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Sunken WWI sub is leaking TNT into the North Sea

Sunken WWI sub is leaking TNT into the North Sea

Published by Jenni Sidey

A World War I submarine that sank nearly 110 years ago has been leaking explosive pollutants into the North Sea for decades. What’s more, ocean researchers say the problem may worsen over time—not only near the German vessel itself, but at thousands of similar shipwrecks. On April 19, 1917, Germany’s UC-30 submarine was attempting to return home due to engine problems when it struck a British mine near the Danish island of Rømø. All 27 crew members perished, and the sub remained missing until its rediscovery almost a century later in 2016. As part of the North Sea Wrecks research project, marine ecologists recently collaborated with Danish navy divers to visit the UC-30’s remains. There, they collected water and sediment samples as well as mussels and starfish specimens that lived near the vessel’s remains. Subsequent laboratory analysis showed that traces of TNT are filtering into the surroundings from at least some of the submarine’s six torpedoes and 18 mines. The residual toxins aren’t concentrated in one specific area, either. “We found traces of TNT in …

North Korea looks abroad for talent in its scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies

North Korea looks abroad for talent in its scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies

Published by Sam Flores

North Korea’s surreptitious push to plant employees in U.S. companies has expanded to include remote workers from other countries, such as Iran and Lebanon, according to U.S. government and foreign agencies and several cybersecurity researchers. The scheme, estimated to involve thousands of workers applying to hundreds of American companies, generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year; the money is then laundered and used to fund the communist regime’s illicit weapons programs, according to U.S. government agencies. U.S. authorities and companies have taken steps to counter the ruse, which has in turn pushed North Korea to get more creative. In July, the State Department and the Department of Justice put out a joint warning with several foreign agencies noting that North Korea is employing “increasingly sophisticated” tactics, including recruiting individuals outside its own country to help “obfuscate their identities and expand their activities globally.” Government officials say North Korean teams are more frequently using people in foreign countries to participate as candidates in job interviews and sometimes establish in-person contact, in order to obtain work …

EV sales are booming in Europe – and plunging in North America

EV sales are booming in Europe – and plunging in North America

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Global EV sales barely moved the needle in August, but that number hides two dramatically different markets: Europe surged 36% from a year ago, while North America plunged 33%. Around 1.83 million EVs were sold worldwide in August, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. That’s up just 2% year over year and down 1% from July. Global sales reached 13.4 million through the first eight months of 2026 – 4% higher than during the same period last year. Region Aug-26, million y-o-y m-o-m YTD, millions YTD-26 vs YTD-25 China 1.03 -11% 4% 6.9 -12% Europe 0.38 36% -15% 3.3 29% North America 0.14 -33% 5% 1.0 -21% RoW 0.29 97% 0% 2.0 97% Global 1.83 2% -1% 13.4 4% “Global EV sales growth cooled sharply in August, rising just 2% year-on-year to 1.83 million units, as a deepening contraction in North America offset continued double-digit growth in Europe and an improving picture in China,” said Benchmark data manager Charles Lester. Europe carries global EV growth Europe was easily the strongest of the three major EV markets …

Skeletal remains found in North Carolina nearly 50 years ago identified as 15-year-old runaway girl

Skeletal remains found in North Carolina nearly 50 years ago identified as 15-year-old runaway girl

Published by Sam Flores

Human remains found nearly a half-century ago in North Carolina were identified as those of a 15-year-old Maryland girl who had run away from home months earlier, state law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The skeletal remains were discovered on Dec. 29, 1977, in woods near a tire manufacturing plant in Wilson, 60 miles east of the state Capitol in Raleigh, State Bureau of Investigation officials said. It took decades and multiple advances in DNA technology for law enforcement to finally put a name to the bones — they belong to 15-year-old Cindy Marcell Blizzard, “who had run away from Monkton, Maryland, in the spring of 1977,” according to an SBI statement this week. While Blizzard’s cause of death is still unknown, state law enforcement officials are treating the matter as a possible homicide. “Her death remains unsolved. Investigators are still looking for answers,” the SBI said. When Blizzard’s skeleton was first found, a medical examiner could only determine that the remains were of a white female, 16 to 23, who had been dead for as …

Police update as bomb squad called to North Bristol

Police update as bomb squad called to North Bristol

Published by Sam Flores

More details have emerged after the bomb squad was called yesterday (September 8) to North Bristol, with a device being exploded in a popular open space. Police have today (September 9) said that a “suspected historic ordnance” was found while work was being carried out at an area of North Bristol. It was then transported to Clifton Downs where it was detonated. The ordnance was found at 10.41am yesterday (Tuesday, September 8 in Tormarton Crescent, Henbury, while work was being carried out. Avon and Somerset Police were called and the road was closed, with a 100 metre cordon being put into place. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team then attended and collected the device. The object was taken to Clifton Downs and detonated. Police said the incident was stood down at around 3.35pm and the closures and cordons were lifted. A witness to the explosion claimed the object was a “hand grenade” and that, before the detonation took place, sandbags were used to encase the object. It is unclear at this time whether the object …

Police rush to North Stifford hotel as four ‘stabbed’ | UK | News

Police rush to North Stifford hotel as four ‘stabbed’ | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

Three men have been arrested following reports a number of people had received stab wounds at a hotel, police said. Essex Police were called to a venue in Stifford Clays Road in North Stifford shortly before midnight on Saturday, September 5, “to reports a number of people had received stab wounds”. The force believe an event was taking place at the hotel. Attending the scene, officers identified four people with injuries. Two men from Hackney, aged 24 and 25, have been arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent. A 21-year-old man from Enfield has been arrested on suspicion of GBH without intent. All three are currently in custody, the force added. In a statement, Essex Police said to believe there were around 100 people at the hotel at the time of the incident. Appealing for information, the force added: “We need anyone with information about what happened to get in touch. “If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us. “Please …

Miss North Carolina USA sues pageant after she was stripped of title over racist posts

Miss North Carolina USA sues pageant after she was stripped of title over racist posts

Published by Daniella Wilson

Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA winner Brittany Boltinhouse is suing Miss USA for defamation after she was stripped of her title. Boltinhouse, 27, is accusing pageant officials of falsely portraying her as racist, homophobic, transphobic and bigoted with their decision to remove her crown due to resurfaced social media posts in which she used racial slurs. In the lawsuit, which was filed Sunday and seen by The Independent, Boltinhouse’s lawyers accuse pageant producers A-Blaize Productions and Miss USA president Thom Brodeur of “maliciously coordinating to publish a false public narrative portraying [her] as a racist, homophobe, and intolerable bigot to be shunned from public life.” “Brittany Boltinhouse was not merely stripped of a title,” Boltinhouse’s attorney, Patrick Mincey, said in a statement. “She was publicly branded with a scarlet letter, accused of some of the most despicable accusations that can be lodged against another person in modern society. “The evidence will show defendants attempted to manufacture Brittany’s false confession and, when they failed to coerce one from her, proceeded to lie in order to gin …

North East attempted murderer found hanged in prison cell after suffering from Covid ‘anxiety’

North East attempted murderer found hanged in prison cell after suffering from Covid ‘anxiety’

Published by Sam Flores

A North Tyneside man who attempted to murder his stepbrother was found hanged in his prison cell after suffering from Covid “anxiety”. In 2017, Brendan Teague was jailed for 18 years after stabbing his stepbrother in an attempted killing. Teague had tricked his way into the North Shields home of unsuspecting Anthony Teague before brutally plunging a knife into him. He stabbed Anthony three times in the back and, believing he had killed him, fled the scene. As previously reported on Chronicle Live, when police arrested Teague later that day, he expressed surprise and disappointment that his stepbrother wasn’t dead. He then told officers he would “do a better job next time”. After being sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court, Teague, who had a history of attempted suicide and self-harm, substance misuse and depression with panic attacks, was transferred to HMP Garth in Lancashire. In December 2020, he contracted Covid and was hospitalised. A recently published prisons and probation ombudsman report found the diagnosis had a “traumatic impact” on him. The report said: “He suffered from …

North Korea Rages At Upcoming US Drills: “Rehearsal For Aggressive War”

North Korea Rages At Upcoming US Drills: “Rehearsal For Aggressive War”

Published by Jenni Sidey

North Korea has issued a severe warning over the upcoming joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea, characterizing it as a rehearsal for an aggressive war and that it is is ready to respond. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry described Friday that these planned drills look different, and will be more dangerous, compared to all prior ones of the past-half decade, in that they appear offensive in nature as the exercise will focus on modern warfare tactics. The 10-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will kick off this coming Monday, August 17, and will see tens of thousands of military personnel from the United States, South Korea participate – but also other allied countries such as Australia. “The US announced that the forthcoming exercises are quite different from the ones of the past five years and intended to master the ability of fighting a war on the basis of the new aspects of modern warfare,” the North Korea condemnation reads.  “By doing so, it did not conceal its aim to complete preparations for the …