About 240 million years ago a 15ft long dolphin-like sea lizard gorged on a 12ft reptile and its bones have have been found in the remains of the giant beast's stomach. The exact cause of death is unknown, according to a team from the University of California, Davis, but analysis …...Read More
A 15-foot ichthyosaur that lived 240 million years ago died after eating a 12-foot long reptile
Roblox computer game under fire for 'dark side' where kids are exposed to digital sex parties
The online video game Roblox is under fire for its secret 'red light district' that exposes kids to digital sex parties, graphic images, and racist messages. Roblox is a gaming site where more than half American players are under the age of 16. The website allows users to create blocky …...Read More
Ghislaine Maxwell constantly watched by prison psychiatrists doing secret evaluations, lawyers claim
Ghislaine Maxwell is watched by a team of prison psychiatrists who are compiling a secret file on her mental health, her lawyers have claimed. In a letter protesting about the 'uniquely onerous conditions of her confinement' in a Brooklyn jail, her legal team claim she has been kept under constant …...Read More
Greedy seagull is left wandering around blindly after getting its head stuck in bag of crisps
This is the hilarious moment a greedy seagull ended up with crisp packet stuck on its head after it tried to eat the contents. The daft bird ended up going hungry after it tipped the crisps out onto the pavement and the rest of its flock gobbled them up. The …...Read More
Outrage over Nazi-saluting police brutality footage in Belgium
Belgium was in shock today after footage emerged of a man being pinned down by police shortly before he died - while officers laughed and one of them gave a Nazi salute. Jozef Chovanec's death in the wake of his arrest in February 2018 has sparked comparisons with the death …...Read More
Sixty per cent of German A-level students now get an A/A*
Modern foreign languages, maths and classics were today revealed as the A-level subjects with the highest rate of A or A* grades in England. Nearly three in four (74 per cent) pupils taking A-levels in languages other than French, German or Spanish achieved an A* or A - the biggest …...Read More
Women with faulty BRCA gene have average breast cancer risk of 35%
Women with the faulty breast cancer gene BRCA have, on average, a 35 per cent risk of developing breast cancer, a new study claims. Researchers at Harvard studied the impact specific genetic variants have on breast cancer, coronary heart disease and colon cancer. It revealed that for women with either …...Read More
WHO official urges young people not to feel 'invincible' against Covid-19
Younger people should not feel 'invincible' as draconian coronavirus restrictions are lifted, a World Health Organization official has said. Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, admitted he was 'very concerned' that under-24s are regularly appearing among new cases. And he warned low risk does not mean no risk, …...Read More
Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Appeals Court Judge, Dies at 83
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Stephen F. Williams, an erudite lapsed liberal whose opinions reverberated from the bench of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for three decades, died on …...Read More
Kim Jong Un 'promotes his sister to second-in-command of North Korea'
Kim Jong Un has promoted his sister to second-in-command of North Korea, according to South Korea's spy agency. Kim Yo Jong, 32, is now in charge of North Korean policy towards the US and South Korea, effectively making her his de-facto deputy, spy chiefs said. Her brother still maintains 'absolute …...Read More
