The ‘trial of the century’ is now under way in a courtroom in South Carolina where powerful legal scion Alex Murdaugh is charged with the brutal double murder of his wife and son. But this is far from the only twist in a bizarre and sprawling tale of u…
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 additional years for LA rape conviction
Disgraced producer was previously convicted of rape and sexual assault in New York and is serving a 23-year termHarvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 additional years in prison on Thursday, three months after being convicted of rape and sexual assault i…
Exclusive: Assad approved Syria quake aid with a UAE nudge, sources say – Reuters
Exclusive: Assad approved Syria quake aid with a UAE nudge, sources say ReutersEU eases Syria sanctions to speed up quake aid Al-MonitorView from Aleppo: ‘Syrians are angry with the West’ over lack of earthquake aid FRA…
Thomas Sankara, ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, reburied in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation.
Pioneering Corby children’s centre under threat for second time in a year
Pen Green, a leader in wraparound care, says it will shut if Tory council goes ahead with £800,000 of cutsA trailblazing children’s centre in one of the UK’s poorest towns that inspired the creation of Sure Start is facing closure because of local coun…
Airbus Close To Landing Large Order From IndiGo: Report
Low-cost airline IndiGo is negotiating the purchase of “several hundred aircrafts” from Airbus, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in comments published by Les Echos on Thursday.
US mass killings linked to extremism at highest level in decades, report finds
Anti-Defamation League says all extremist killings last year linked to rightwing extremism and a high number to white supremacyThe number of US mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the total from a…
1st baby pangolin in Europe born in Prague zoo, doing well
A Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo, the first birth of the critically endangered animal in Europe
A look at the top 300 contributors to Amazon’s IMDb globally, including one who wrote over 35K plot summaries, and the history of the crowdsourced service (Stephen Lurie/Wired)
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A look at the top 300 contributors to Amazon’s IMDb globally, including one who wrote over 35K plot summaries, and the history of the crowdsourced service — Powered by obsessed film buffs, it’s a crowdsourced …