Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is out of a coma

 

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is out of a medically induced coma, the German hospital where he is being treated said in a statement on Monday.Navalny "is being weaned off mechanical ventilation" and "is responding to verbal stimuli," Berlin's Charité Hospital said. "It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning," the hospital added.

The critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin became sick from suspected poisoning on a flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk on August 20.Germany's government said last week that tests on Navalny showed "unequivocal evidence" of the use of a chemical nerve agent from the Soviet-era Novichok group.

The attack on Navalny was met with widespread international condemnation, while the Kremlin has remained defiant in the face of global unease over Russia's role in the incident.Navalny's team have pointed the finger of blame directly at Putin.

"In 2020, poisoning Navalny with Novichok is exactly the same as leaving an autograph at the scene of the crime," Leonid Volkov, Navalny's chief of staff, wrote over a picture of Putin's signature after the poisoning, in a tweet that has since been deleted.

Novichok agents are highly unusual, so much so that that very few scientists outside of Russia have any real experience in dealing with them.

The lethal chemical weapons were first developed in secret by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Even today, no country outside of Russia is known to have developed substances in the group.

Novichok was also used in a March 2018 attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the English cathedral city of Salisbury.

Later on Monday, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that he has summoned Russian ambassador Andrey Kelin. "Today the UK summoned Russia's Ambassador to the UK to register deep concern about the poisoning of Alexey Navalny," Raab said on Twitter.

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Universities issue stern warning to 'selfish' students partying on campus as they return for classes: 'There is no place for you here'

 

Penn State, Syracuse and Purdue are three of the latest universities to punish students who are violating the social distancing guidelines that were set to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on campus.

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Videos posted to TikTok and Twitter show hundreds of Penn State students partying outside of University Park dorms, which are known to be freshmen housing, on Wednesday night, just after moving in. Students are seen dancing, chanting and certainly not social distancing, and a majority aren’t wearing masks.

“Wrong on so many levels,” a sophomore at the university wrote on Twitter early Thursday morning. Hours later, the university’s president, Eric Barron, responded with a statement condemning the students involved, noting that the University Park, Pa., school had intervened on Wednesday evening and the crowds had dispersed.

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Minneapolis council majority backs disbanding police force

 A majority of the members of the Minneapolis City Council said Sunday they support disbanding the city's police department, an aggressive stance that comes just as the state has launched a civil rights investigation after George Floyd's death.

Nine of the council’s 12 members appeared with activists at a rally in a city park Sunday afternoon and vowed to end policing as the city currently knows it. Council member Jeremiah Ellison promised that the council would “dismantle” the department.

“It is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe,” Lisa Bender, the council president, said. “Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.”

Bender went on to say she and the eight other council members that joined the rally are committed to ending the city’s relationship with the police force and “to end policing as we know it and recreate systems that actually keep us safe.”

‘They set us up’: US police arrested over 10,000 protesters, many non-violent

Since George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25 May, around 140 cities in all 50 states throughout the US have seen protests and demonstrations in response to the killing. 

Related: Protests about police brutality are met with wave of police brutality across US

More than 10,000 people have been arrested around the US during the protests, as police forces regularly use pepper spray, rubber bullets, teargas and batons on protesters, media and bystanders. Several major US cities have enacted curfews in an attempt to stop demonstrations and curb unrest. 

Jarah Gibson was arrested while non-violently protesting in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 June. 

“The police were there from the jump and literally escorted us the whole march,” said Gibson. 

She said around 7.30pm, ahead of Atlanta’s 9pm city-wide curfew, police began boxing in protesters. While protesters were attempting to leave, Gibson tried to video record a person on a bicycle who appeared to be hit by a police car and was arrested by police. She was given a citation for “pedestrian in a roadway,” and “refusing to comply when asked to leave”.

Meet the most savage person in history? Olga of Kiev.

Olga of Kyiv - or should I say, Saint Olga of Kyiv - is the most savage person I’ve heard of so far. She was a Kievan Rus princess who had the best revenge I’ve ever heard of.

Tensions were already high between her empire, the Kievan Rus, and the Drevlians. Her husband, Igor, while visiting, was attacked and brutally murdered by the Drevlians who.. (I’ll spare the details) ripped his body apart.

Olga was infuriated (as people are when their husbands are murdered.) Olga stepped up to rule in her husband’s place because her son was much too young for the job.

The Drevlians were all cool with that, thinking that she was just another woman who could easily be put at rest by pairing her up with their own prince, Prince Mal. (Olga didn’t like that.)

The Drevians sent up a few of their best men, about twenty, to persuade Olga into marrying the man.

“Of course, wait out here for a moment,” she said, and had them wait in their boats.

She then had a ditch dug. Then she buried them alive.

That’s not all. Olga accepted the proposal, but she still had tricks up her sleeve.

BRUNO MARS celebrity/historical figure has a dark past everyone seems to ignore?

Although Bruno Mars now has a collection of catchy music, a large following, and a lavish lifestyle, he comes from humble beginnings.

By humble, I mean homeless.

Times were tough and bleak for the family, which consisted of Bruno, his father, and his brother. He had divorced parents. They lived in an austere building in the center of a birding zoo. It had no bathroom, forcing them to cross the park to find a toilet.

Then the park, which his father was the keeper of, shut down. Bruno and his family would sleep wherever they could, from tops of buildings to back of vehicles.

"My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at," Mars reported in a broadcast.

The trio soon found a one-bedroom shack to live in. All that Mars really had at that time was his brother, father, and optimism. His traumatic experiences just made him try harder to reach his goal

What are some signs of intelligence? and some reasons high-IQ individuals turn out to be failures in the end?

1. They stare more at the walls than other people.
2. Imagination never leaves them. 
3. Without imagination, they are nothing.
4. Leave the group when they find people in them incompatible to them.
5. Generally polite, mature, good knowledge about philosophy of life.
6. Find uncomfortable to follow the rules.
7. Struggle a lot in their work. That is what gives them happiness.
8. Lot of self-respect for themselves.
9. In silence, they are always happy and peaceful.
10. All they need is love. That can attract them strongly.
11. Love the company of curious people.

What are some of the strangest facts about famous movies?

Romeo and Juliet: Hair and make up artist Aldo Signoretti was kidnapped by gang members and held captive. The gang asked for $300 for Aldo’s return, and the film producers paid in order to save him. When the gang received the money, they threw Aldo out of a moving car, which broke his leg in the process, but he was saved.

What are some of the most awesome psychological facts?

• The last person you think of before falling asleep is usually either the reason you are happy or sad.
• Smarter people are more likely to underestimate themselves.
• The longer you hide feelings for someone, the harder you fall for that person.
• When you try to recall a past event, you are actually remembering the last time you remembered it, not the event itself.

What are the best one-minute life hacks?

1. Flip your burger before eating it. This decreases the chances of everything falling out the sides as it will press down on the loose items.

2. Put water in a glass, not a bottle. Our mind does not like unfinished things, so by putting water in a glass you are more likely to finish it and drink more throughout the day.

3. Get a song out of your head by singing the end. By the same reason as mentioned above you can easily get songs unstuck by singing the last line of the song.

4. Take better breaks. Sit back in your chair and turn it around. Do not get up, do some conscious breaths and sit there for 45 seconds. That is all the time you need to get recharged.

What are some examples of assassination attempts gone wrong?

A group of hitmen refused to kill a victim as she was a woman and let her free to get her revenge.

In 2015, the Australian Noela Rukundo (who's the lady in the photo) went to Burundi to attend the funeral of her stepmother who passed away only a couple of weeks back.

Straight after the funeral when she was going out to get some fresh air, she was quite suddenly kidnapped at gunpoint and shoved into a vehicle. She was blindfolded and driven to a safe house somewhere in the country.

Inside the building she was tied up, and a sack put on her head and was asked by her captors:

“You woman, what did you do for this man to pay us to kill you?”

“Wh-what are you talking about?” said Noela, she was shaking uncontrollably.

“Balenga (Noela husband) sent us to kill you.”

“What? My husband will never do that, y-you’re lying!”

Her captors smirked and giggled. She then heard a phone dialling and a voice coming from a loud speaker:

“Kill her”

It was her husband. Noela fainted.

Have you ever seen someone treat someone else horribly and receive instant karma?

In 1999, Paul Warner Powell, a 20-year-old man, was obsessed with 16-year-old Stacie Reed, who wasn’t into him.

Upon learning she had an African-American boyfriend, he grew furious, as a self-proclaimed white supremacist. He broke into her house and demanded to date her. When she resisted his advances, he killed her.

He then took the time to go downstairs and pour a glass of iced tea, waiting for Kristie Reed, Stacie’s 14-year-old sister, to come home from school. When Kristie asked him where her sister was, he dragged her down to the basement and stabbed her, leaving her to die.

Or so he thought.

What sounds extremely wrong, but is actually correct?

What if I told you that you might've had a fraternal twin but you ate it?

This might sound like some horror story or fiction but it isn't. It's a medical phenomenon called “chimera”.

In 2002, a pregnant American woman was fighting with her ex over the custody of their 2 children. And as the procedures of that case required, both of them provided DNA samples to prove that they are the biological parents. However, the result of the tests proved that her ex is indeed the father…. But she's not the mother !

All papers and witnesses proved that she's the mother no doubt but her DNA said otherwise. She was accused of being a fraud. However, the judge decided that the case will be on hold until the 3rd child is born and tested. And when the child arrived, once again the DNA of the mother did not match [1] ! After taking many samples from her body, the only DNA that actually proved that she's the mother was a sample from her uterus.

The US could see a second wave of Covid-19 infections because of the protests

US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned the nation to expect new outbreaks of coronavirus resulting from the George Floyd protests that have seen thousands of people gather in close proximity.

"I remain concerned about the public health consequences both of individual and institutional racism (and) people out protesting in a way that is harmful to themselves and to their communities," Adams told Politico in an interview published Monday.

"Based on the way the disease spreads, there is every reason to expect that we will see new clusters and potentially new outbreaks moving forward," he added.

The US hasn't even contained its current outbreak, let alone prepare for a second wave. The nation is still seeing about 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day.

Some states are doing better than others -- but the entire West Coast is still seeing its infection rate tick upward, as well as South Carolina, which was one of the first states to start reopening.

Can you really make significant money using affiliate marketing?

Because you’re on top of the answers, I’m not replying to you, but adding my answer here, so people that come across this question don’t stop short at your answer.

I’ve been involved in the affiliate marketing business for nearly 17 years through various companies and across very competitive verticals - Gambling, Trading, Adult.

While you have a few valid and good points in your answer, the particular question you’ve been asked to answer: “Can you really make significant money using affiliate marketing”, you are 100% wrong… And it’s ok to be wrong.

First of all, let’s define a few things so we’re all on the same page:

Significant money: Depending on where you live, significant money can be 2000$ or 20000$ (per month).

In the course of my career I founded several affiliate programs and managed thousands of affiliates. I’m not doing it anymore, and i’m not promoting a product through affiliates (although TrackingDesk has a referral program), so what I’m about to say has no impact on my current ventures or occupation.

What are some of the most morally justified crimes ever committed?

Getting hacked is pretty much what you sign up for as soon as you start using the internet.

But amidst this cyber-criminal cesspit is a Russian man who goes by the name of 'Alexey'.

What sets him aside from the others?

The hacker breaks into people's routers to … stop other hackers breaking into them.

Although I’m sure he sounds exactly like a walking contradiction, think of him as sort of like the contemporary Robin Hood.

Pope calls death of George Floyd "tragic" and says racism is a sin

Pope Francis spoke out on Wednesday morning in the Vatican about the "tragic" death of George Floyd.

Speaking at his weekly Angelus prayer, the Pope said, “Dear brothers and sisters in the United States, I have witnessed with great concern the disturbing social unrest in your nation in these past days, following the tragic death of Mr. George Floyd."

“My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life. At the same time, we have to recognize that the violence of recent nights is self-destructive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost."

Francis added that he is praying for the “repose of the soul of George Floyd and of all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.”

George Floyd protests spread nationwide

5 facts you need to know 

1. It's the eighth day of protests across the US over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police.
2.  One former officer was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter — but protesters argue it's not enough, and other officers involved should also be charged.
3. President Trump vowed yesterday to deploy the military if widespread violence isn't quelled. 
4. Nearly half of the US has activated the National Guard. 
5. Despite major cities around the country enacting curfews, including New York and Washington, DC, protesters are still taking to the streets and facing arrest. 

Jupiter like it's never been seen before

Since 2016, the Juno spacecraft has circled Jupiter, scanning the atmosphere and mapping its magnetic and gravitational fields. It's also carrying JunoCam, a camera specifically designed to record images of the poles; areas of the gas giant not previously well documented. "We do not have a formal imaging science team on Juno, so we have turned to the public to help us out," says Candice Hansen-Koharcheck, Juno co-investigator responsible for JunoCam.

 The amateur astronomy community assists with planning, she explains, determining when JunoCam should photograph the planet and where. Once images are sent back to Earth, the public has access to raw data, which, with a little photo editing know-how, have been processed into some of the most stunning images yet seen of Jupiter. "I don't know what we would do without them!" says Hansen-Koharcheck. "Over the past two years we have come to rely on them ... as important members of our virtual team." Among the most prolific and noted submitters are people working in the scientific community. 

Thousands around the world protest George Floyd's death in global display of solidarity

Protesters have marched in the US for six consecutive nights over the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. Their anger over the killing of the unarmed black man has now spread worldwide. Over the weekend demonstrators gathered in London, Berlin and Auckland, among other cities, to protest against police brutality in solidarity with the US crowds. 

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In London, protesters rallied in Trafalgar Square on Sunday morning, in defiance of Britain's lockdown rules which prohibit large gatherings. Some participants marched to the US embassy in the capital's Nine Elms area.

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit at 'deadliest possible' angle

The city-size asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and doomed the dinosaurs to extinction came from the northeast at a steep angle, maximizing the amount of climate-changing gases unleashed into the atmosphere, a new study has found. That the 200 kilometer (125 mile) wide Chicxulub crater in present-day Mexico was formed when the asteroid struck, ultimately killing off three-quarters of life on the planet, is a fact most scientists agree on. 

But the trajectory and direction of that impact is still a topic of debate. In a new study, an international team of researchers said their 3D simulations showed that the asteroid hit at an angle of 40 to 60 degrees —

 what Gareth Collins, a professor of planetary science at Imperial College London's department of earth science and engineering, described as a worst-case scenario for the dinosaurs. "The asteroid strike unleashed an incredible amount of climate-changing gases into the atmosphere, triggering a chain of events that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. 

Handcuffed black man dies after white policeman kneeled on his neck during arrest

Distressing footage shows a black man pleading that he can't breathe as a white police officer kneels on his neck, shortly before he died. The clip, taken by a passerby, captures the man - named in US media reports as George Floyd - begging the officer: "Don't kill me." The FBI is now investigating the man's death after the video, which was shared on Facebook, sparked outrage. 

 In a statement Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey voiced his outrage, saying: "Being Black in America should not be a death sentence." It happened during an arrest in Minneapolis at around 8pm yesterday.

 The man repeatedly said he couldn't breathe, saying: “I cannot breathe! I cannot breathe! Don’t kill me!” Two officers have been suspended with pay, police chiefs said. The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement that they were called to reports of forgery and found the man, in his 40s, sitting on top of a car.  

He “appeared to be under the influence,” the statement said, continuing: “He was ordered to step from his car. “After he got out, he physically resisted officers. "Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress.”

Police show 'rape kit' found after serial rapist 'Beast of Kavos' was arrested

Greek police have published photos of an apparent 'rape kit' discovered following the arrest of the so-called Beast of Kavos. On Friday, Dimitris Aspiotis was arrested after he plunged 100ft down a cliff in Kavos. Police officers scoured the area and found a stash of items close to where the 47-year-old was arrested.

 They included a shotgun, pliers and two screwdrivers. Several mobile phones, gloves, knives, a solar charging panel, batteries, an oil lamp and a candle were also uncovered. Aspiotis, who has been dubbed the 'Beast of Kavos', broke his back after into a ravine on the Greek holiday island. He was reportedly arrested after emergency workers hauled him out of the spot on a stretcher. 

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WHEN Charla Nash was savagely mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee, it was a wonder she survived at all. Charla's face and hands were ripped off by teenage chimp, Travis in an attack which many still struggle to comprehend. The explosion of Netflix’s Tiger King has brought to light the global issue of wild animals being raised as a domestic pet. But as shocking as the life of Joe Exotic and his pet tigers has been - it doesn’t begin to compare to the tragic tale of Charla Nash. In 2009, 50-year-old Charla was violently attacked by her friend's pet chimpanzee, Travis - who weighed over 200-pounds. Her hands, eyelids, nose and lips were torn from her body. 

 By the time emergency responders got to the scene, there was very little left of her face. Charla was visiting her friend Sandra Herold in Stamford Connecticut, where she had raised her pet chimpanzee Travis for most of his life. Travis was adopted by Sandra and Jerome Herold when he was just thee days old after his mother was shot dead while trying to escape the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Conditioned to a life that resembled a mix of a domestic pet and small child, Travis learnt to eat with his owners at the dinner table - and was even known to drink wine. Travis would travel to the local shops and was well known throughout the neighbourhood - becoming somewhat of a local celebrity and appearing in television ads. The beloved pet had even learned to drive a car and had been seen behind the wheel several times. 

RAP MURDER Rapper Mota Jr found tortured to death by burglars after sharing ‘billionaire lifestyle’ and wads of cash on Instagram

A RAPPER who shared his 'billionaire lifestyle' with fans online has been found tortured to death by burglars. David Mota, known as Mota Jr, was found dead after he was reported missing over two months ago.

 The Portuguese musician went missing on March 15, when it is believed he was kidnapped outside of his family home in the municipality of Sintra. The rapper's mother, Filomena Mota, said he had received a phone call in the middle of the night to go down to the door of the building. It is believed he was then abducted by two armed men in hoods.

 Speaking to TVI in April, Filomena said she received a call from a neighbour at 2am asking if her son was okay - and she then realised he was not in his room. She also said she found her son's hat and slippers at the entrance to the building, as well as splashes of blood in the elevator, suspecting that Mota Jr had been abducted. Filomena also revealed that on the night of the abduction she answered a call made to Mota Jr’s phone, from a girl who claimed she was going to enter the building with him when instead two men pointed a gun at the young man and sent her away. 

Netflix star and Japanese wrestler, Hana Kimura dies at 22

Hana Kimura, a Japanese professional wrestler who was also a cast member on the most recent season of Netflix’s reality show “Terrace House,” has died at the age of 22. Stardom Wrestling, the organization Hana was part of confirmed her death in a statement issued on Saturday May 23.

 “We are very sorry to report that our Hana Kimura has passed away. Please be respectful and allow some time for things to process, and keep your thoughts and prayers with her family and friends.” A cause of death was not immediately clear. However, the most recent update on her Instagram story on Friday featured a photo of her with her cat, with a caption that reads “goodbye.

Online Ticketing, Social Distancing, and Sanitizer: Drive-in cinemas berths in New york Lagos, Abuja During COVID-19

Drive-in movie theaters have been something of a salvation during the coronavirus pandemic. As one of the few entertainment joints that are safe to visit outside of the house, they’ve enjoyed a huge boost in popularity. But don’t call it a comeback, says Transit Drive-In Theater owner Rick Cohen.

Outdoor moviegoing, once seen as a relic from another century, has become the go-to spot for those itching to social distance from their couch. That’s left Cohen, whose venue is in upstate New York, regularly fielding calls from local and national reporters.

“I’m juggling all this media — they’re all over the drive-in resurgence,” Cohen tells Variety days after his theater opened for the season. “Drive-ins aren’t having a resurgence. Drive-ins have been doing well. It’s a resurgence of the media remembering that drive-ins still exist.”

That may be true, but there’s no denying that drive-in theaters are uniquely suited to thrive while most multiplexes stay closed due to the global heath crisis. And though there aren’t many left in the U.S. — about 300 drive-ins still exist, compared to over 5,400 brick-and-mortar theaters — they’ve been rare bright spots for the exhibition industry. The bulk of those who own and operate cinemas are struggling to survive, having been left without a way to make money while theaters are shuttered.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to put a strain on film industries across the world, drive-in cinemas have reported a surge in attendance in the U.S., Germany, France, and parts of Asia.

Drive-in cinemas are experiencing a boom not just for films but for church services and concerts.

A drive-in theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles.

Within this enclosed area, customers can view movies from the privacy and comfort of their cars.

Back here in Nigeria, as the effects of coronavirus pandemic bite harder in Nollywood, a Nigerian filmmaker, Charles Okpaleke, is pioneering the introduction of drive-in cinemas in Abuja and Lagos.

Questions arise on coronavirus data used to back reopenings

The firing of a Florida state health official who says she refused orders to change data on coronavirus cases has raised questions about some of the statistics that governors have used to justify ending lockdown orders. Rebekah Jones, who designed and managed the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, told CBS News 12 in West Palm Beach that her departure earlier this month was “not voluntary” and that she was removed from her position because she was ordered to censor some data. 

She said she refused to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen.” In an email to her colleagues alerting them to her departure two weeks ago, Jones wrote, “As a word of caution, I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency that I made central to the process during the first two months. 

After all, my commitment to both is largely (arguably entirely) the reason I am no longer managing it.” Jones served as the geographic information system manager for the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection. The dashboard had been previously praised by White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Deborah Birx. 

The state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, is a Republican and close ally of President Trump who initially hesitated to fully shut down the state and has pushed for reopening.

“The Florida COVID-19 Dashboard was created by the Geographic Information System (GIS) team in the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection at the Florida Department of Health,” DeSantis spokesperson Helen Aguirre Ferré told the Miami Herald in a statement.

Nearly 200 people arrested, two shot during 'Go Topless Jeep Weekend'

A raucous Texas beach event known as "Go Topless Jeep Weekend" ended with two people hospitalized following a shooting and nearly 200 others arrested on various charges. Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset said two men were airlifted to the hospital after both of them were shot in the torso during the annual event on Bolivar Peninsula, which brings together thousands of Jeep lovers and 4-wheeler enthusiasts. A group of men and women were arguing when the fight escalated and gunshots rang out, Trochesset told on the  News. 

The conditions of the two men who were hospitalized haven't been released. Authorities are looking for a third man who fled, the sheriff said Tuesday. No arrests were made in the shooting, and the investigation is ongoing. By the time the gathering ended, more than 180 attendees had been taken into custody on numerous unrelated charges. 

A couple vanished the same night of a car wreck. Police took 2 weeks to find their bodies, car.

Police in North Carolina were told last month that a woman and her fiancée went missing on the same night that a high-speed crash had been reported, but the couple’s bodies and the car were not discovered at the scene of the reported wreck until more than two weeks later. Family and friends are wondering why. The newly-engaged couple, Paige Escalera, 25, and Stephanie Mayorga, 27, were last seen on April 15, according to Wilmington Police. Their roommate, under the impression that she had to wait 72 hours to report the women missing, called police about their disappearance on April 19. At the time, authorities said that the two disappeared under “suspicious” circumstances. "They had also ordered food, which was discovered outside their door the following morning. All signs seemed to indicate the couple intended to return home that night," according to a statement issued by interim Police Chief Donny Williams last week. Investigators searched "broad areas of interest" for Escalera's grey 2013 Dodge Dart, police said. It was finally found less than seven miles from the women's apartment and more than two weeks after they were reported missing after police uncovered a 911 call about a high-speed crash from the night the women disappeared. 

 Two bodies were found inside, and last week Williams announced that using dental records and visible tattoos, a medical examiner had identified Mayorga as the driver and Escalera as the passenger. "My biggest concern is why they didn’t conduct a reasonable search that night," Escalera's sister Stevie Jenkins told NBC News. "I feel like all the clues to find them were handed to them and they just brushed it off because they 'didn’t see anything,' as they reported." Local news site Port City Daily obtained the April 15th 911 call about the crash.

 The caller told police: “I just saw a car driving so fast and smash into the wall … Wow … Listen, this is like really serious. … This is a serious injury. … This is serious. … There’s a stop sign over here and he didn’t stop. … There’s a stop sign and he drives very fast, and I’m sure, I saw it with my mirror. … I saw in my glass mirror the car like disappear inside the tree. … I’m sure what I saw." Wilmington Police, emergency medical services, and fire crews responded and talked with the caller, who remained on the scene to help, but officers left in under 10 minutes, police said.

Coronavirus Conspiracy Claims: What’s Behind a Chinese Diplomat’s COVID-19 Misdirection

As scientists continue to study how the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Wuhan, China, and around the world, the infection’s early pathways have proven fertile ground for speculation and conspiracy theories. Although COVID-19’s earliest origins may remain uncertain, the story of one volley in the ongoing U.S.-China blame game shows that misinformation about the disease can be traced to specific speculations, distortions, and amplifications. A hostile messaging war between U.S. and Chinese officials seeking to deflect blame for the pandemic’s harms has included the U.S. president labeling the pandemic a “Chinese virus” to a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson spreading unfounded speculation that the U.S. military had a hand in introducing the virus to Wuhan.

 That speculation fed off of widely debunked theories that the virus was human-engineered and the fact that U.S. military personnel took part in the Military World Games in Wuhan in October 2019. On March 12, Zhao Lijian, a deputy director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Information Department, took to Twitter with a video clip in which U.S. Centers for Disease Control chief Robert Redfield said some patients who died from COVID-19 might not have been tested. Zhao added: “It might be US army [sic] who brought the epidemic to Wuhan.” the coronavirus that became a global pandemic first surfaced late last year in Wuhan, China.

 But according to one common narrative making its way around Chinese messaging apps, an American soldier was patient zero. “Chinese netizens and experts” are urging the United States to release health information about a U.S. delegate who attended the Military World Games in Wuhan, asserted a February 22 story from Global Times. \The publication, an offshoot of the Chinese Communist Party organ People’s Daily, insinuated that a U.S. military cyclist might have brought the disease from Fort Detrick in Maryland. Chatter about American origins of the disease had begun a month earlier, in the wilds of China’s chat services and on tiny YouTube channels.

 That alone wouldn’t have amounted to much; conspiracies are as common on social media as ants at a picnic, and the small accounts speculating about “bioweapons” and “the USA virus” got little early traction. But this time, Chinese state media picked up the story from internet chatter and turned it into an international phenomenon involving not only official media channels but influential diplomats as well. State channels with massive Facebook followings backed away from prior acknowledgments that the virus had originated in Wuhan, recasting the idea as merely a theory—just one of many unknowns. Zhao Lijian, the spokesman and deputy director general of the Information Department of China’s Foreign Ministry, speculated to his half-million followers on Twitter that the United States was secretly concealing early 2020 COVID-19 deaths in annual flu counts. In an unusually overt act of tinfoil-hat diplomacy, he shared an article from the notorious anti-American crackpot site GlobalResearch. 

The headline reads, “COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the U.S.” Zhao’s implication that the United States and its military could be behind Wuhan’s outbreak, even inadvertently, sparked outrage. The U.S. government summoned Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, over the remarks. Cui later publicly disavowed the U.S. military conspiracy theory, and Chinese officials have not further amplified it. Groundless speculation about the origins of the pandemic did not begin with Zhao, but the case of his eye-catching tweets reveals how China’s changing propaganda tactics have interacted with mangled news reporting, social media conspiracy theorizing, and underlying U.S.-China tensions—all resulting in high-profile misinformation about a public health crisis.

Danny Boy Set to Dazzle Music Fans with New Release, Feel Am

Julius Daniel Ogah, known by stage name Danny Boy, has dropped the first visuals for his highly anticipated 5 track EP OG, New Single titled FEEL AM. The EP was carefully selected tunes from the talented act formerly known as DBoy.
Danny Boy, an acolyte of Afro Dance All music genre and signed to Signed to SMMHK, makes his musical debut in 2019. With the good impressions so far, Danny Boy says he’s not slowing down this year.

With his new release already dazzling the airwave, the 25-year-old singer has the potential of being among top upcoming artistes to make waves in the Nigerian music industry this year.
Thus far, the EP has received generally positive reviews from music critics, who applauded its production.
“I am glad with the reviews I have gotten so far. It shows fans are already ‘Feeling am’. My music is sensational and will always turn-up moods to a state of utter elation.”




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Putin is sending a message to the world with his shock announcement

When Russia's entire government resigned on Wednesday, even long-term Kremlin observers were taken by surprise.

Earlier in the day, Vladimir Putin had announced his plan to push through reforms that would make his successor as president less powerful, by redistributing power in such a way that the Russian parliament and office of prime minister will have greater clout.
He thanked the resigning members of the government for their service, but said that "not everything worked out."
In the last two years, Putin's approval ratings have taken a dip, partly a result of unpopular pension reforms and a stagnating economy. 2019 was also riddled with street protests over municipal elections as Russia's fragmented opposition expressed discontent with what they see as a president and the ruling elite that have overstayed their power.
However, as the exact details of this mass resignation -- led by current prime minister and former president Dmitry Medvedev -- unfurled, it was clear that this was no protest at Putin's proposed reforms.

In his statement on the government's resignation, Medvedev indicated that it was doing so in order to make life easier for Putin.

Toyota Is Building The City OF The Future In Japan To Test It’s New Products

Autonomous cars, service robots, smartphones, mood detectors, robotic surgeries, and what not but wait, Toyota has something bigger in the show tonight, an entire city of the future, named ‘Woven City’. An area of 175-acre has been allocated for the site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan for the said project. Toyota calls out all researchers, scientists and tech enthusiasts to use this platform for experimentation and testing their projects.

Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? An entire area with nothing being manually operated but robots as service providers, robotic teachers, autonomous food makers, traffic being controlled by sensors, self-driving cars or maybe customized helicopters. Popping your dream bubble, for now, this is what has been proposed by the company.

“Imagine a fully controlled site that will allow researchers, engineers, and scientists to freely test technologies,” says Akio Toyota, president of the automaker. “This will be a truly unique opportunity to create an entire community or city from the ground up.”

So, it is just a dream project? Well, Toyota hasn’t announced the date of completion or any cost analysis. But, prior experience shows that the firm has come up with each of their words. Getting a deeper insight into the plan, three sectors have been assigned for research for domains including high and low-speed autonomous vehicles or personal mobility. Breaking more of the suspense, people from diverse technological backgrounds would be practically living in the Woven city at the beginning.

people should be extremely grateful and happy' as Iran stands down after attack

Hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Trump on Wednesday sought to assure Americans that the United States was not on the brink of another war in the Middle East. “The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed,” Trump said in a statement from the White House’s Grand Foyer, flanked by members of his national security team. “We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases.”

 “Iran appears to be standing down,” the president continued, “which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.” Trump reiterated his long-held complaint that the United States does more than its allies in securing Middle East peace. “Today I’m going to ask NATO to be much more involved in the Middle East process,” he said. Trump also criticized the 2015 Iran nuclear deal brokered by former President Barack Obama, from which Trump withdrew in 2018. “Instead of saying thank you to the United States, they chanted ‘death to America,’” the president said. “In fact, they chanted ‘death to America’ the day the agreement was signed.

3 Cybersecurity Tips For The New Year

The new year is almost upon us, and with it comes resolutions and desires to improve ourselves and our lives in various ways. Many people will resolve to lose some weight, spend more time with family, make more money and countless other lofty goals.

While these are admirable aspirations, there is one that can help save you and your family a lot of time, effort and money, and that is: focusing more on cybersecurity. Whether you want to ensure the privacy of your personal assets and information or you are looking for ways to improve your business security, there are always steps that can help you be safer in 2020.

Cybersecurity will only become more important in the next decade

Although nothing can provide complete and total security in the modern digital world, below are a few tips that can greatly improve your chances of protecting your information online and greatly decrease the likelihood of hackers, cybercriminals and identity thieves gaining access to it.

Is Salt Bad For You?

We like debunking widely spread myths. We also like confirming things people believe to be myths. With some topics however, the answer lies somewhere in between. Where does salt lie? Many food products are “sodium free” and advertised as healthier. Is there any truth to this? Is salt really that bad for you? Let’s find out.

What Is Salt?
Salt is a mineral that is mostly composed of sodium chloride. It is widely regarded as one of the oldest food seasonings humans have used and has also been used for other purposes through early human history. In addition to giving more flavor to food, it has been used in food preservation, religious rituals and even as currency. Some of the oldest mines discovered by archeologists have been salt mines. The oldest in China, dating all the way back to 6000 BC.

So Is Salt Bad For You?
The problem with myths, is that they tend to speak in absolutes. The media and news channels use sensationalist journalism to catch a viewers attention and do a shoddy job on reporting the actual facts. This is the case with salt.

is salt good for you?While there is some evidence to support the claim that large amounts of salt can negatively effect a persons health (anything in excess is bad for a persons health), there have been studies that show too little salt intake is much, much worse.

What Are The Colors You See When You Shut Your Eyes?

Sometimes, when you shut your eyes tightly or are in a pitch black room, your eyes decide it’s time for a light show. Random, psychedelic-like patterns and flashes of color will dance around your field of vision like it’s 1969. While you can appreciate the entertainment, in the back of your mind you wonder what is causing the phenomena.

Are these flashes and patterns of light and colors indicative of a health problem? Are they something that can be treated or cured? Or are they completely normal? Today we’re going to crash the party in your eyes and find out what’s going on.

Light Need Not Apply
One common misconception about a human’s vision is that our eyes require light (photons) to be stimulated. Even in the absence of photons, the neurons in our visual system are always active. The thalamus (part of the brain responsible for relaying sensory signals), your visual cortex, and your retina are in an “always on” state – even while you sleep. The neurons in these visual systems are continuously relaying signals and information.

This continuous activity is sometimes referred to as background activity. It’s this background activity that is responsible for your trippy visuals and interesting patterns in the absence of light. The technical term for this phenomena is a “Phosphene“.

Artificial gills for humans could become a reality

Breathing underwater, without the help of voluminous equipment, seems as unrealistic as flying overseas must have before the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
Designer Jun Kamei's interest in the designs found in nature has led him to create Amphibio, a 3D-printed accessory that works as a gill and may one day provide humans with an alternative way to breathe underwater.

Royal College of Art graduate Kamei, in partnership with RCA-IIS Tokyo Design Lab, was inspired to create a lightweight underwater respiratory device because of predicted rises in sea levels.
"I was looking at how the future of our urban environment will change with global warming, and got deeply interested by figures of water level rise," said Kamei.

Samsung Unveils A New Ball Shaped Personal Assistant

At the 2020 CES at Las Vegas, Samsung unveiled its latest gadget, a tennis ball-shaped robot, Ballie. Nah, you are getting it wrong, it isn’t meant for the sports complex, but right inside your house as a personal assistant! Ballie has been equipped with an in-built camera and a hi-fi machine learning technology that knows how to keep its master happy. Whether you need an exercise partner to keep your crunches count right, or someone to guard your pet dog when you’re not around, Ballie can do it all.


Samsung’s latest personal assistant bot – Ballie
Samsung’s prime focus for the year 2020 rotates around artificial intelligence and the 5G experience and Ballie have been incorporated with both. It can turn the lights on or can keep a check on your room’s temperature for your sound sleep. Annoyed with your morning alarm, it can even turn it off for you. Ballie can work just the way you want to as it has a mobile user interface for you to customize your bot.

Parents of Madonna's new 'boyfriend' give consent to relationship despite 36-year age gap

The parents of Madonna’s reported new 25-year-old boyfriend have spoken out about the relationship, saying “love doesn’t have an age range when you’re consenting adults”.

The 61-year-old singer and dancer Ahlamalik Williams were spotted embracing on a balcony in Miami last week. However, there has been no confirmation that the pair are an item.

But this now appears to be the case after Williams’ parents have gone public to give their consent.
Drue and Laurie Williams, who say they are fans of Madonna’s music, have no issue with the couple’s 36-year age gap.

Speaking of meeting the Queen of Pop, Mr Williams, 59, told The Mirror: “She told us she is so much in love with him and that we didn’t have anything to worry about as she was going to take care of him.

“We know there’s a huge age gap between the two – 36 years. Madonna is two years older than me.

“I asked him how he feels about her and he says he has never been happier.”

13 people shot at house party in Chicago

A shooting at a house party early Sunday on Chicago's South Side wounded 13 people, four of them critically, Chicago police said.

The shooting stemmed from a dispute at a house party that was “given in memorial of a subject slain in April,” Chief of Patrol Fred Waller said. He said shots were first fired just after 12:30 a.m.

The victims range in age between 16 and 48 and suffered “different and various gunshot wounds to their bodies.”

Two people are being questioned, Waller said. One of them was arrested with a weapon, he said, while the other was wounded. Waller said police recovered a revolver.

Waller described three different shooting scenes at the residential location in the city's Englewood neighborhood. The shooting started inside, and then more shots were fired as people began spilling out of the house. He said shots were also fired at a third place in the vicinity.

He described the shooting as an “isolated incident.”

Boy, 14, Sought in Killing of Barnard Student

Nine days after a Barnard student was killed during a mugging in a park, New York City police Friday were carrying out an extensive manhunt for a 14-year-old boy who detectives believed may have been the one who stabbed her with a knife.

“We are working tirelessly,” the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives, Rodney Harrison, said at a news conference. “We are looking for one more individual and the investigation is still ongoing.”

The police said the 14-year-old had been identified by another boy involved in the robbery as the one who delivered fatal stab blows to Tessa Majors, an 18-year-old freshman at Barnard College.

Majors, a musician and aspiring journalist who had moved to New York this year for college, was passing through Morningside Park on the way home when she was attacked by at least three young teenagers, police said. Her killing stunned the city and evoked a bygone era when violent robberies and murders were commonplace.

On Friday night, in an unusual move, police distributed a photo of the wanted teenager on social media and asked the public for help in finding him. Minutes later, an official police Twitter account said the teenager was wanted in connection with the stabbing in Morningside Park.

Tech trends 2020: New spacecraft and bendy screens

If your ambition is to fly into space - and you've got plenty of spare cash - then 2020 could be an exciting year.

If space travel is not really your thing, but you would like a much bigger screen on your mobile phone, then 2020 might also have some tech for you.

But if you think there are already too many phones out there and the technology industry needs to be less wasteful, well some tech companies might catch up with your thinking.

Here's a little taster of what might be coming in the next twelve months.

Crewed space missions
2020 is going to be a "pivotal year" for space travel, according to Guy Norris, a senior editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Since Nasa retired the Space Shuttle in 2011, the US has relied on Russian spacecraft to transport astronauts to the International Space Station.

That could all change in 2020 when, if all goes to plan, two US-built spacecraft should start carrying crew.

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, which can carry up to seven astronauts into orbit, is due for its first test flight today before the first manned flight, likely to be in 2020.

Meanwhile the SpaceX Dragon capsule will go through some final tests in early 2020, and if they all go well then it too would be ready for a crewed mission.