Finnish police believe the Eagle S may have caused the damage to undersea cables the previous day by dragging its anchor along the seabed. “The police begin an operation to transfer the Eagle S tanker from the Gulf of Finland to Svartbeck, an inner anchorage near the port of Kilpilahti,” the Helsinki police department said in a statement on Saturday. This would be a better place to carry out investigations, it added. Finland’s customs service believes the ship is part of a “shadow fleet” of ageing tankers being used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil. The Kremlin…
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The attacks come days after the Taliban pledged retaliation for Pakistani air strikes inside Afghanistan.Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside the country. The statement from the defence ministry on Saturday did not directly specify that Pakistan was hit, but said the attacks were conducted “beyond the ‘hypothetical line’” – an expression used by Afghan authorities to refer to a border with Pakistan that they have long disputed. “Several points beyond the hypothetical line, serving as centres and hideouts for malicious elements and…
Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record has stood for 40 years, and he does not think it is going to fall this season to Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley.Barkley enters the Eagles’ stretch run with 1,838 yards, leaving him just 268 yards away from breaking the record. He potentially has two games to break it, assuming the Eagles do not sit him in a potentially meaningless Week 18 game. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times this week, Dickerson said he doubts Barkley will get the yardage required to become the new single-season record-holder. Not only that, but he does not…
Millions of small businesses have yet to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report, a document that identifies who owns a business by providing personal details like names, addresses, and dates of birth, and it’s due in a couple of weeks—or is it?That’s what business owners want to know as the report’s legality continues to make its way through the courts.BOI reporting is required as part of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which went into effect in January 2024, but its legality is still being worked out. And this week has been a game of ping pong. On Monday, the…
Some researchers propose counteracting global warming by reflecting more sunlight into spaceShutterstock/Pablo Joanidopoulos With the world set to blow past 1.5°C of warming, researchers are increasingly studying possible methods of cooling the planet by modifying the atmosphere or the oceans. More geoengineering research is planned in 2025, such as projects aiming to make clouds reflect more sunlight and efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by tweaking ocean chemistry. Such tests have long been controversial. Opponents of research on geoengineering – itself a loaded term – see it as a hubristic distraction from pressing efforts to slash greenhouse… Source…
Santa came a little late, but he brought one person a $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot as a stocking stuffer.A single ticket bought in California matched all numbers in Friday’s drawing — 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and a Mega Ball of 6 — to win the estimated $1.22 billion top prize.The jackpot-winning ticket was sold at Sunshine Food and Gas in Cottonwood, a community of around 6,000 in Northern California, south of Redding, according to the state lottery website.The jackpot has been building since its clock was reset on Sept. 13 after someone in Texas took a $810 million…
IEEE Spectrum‘s transportation coverage drew just under half a million visitors in 2024. Readers came to learn the latest news about advances in electric vehicles and battery technology, sustainable energy alternatives, transit infrastructure and logistics, and AI and emerging risks. One of our more popular articles reported on an issue at the intersection of technology and athletics. Read on to see our round-up of our most widely read transportation articles of 2024.ZF FriedrichshafenEngineers at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive parts, figured out how to make a compact, powerful electric motor that has high power…
QUESTION: You said neither Trump nor RFK will listen to you. What do you mean by that? There were even political people from both camps at your WEC in November. I spoke with them. If they refuse to listen to you, they cannot possibly be what we voted for. Why will they not listen to you? HF ANSWER: The problem with both is that they do not understand the game Washington plays. This is checkmate, and they do not grasp what is really on or under the table. I warned that the NEOCONs would attempt to assassinate Trump. Most thought…
New polling indicates that most Americans don’t care what celebrities think about politics. For years now, the left has counted on the approval of liberals in Hollywood to speak for them. We saw this ramped up significantly during the Obama years. Barack Obama loved to share the spotlight with famous actors, musicians and other celebs. They, in turn, would fall all over themselves for any chance to spend time at the Obama White House and be photographed with him. Democrats tried to replicate this in the Kamala Harris campaign with people like Oprah Winfrey, Lizzo, and a variety of Hollywood…
Jennifer Love Hewitt recently discussed ageism in Hollywood, sharing how difficult it is for fans to accept her getting older.Despite public criticism, the actress embraces her 40s, valuing self-acceptance and evolution.Jennifer Love Hewitt also expressed concern over negative comments affecting her children, especially her daughter.Article continues below advertisementJennifer Love Hewitt Opens Up About AgeismMEGAIn an interview with Fox News Digital, Hewitt discussed how ageism has impacted her lengthy career in Hollywood and how she is embracing the journey of self-love and aging with grace.The 45-year-old actress shared: “I feel like fans pick this age that they love that they think…