Dinosaur tracks from 166 million years ago found in UK’s largest site
Listen to article A discovery in Oxfordshire has uncovered the UK’s largest ever dinosaur footprint site, featuring over 200 fossilised prints made 166 million years ago. The footprints, criss-crossing the limestone floor of a quarry, were left by two distinct types of dinosaurs: the long-necked, plant-eating sauropod Cetiosaurus, and the smaller, meat-eating Megalosaurus. The trackways form a […]
US appeals court blocks effort to restore net-neutrality rules
Listen to article A US appeals court ruled on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the legal authority to restore net neutrality rules. This decision is a setback for the Biden administration, which had made reinstating the open internet rules a priority. President Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2021 urging the FCC […]
India’s poor batting form continues in fifth Test against Australia at SCG
Listen to article Australia’s Scott Boland was the star of the opening day of the fifth Test against India, taking four wickets to help dismiss the visitors for just 185 in their first innings at the SCG on Friday. Boland’s key breakthroughs came in the final session, where he removed Rishabh Pant (40) and Nitish Kumar Reddy […]
Urfan Sharif attacked in prison following Sara’s murder conviction
Listen to article Urfan Sharif, the father convicted for the murder of his 10-year-old daughter, Sara Sharif, was reportedly attacked in Belmarsh Prison on New Year’s Day. According to reports, Sharif, 43, was assaulted by two other inmates in his cell using a makeshift weapon. The attack left him with cuts to his neck and face. He […]
Two dead, multiple injured after plane crashes into building in California
Listen to article A small plane crashed into a manufacturing facility near Fullerton Municipal Airport in California on Thursday afternoon, killing two people and injuring 18 others. The crash occurred at 2:09 p.m. PST, shortly after the plane took off from the airport. The aircraft, a single-engine Van’s RV-10, was less than a mile away from the […]
Justin Baldoni to Sue Blake Lively ‘Soon’ in Response to Sexual Harassment Allegations
-AFP/Instagram@justinbaldoni PUBLISHED January 03, 2025 Almost a week after Blake Lively accused her It Ends with Us co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and launching a retaliatory smear campaign against her, Baldoni’s legal team has confirmed plans to file a countersuit. The actor/director intends to take legal action against Lively in the coming days. Attorney […]
Yoon faces arrest: protesters clash with investigators
SEOUL: South Korean authorities entered the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday to execute a historic arrest warrant, bypassing a crowd of protesters outside but encountering resistance from presidential security forces within. The Presidential Security Service (PSS), which had previously blocked investigators from accessing Yoon’s office and official residence despite a search […]
Submarine cable fault disrupts internet
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that a fault has been reported in the submarine cable AAE-1 near Qatar (one of the seven international undersea cables connecting Pakistan for international internet traffic). According to a news release, this may impact internet and broadband user experience across Pakistan. The teams concerned are working […]
Govt-PTI talks move at a snail’s pace
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seems to adopt a wait-and-see policy amid a dialogue with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led ruling coalition as it is taking time in presenting its charter of demands in black and white, citing that instructions from incarcerated party’s founding chairman has yet to be passed on. However, it is leant that the […]
China slaps sanctions on US firms
BEIJING: China sanctioned 10 US defence firms on Thursday over arms sales to Taiwan, its second round of measures against American companies over the issue in less than a week. Subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon that had “participated in selling arms to Taiwan” were added to China’s “Unreliable Entities List”, the country’s […]