Abbas was asked if he planned to apologise for the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics when Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Palestine president, Mahmoud Abbas, has been condemned for his comments accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts”. The remarks came on Tuesday night during a…
Cloud seeding has been used all over the world for more than 60 years. Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight, Flickr. Parts of China’s Yangtze River have been ravaged by drought but the government has resorted to cloud seeding to bring about much needed rain. This form of weather modification has been used by China for…
AFP were alerted to the illegal activity by US law enforcement. Source: Rawpixel. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a Queensland man for being in possession of child abuse material after he was found to be uploading the illegal content online. According to the AFP, The Bellbird Park man has been charged with three…
Egyptians have long suspected Carter took some artefacts before the official opening of the vault, but there was no strong proof. Source: Jan Honců, Flickr. A previously unpublished letter suggests Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun , stole from the vault. Egyptians have long suspected Carter took some artefacts before the…
Experts have warned the name can be stigmatising to the animals it was named after, that have little part in its spread, and to Africa which the primates are often connected with. The World Health Organization has said it wants to rename monkeypox to something less stigmatising and are asking the public for suggestions. Experts…
Abby was taken out of the cave over a 1.5 hour period with rescuers giving her much needed breaks. Source: Gerry Keene. A dog by the name of Abby miraculously survived two months in a pitch-black cave after running away from her home and owner Jeff Bohnert. According to Mr Bohnert his two dogs, Abby…
“Some third-party sources and media outlets have suggested that the east coast of Australia is experiencing a third La Niña. This reporting does not reflect the complexity of Australia’s climate and is not entirely accurate,” said BOM. It looks like it will be a wet spring according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) who says…
University of Melbourne Professor Andrew Pask believes that within ten years we could see a living baby thylacine. Source: Ricardo Guimarães, Flickr. A multi-million dollar project is planning to bring back the Tasmanian tiger to its native Tasmania, after being extinct for almost 90 years. Tasmanian tigers, or thylacines, have not been verifiably sighted since…
Green detailed his transition experience to the IGR Bingham Cup Summit in Canada. Source: IGR Bingham Cup. The gold medallist and former rugby union player has become the first Olympian to come out as a trans man saying that he’s in a much better place now. In a video released on August 16 for the…
She was convicted on four extra counts of corruption in a trial held behind closed doors with no media or public access and lawyers forbidden by a gag order to say information about proceedings. Source: World Economic Forum, Flickr. A court in the military-controlled Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six…