Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old gunman accused of killing dozens of people in Orlando on Sunday, was a security guard, the divorced father of a 3-year-old and, in school, someone who acted “dorky.” He also was an extremist whose outspoken interest in terrorism twice put him on the FBI’s radar screen. On Sunday morning, he became something far larger: a lone …
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Scientists in Cambodia find huge medieval city
Scientists in Cambodia have found new previously undocumented medieval cities scattered around the religious temples of Angkor. Archeologist Dr Damian Evans will publish findings in the Journal of Archaeological Science announcing cutting edge airborne laser technology has uncovered several cities near the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia.
Read More »Singer Justin Bieber loves Selena Gomez’s new hairdo
According to reports, Justin Bieber is a fan of Selena Gomez’s new bangs for very sentimental reasons. Selena Gomez, 23, recently unveiled her new hairdo on Instagram, showing off her layered bangs, and Justin thinks she looks “super-hot”, reported hollywoodlife.com “Justin thinks Selena looks super-hot with bangs. He loves that hairstyle on her because it reminds him of when they …
Read More »Heavily armed man arrested near L.A. gay pride festival, police say
Police say a heavily armed Indiana man arrested on his way to a Southern California gay pride parade told them he wanted to do harm to the event. Following a mass shooting at an Orlando gay club on June 12, which left at least 50 dead and more than 50 more injured, authorities have been on alert at other pride …
Read More »City of Orlando releases names of nightclub shooting victims, Report
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando officials Sunday afternoon began identifying victims slain in a mass shooting inside a nightclub. Thus far, four victims have been identified in the nightclub shooting where 50 people were killed and 53 were injured.
Read More »Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico Predicted, Researchers Say
The NOAA and various sister agencies have termed a specific part of the Gulf of Mexico as a dead zone of sorts. The oxygen levels are very low in this area and marine life is scarce. The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico affects nationally important commercial and recreational fisheries. Hypoxic zones or “dead zones” are caused by high …
Read More »Globalization is worsening the effects of climate change, Scientists Say
The forces of globalization have made the global economic system more vulnerable to production losses caused by climate change, new study shows. The analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University shows for the first time how enhanced connectivity of the global network of supply can amplify production losses, as these losses can be spread more …
Read More »WalMart Canada to no longer accept Visa cards, Fees too high: Report
Walmart Canada has announced it will no longer be accepting Visa cards as payment at all of it’s locations nationwide. In a written statement, the store says that fees applied to Visa cards are ‘unacceptably high’. “Following an evaluation of credit card transaction fees in Canada and the rest of the world, we have recently concluded the fees applied to …
Read More »Melting Greenland ice linked to faster Arctic warming, new research
Scientists from the University of Georgia have linked the 2015 record ice melt in Greenland with a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification, a recent study in the journal Nature Communications reports. Arctic amplification is the faster warming of the Arctic compared to the rest of the Northern Hemisphere as sea ice disappears.
Read More »Florida nightclub mass shooting suspect dead, “Appoximately 50 dead”
A controlled explosion has taken place as at a “mass casualty” shooting at a leading gay nightclub in the US city of Orlando, Florida. The city, best known for the Disney theme parks is home to gay venue, the Pulse Club. Some eyewitnesses said that the gunman claimed to have a bomb and that he has shot as many as …
Read More »Justin Bieber pokes fun at himself after Cleveland ‘brawl’ (Video)
Justin Bieber poked fun at himself and joked about his recent fist fight in Cleveland in a new video shared on Friday, June 10. The ‘Sorry’ singer posted a video on Twitter of himself appearing to watch a video with a friend, asking: “Is that a fighting video?”
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