A slew of orbital and rover research has been dedicated to examining traces of ancient river valleys which have long indicated that water once flowed across the surface of Mars. New research by two scientists at Britain’s Open University, published in the journal Science Advances, suggests the presence of hydrogen …
Read More »Captain Tom & Navalny’s WW2 veteran defamation cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis
Back in my youth, soldiers tended to be neither seen nor heard, and, apart from on Remembrance Day, much the same could be said of military veterans. In those days, just about any man aged over 50 had served in the armed forces during the Second World War. When almost …
Read More »Captain Tom & Navalny’s WW2 veteran defamation cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis
Back in my youth, soldiers tended to be neither seen nor heard, and, apart from on Remembrance Day, much the same could be said of military veterans. In those days, just about any man aged over 50 had served in the armed forces during the Second World War. When almost …
Read More »Merkel admits Germany was too slow to act to stop second surge of Covid, warns of threat from new mutations
Speaking to the Bundestag in Berlin on Thursday, the chancellor said Germany needed to maintain strict control to prevent mutations such as those found in the UK, Brazil and South Africa from wrecking Europe’s largest economy. The variants have been found so far in 13 of the 16 German states. …
Read More »‘Stop your saber rattling!’ Russia tells US to sail its warships in its own waters, and not jeopardize peace in far-away Black Sea
On Wednesday, the US Navy announced that it had conducted maneuvers in the Black Sea, joining Turkish vessels “in an integrated surface, air and subsurface warfare exercise.” It said the show of force with another member of the NATO military bloc “enhanced combined tactical command and control proficiency.” However, Moscow’s …
Read More »‘Stop your saber rattling!’ Russia tells US to sail its warships in its own waters, and not jeopardize peace in far-away Black Sea
On Wednesday, the US Navy announced that it had conducted maneuvers in the Black Sea, joining Turkish vessels “in an integrated surface, air and subsurface warfare exercise.” It said the show of force with another member of the NATO military bloc “enhanced combined tactical command and control proficiency.” However, Moscow’s …
Read More »Crypto going mainstream: Mastercard to allow payments in cryptocurrencies
Announcing the move on its blog post on Wednesday, the company stressed that not all the existing cryptocurrencies will be supported on its network. While it did not specify which it is going to support, Mastercard noted that not all digital assets meet the required criteria. “We expect consumers and …
Read More »Crypto going mainstream: Mastercard to allow payments in cryptocurrencies
Announcing the move on its blog post on Wednesday, the company stressed that not all the existing cryptocurrencies will be supported on its network. While it did not specify which it is going to support, Mastercard noted that not all digital assets meet the required criteria. “We expect consumers and …
Read More »Youths hurl FIREBOMBS at riot police in Athens as Greece debates controversial education reforms (VIDEO)
Thousands of protesters faced off with law enforcement near the Hellenic Parliament building in Syntagma Square on Wednesday, as lawmakers debated a bill that would place uniformed, unarmed security personnel on university campuses. Currently, police are prohibited from entering the grounds of higher-education institutions, due to a law adopted after …
Read More »Mark Cuban ban on national anthem during NBA games will deepen US divide. But it’s only the start of a new un-American trend
Mark Cuban, billionaire software designer-cum owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, welcomed fans back to American Airlines Center this week for the first game of the season when humans (remember that two-legged species?) were allowed to stand-in for cardboard-cutout spectators ever since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation last …
Read More »