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A once-secret cave facility in Norway could be the next Arctic base for US Navy submarines, with final talks over a transfer of control over the base said to be underway. Senior American military officials have made multiple recent visits to the privately owned Olavsvern base near Tromso, and a deal to transfer control of … Read more
A film studio in Atlanta is building a new town for its workers inspired by The Truman Show. British company Pinewood opened a production facility in Atlanta in 2014, originally planned as a one-stop shop for filming in the US as opposed to the broken-up system in Hollywood. It boasted offices, a media center, soundstages, … Read more
Private school pupil, 18, who was due to stand trial for murdering his mother in sleepy Hampshire village dies at mental health facility Private school pupil Rowan Thompson was due to appear in court on Wednesday The teenager was accused of killing his mother Joanna Thompson at their home The 18-year-old died while being detained … Read more
Wild elephants in Sri Lanka have been found with plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomachs after eating rubbish at a dump encroaching on their habitat. Heartbreaking images of the elephants foraging for food on a refuse facility in Oluvil were captured by Jaffna-based photographer Tharmaplan Tilaxan. The open garbage dump is nestled in the … Read more
The first migrants have arrived in taxis at an army barracks in Kent which has been converted into a ‘dispersal facility’. Around 20 migrants were brought to Napier Barracks in Folkestone today where they could be housed for the up to a year. At 7.45pm this evening a black BMW saloon arrived at the barracks … Read more
A Chinese virologist who alleges the coronavirus was cooked up in a military lab has published a report which she claims backs up her theory. Li-Meng Yan, who alleges to be a former researcher at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, says the virus was built by merging the genetic material of two bat … Read more
New Zealand has recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases overnight sparking fears the country will be locked down until October. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield on Friday said two of the new cases are in Tokoroa – 200km away from the outbreak in Auckland. The Tokoroa cases are linked to a member of the Auckland … Read more
Huge explosion at gas storage facility lights up night sky over Tehran An explosion took place at an Iranian gas storage facility near the capital Tehran Defence ministry spokesman Davoud Abdi said there were no casualties The fire was brought under control but the cause of the blast is not yet known By Kate Dennett For … Read more
‘Beware of the Chinese Trojan horse’: Tory MP warns that a £1bn Huawei research facility in the UK is a ‘power play’ after it gets the green light Huawei was granted planning permission for a hub near Cambridge Tory MP Bob Seely added that the UK needed to be wary of ‘Trojan horses’ US State … Read more
Alex Trebek donates $500k to faith-based nonprofit for new homeless facility in LA’s San Fernando Valley By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 01:33 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 01:33 BST, 25 June 2020 He’s been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer for more than a year. But Alex Trebek isn’t letting that get in the … Read more