‘Blood timber’: western firms fuel conflict and ‘slavery’ in Colombia

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Trade in uncertified hardwood illegally logged in Chocó rainforest and imported by US and Europe is financing paramilitaries, says Environmental Investigation Agency

The Atrato River winds through the…

The Extraordinary Miss Flower review – secret life exposed through treasure trove of love letters

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 06:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Nick Cave and Richard Ayoade are among those reading out the posthumously discovered missives that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini, who soundtracks this gorgeous film

You’d be forgiven for not h…

Out-of-control Soviet spacecraft could crash into the UK this WEEK, experts warn - as map reveals exactly where the 1,100lbs vehicle could land

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 11:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Astronomers have predicted where a 500-kilogram section of the Soviet Kosmos 482 satellite could slam into Earth on May 10.

Youngest son of disgraced billionaire Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed reveals he ran away to sea to escape his father and claims we treat the Earth 'like he treated women'

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 01:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Omar Al Fayed, 37, said he fled to a research ship at the age of just 22 - leaving his billionaire father convinced he had been kidnapped.

Soviet-era spacecraft from aborted Venus mission due to crash to Earth next week

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 in 1972, one of a series of Venus missions.

Secret CIA files claim to expose locations of three alien bases... and two of them are on Earth

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 14:21 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Declassified CIA files feature an experiment where a 'spy' claimed to have located three alien bases, two of which are hiding on Earth. They also reported finding 'entities' at the sites.

Scientists record seismic tremors from title-clinching Liverpool win over Spurs

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Anfield celebrations of Alexis Mac Allister strike caused tremor with peak magnitude of 1.74 on Richter scale

Labelling a win as “seismic” has become a lazy and overused term. But not in the case of L…

Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is exp…

PETER HITCHENS: Civilisation is teetering on the brink. I've seen the Hell on Earth when it happens - and how close we are should make you terrified

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Having witnessed the chaos and misery of the ruined city of Mogadishu in Somalia I know how thin the veneer of civilization really is.

Secret CIA files that allegedly expose locations of three alien bases... and two of them are on Earth

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Declassified CIA files feature an experiment where a 'spy' claimed to have located three alien bases, two of which are hiding on Earth. They also reported finding 'entities' at the sites.