The fossilised skeletons of an aerial predator with a six-metre (20-foot) wingspan and an aquatic reptile with a snake-like neck will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s has announced. The two creatures, both believed to be tens of millions of years old, will be sold on July 26. It will be the latest sale of prehistoric fossils from …
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26 Manchester United players have made the trip to Norway to kick off the club’s pre-season fixture list against Leeds on Wednesday. Most senior stars have been left at home for this one, giving Erik ten Hag the chance to get a closer look at some academy gems, but there are still some senior players along for the ride. Here’s …
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More heavy rains in Vermont raised the threat of water from a reservoir spilling over a dam protecting the state’s capital. Flood waters had already reached the windows of businesses and the tops of vehicles. Vermont officials were calling the flooding the worst since Hurricane Irene reached the state as a tropical storm in 2011 and caused about $750 million …
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In June, Pakistan was in a race against time to secure $1.1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to solve its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Days before an existing bailout package was set to expire, the country’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, held last-minute talks with the IMF after scrambling to …
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged NATO to promote a ceasefire and peace talks in Ukraine rather than continue to ship weapons to Kiev. He made the argument in a video clip posted on social media on Monday. “Instead of bringing weapons to Ukraine, we should bring peace,” Orban said in the video, delivered in Hungarian with English captions. …
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The ambitious set of objectives agreed in 2015 for people and planet have been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating global crises. Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world has undergone significant changes, and progress towards the SDG is falling behind due to financial, energy, food, and humanitarian setbacks exacerbated by geopolitical tensions. The High-Level Political Forum …
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Havana says it ‘strongly’ rejects the submarine’s presence, describing it as a ‘danger’ to sovereignty in the Caribbean. Cuba’s government has decried the presence of a nuclear-powered submarine at the United States naval base in Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “provocative escalation”. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Caribbean nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the sub had relocated …
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Doctors are “concerned” for the health of Queen Elizabeth II and have placed her under medical supervision, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. “Following further evaluation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” the Palace said in a statement. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.” The Queen’s eldest son …
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“The FTC has not shown it is likely to succeed on its assertion the combined firm will probably pull Call of Duty from Sony PlayStation, or that its ownership of Activision content will substantially lessen competition in the video game library subscription and cloud gaming markets,” Judge Scott Corley wrote in her decision, delivered after a week-long hearing in San …
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This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat. The idea that anywhere it can rain, it can flood, is not …
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