A newly restored house in Pompeii, Italy, reopened to the public on Tuesday. The ancient house includes paintings and architecture that tell mythological stories and offer clues about the daily lives of the owners, former slaves who became wealthy merc…
Byron burger chain closes nine sites, losing more than 200 jobs
Brand calls in administrators for second time in less than three years but 12 branches are savedThe owner of the upmarket burger chain Byron has called in administrators for the second time in less than three years with almost half the 21-site chain cl…
At least nine dead as tornadoes hit US southern states
The National Weather Service, which was working to confirm the twisters, said suspected tornado damage was reported in at least 14 counties
The US and China: Deterrence in the Danger Zone
Success depends on decreasing the perceived likelihood that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would succeed, minimizing the perceived benefits, and increasing the expected costs.
Shock in France over boy’s suicide after homophobic bullying
The suicide of a 13-year-old French boy who was bullied at school for being gay has shocked the country, prompting warnings that homophobia kills.Prosecutors have opened an investigation into harassment of a minor after the boy, Lucas, hanged himself …
Sweden: Erdogan Effigy ‘Act of Sabotage’ Against NATO Bid
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson denounced a protest by Kurds in central Stockholm, where an effigy of Turkey’s president was hung from a lamppost, as an act of “sabotage” against Sweden’s bid to join NATO.
Gaming YouTube Is In Turmoil Thanks To New Violence and Profanity Rules
AmiMoJo writes: Members of YouTube’s gaming community are calling out the video hosting site for adding new regulations regarding profanity usage and violent content, disproportionately affecting gaming creators who produce unscripted videos such as le…
Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming since 1970s, study finds
Scientists with oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil made remarkably accurate predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a n…
Beware: Tainted VPNs Being Used to Spread EyeSpy Surveillanceware
Tainted VPN installers are being used to deliver a piece of surveillanceware dubbed EyeSpy as part of a malware campaign that started in May 2022.
It uses “components of SecondEye – a legitimate monitoring application – to spy on users of 20Speed VPN, …
Yilport makes landfall in Africa through joint venture in Ghana
Turkish port company says it plans to invest more than $700m in Takoradi Port