Russia and China in the Indian Ocean. The drills will be held on March 1 and 2, the country said. It added that the exercises are “an exercise with friends” and will focus the world’s attention on South Africa during the anniversary of the…
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The objects shot down over North America last week are not related to China’s spy balloon campaign, says Biden
US President Joe Biden has said that the US does not have any evidence that the 3 objects shot down in North American air space are related to China’s spy balloon program. “The only thing I can tell you is that we don’t have any evidence of this,” Biden added. The Pentagon had said that…
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A call for more funding for researchers
A research has found that female researchers make up 40% of new members in both academies, the European Academy and the American Academy of Sciences. It further said that since 2019, female researchers have comprised around 42% of new members in both academies, which are the world’s largest scholarly bodies. Female researchers make up over…
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Traveling the world as a wheelchair user
A US woman, who has travelled the world using a wheelchair in one year, has achieved the Guinness World Record for the person who has travelled to most countries using a wheelchair in one year. The Guinness World Record is for the person who has travelled to the most countries using a wheelchair in one…
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According to prosecutors, Paul Murdaugh confronted his father about finding pills months before he and his mom were killed
Ex-US lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s son Paul Murdaugh, who is accused of murdering his wife Maggie Murdaugh and 10-year-old son Almeda Murdaugh, was found dead in the family’s car in June 2021. Murdaugh called the emergency services to report that he’d found his wife and son dead. He’s accused of killing both his wife and son…
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Ballet would drive an audience insane but it was the creator who lost it
A ballet dancer from Germany’s Hanover has been accused of smearing dog feces on the face of a critic after she criticised him over ‘The Hague and Hanover operas’. The dancer is accused of physically assaulting the critic after she wrote a review. “It’s not right that this happened in this opera house, in this…
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2 Jews were shot outside of their synagogue
A man has been arrested in connection to the shooting of two Jewish men in Los Angeles, US. “The hate crime allegations against the suspect are tied to statements he made during the incident as well as social media posts he made involving an individual in Nazi-type clothing,” the San Francisco District Attorney said. The…
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The heat is cooling, but China and the US are still on a collision course
US President Joe Biden, who met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time at the G20 Summit, said, “We’ve an important meeting today. This is a chance for us to deepen our dialogue with China.” Biden added, “I strongly believe that we can further strengthen our strategic coordination and cooperation between our two countries.”
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America’s children are prone to being shot in elementary school and college
A gunman opened fire at a supermarket on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus on Friday night, killing at least two people and injuring several others, police said. The suspect, identified as 43-year-old Jason McRae, was killed by police. Police also said that they have “no idea why he came to campus to do this…
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Biden made a very strong warning to China
The US and China are working on a joint strategy to build a “secure world”, US Vice President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. “This is an opportunity for both of our nations to work together in a shared interest,” he added. Notably, this comes after a Chinese fighter jet shot…
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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will leave the Biden administration next month
US Labor Secretary Joe Walsh on Friday announced that he will be leaving his role in mid-March. “As a second-generation card-carrying union member, serving as your Secretary of Labor in themost pro-worker administration in our history is an immense privilege,” he said. “I’ll be leaving at just the right time to make room for a…
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Shiffrin wins the giant slalom medal for 13th World Championships medal
With her win in the women’s slalom event at the 2019FIS World Championships, 23-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin became the first woman to win global titles in four different disciplines. “I’m not upset with that. The hand is as good as I was expecting…so I’m not upset with that,” she said. This is Shiffrin’s fifth win…
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Best Buy has a lot of deals on Black Friday
Amazon has dropped the price of Pixel 6A smartphones by $10 to $399.99, according to a report. The sale ends on Monday and runs until February 27, the report added. In addition to this, Amazon is offering a one-year subscription to WIRED’s science magazine for free. This comes after Amazon offered free access to the…
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Tim McCarver was a player and a broadcast analyst
Tim McCarver, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday, called 23 World Series and 20 All-Star Games. McCarver made his Major League debut in 1959 with the St Louis Cardinals, where he was a two-time World Series champion. McCarver also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox…
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America’s children are particularly affected by mass shooting traumas
Three people were killed and five others were injured in a shooting at Michigan State University in the US on Monday, officials said. Police are searching for a motive of the shooter, who shot himself after the incident. It’s the second shooting at a school in the US in the last two weeks. The mass…