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Dramatic aerials show fast lava spread after Iceland eruption.
Is Iceland entering a new volcanic era?
REYKJAVIK —This week, Iceland woke up to yet another day of fire, as towering fountains of lava lit up the dark morning sky.This time the evacuated town of Grindavik was spared, but the molten rock still wrought havoc — engulfing a pipe that provides heat and hot water to thousands living in the area and cutting off a road to the Blue Lagoon tourist attraction.It is the third short-lived eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula since December 2023 and the sixth since 2021. But scientists think this is just the start of a period of volcanic activity that could last for decades or even centuries.So what is going on?Iceland is no stranger to volcanoes — it is one of the most volcanically active places in the world.That is because the country is positioned above a geological hotspot, where...
February 10, 2024

Is Iceland entering a new volcanic era?

Tall Eiffel Tower made out of matchsticks in the middle of a room full of people. — courtesy Richard Plaud/Reuters
World record for matchstick Eiffel Tower after U-turn
MONTPELLIER — A model of the Eiffel Tower has been officially deemed the world's tallest matchstick building a day after being ruled out by Guinness World Records (GWR).The 7.19m (23ft) tower had been disqualified on Wednesday for being made out of the wrong type of matches.GWR said on Thursday it was too harsh at first and congratulated model-enthusiast Richard Plaud on his record.Plaud, 47, said this week had been an "emotional rollercoaster".It took Plaud eight years to build the model, which is made out of 706,900 matches and 23kg of glue.He began building the tower by cutting the red, Sulphur tops off commercial matches — but soon realized this would be a long and tedious process.After contacting the manufacturer, Plaud was sent kilos of plain wooden matches, and...
February 10, 2024

World record for matchstick Eiffel Tower after U-turn

Prince Harry gave evidence to the court in June
Prince Harry gets ‘substantial’ payout in phone-hacking case against UK tabloid
LONDON — Prince Harry will receive a “substantial” payout after settling the remaining parts of his phone-hacking case against the publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), his lawyer told the High Court in London Friday, according to the UK’s PA Media news agency.Lawyer David Sherborne told the court that MGN, which publishes British tabloid The Daily Mirror, will pay the Duke of Sussex “a substantial additional sum by way of damages” as well as his legal costs, PA Media reported.In December, the judge ruled that Prince Harry was the victim of phone hacking and other means of “unlawful information gathering” by MGN. The judge awarded Harry £140,600 ($177,000) in damages in the ruling.“Everything we said was happening at Mirror Group was in fact happening, and indeed...
February 09, 2024

Prince Harry gets ‘substantial’ payout in phone-hacking case against UK tabloid

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson
Putin says US needs to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and tell Kyiv to sit down for talks
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin has told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that Washington should recognize Moscow's interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks.The Russian president also said he believes a deal can be reached to release US reporter Evan Gershkovich, detained in Russia last March.Thursday night's interview is the first time Putin has sat down with a Western journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.The Russian leader repeated many well-worn disputed justifications about the conflict, including that it was necessary to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine and prevent the country from posing a threat to Russia by joining NATO.He also mentioned various false narratives that the Kyiv government is filled with neo-Nazis and about Ukrainian history.The...
February 09, 2024

Putin says US needs to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and tell Kyiv to sit down for talks

Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, 55, from the National Coalition Party will take on former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, 65, from the left-leaning Green League, in Sunday's runoff vote
Finland to choose between two presidential candidates with tough stance on Russia
HELSINKI — Finns head to the polls on Sunday to choose between two seasoned politicians bidding to be their next head of state.Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, 55, from the centre-right National Coalition Party will take on former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, 65, from the left-leaning Green League.The successful candidate will steer the country's foreign and security policy after it recently became a member of the NATO alliance, historically abandoning its position of neutrality.Both hopefuls share a hard line towards Moscow, support strengthening ties with Washington, and vow to continue backing Ukraine military and financially.The country shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia. In November, Helsinki closed all eight official border crossings with its eastern...
February 09, 2024

Finland to choose between two presidential candidates with tough stance on Russia

Police attempted to talk to the hostage taker for several hours
Swiss police shoot dead axe-wielding hostage-taker on train
GENEVA — Police in Switzerland have shot dead a man armed with an axe and a knife who took 15 passengers hostage on a train on Thursday night.The hostage-taker, reported to be a 32-year-old asylum seeker from Iran, boarded a local train near Yverdon.He forced the driver to stop the train and to join passengers in the carriage.Officers stormed the train and "fatally wounded" the man after he attacked them, police reports say. The hostages were all released unharmed.According to local media, the authorities were alerted by passengers on the train and more than 60 officers were in attendance.Police, including a special unit from Geneva, surrounded the train and spent several hours trying to talk to the man in English and in Farsi, without success.Late at night, when they observed...
February 09, 2024

Swiss police shoot dead axe-wielding hostage-taker on train

Freed Russian service personnel in a bus following the latest prisoner exchange.
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners
MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Thursday.One hundred Russian service members were exchanged for 100 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) following negotiations that were mediated by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Ministry of Defence said in a statement.The ministry said its freed servicemen would be flown back by the Russian Air Force and given medical and psychological assistance.The released Ukrainians included 49 soldiers, 25 border guards and some servicemen from the territorial defense forces, according to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (KSHPPV).The eldest was 62-years-old and the youngest was 20, KSHPPV said.“All of the rescued soldiers are privates and sergeants. 84 of the rescued...
February 09, 2024

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners

President Zelensky posted this picture with Gen Zaluzhnyi in announcing his replacement
Zelensky sacks Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi
KYIV — Ukraine's president has sacked the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.It follows speculation about a rift between the president and Gen Zaluzhnyi, who has led Ukraine's war effort since the conflict began.Battle-hardened Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi was announced as his replacement in a presidential decree.It is the biggest change to Ukraine's military leadership since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the high command needed to be "renewed" and that Gen Zaluzhnyi could "remain on the team"."Starting today, a new management team will take over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said on Thursday.Gen Zaluzhnyi is a popular general trusted by...
February 09, 2024

Zelensky sacks Ukraine's commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi

Scientists celebrate the final experiments at JET
New nuclear fusion record brings the dream of clean energy closer
LONDON — Nuclear fusion has produced more energy than ever before in an experiment, bringing the world a step closer to the dream of limitless, clean power.The new world record has been set at the UK-based JET laboratory.Nuclear fusion is the process that powers stars. Scientists believe it could produce vast amounts of energy without heating up our atmosphere.European scientists working at the site said "we have achieved things we've never done before".The result came from the lab's final experiment after more than 40 years of fusion research.Andrew Bowie, UK Minister for Nuclear, called it a "fitting swansong".Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun. It works by heating and forcing tiny particles together to make a heavier one which releases useful...
February 08, 2024

New nuclear fusion record brings the dream of clean energy closer

Boris Nadezdhin standing in front of boxes with 105,000 signatures collected in support of his presidential bid
Russian anti-war election candidate barred from running against Putin
MOSCOW — Anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin has been barred from standing in Russia’s presidential election next month, in a move that further clears the country’s political landscape of opponents to Vladimir Putin.The decision was made during a ruling on Thursday by the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Russia, the body tasked with registering and verifying potential candidates.According to the CEC, Nadezhdin only collected 95,587 legitimate signatures, 5,000 short of 100,000 benchmark.Nadezhdin has disputed the CEC claims regarding the signatures and said he will appeal the refusal of his registration to the Supreme Court. He also said he would dispute the committee’s regulations.“No one has any doubt that hundreds of thousands of people really signed for me. There is no...
February 08, 2024

Russian anti-war election candidate barred from running against Putin

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