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Thunder vs. Timberwolves score: Live updates for Game 3 as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander aims for 3-0 series lead – CBS Sports Thunder vs. Timberwolves score: Live updates for Game 3 as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander aims for 3-0 series lead – CBS Sports Thunder vs. Timberwolves score: Live updates for Game 3 as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander aims for 3-0 series lead CBS SportsNBA betting: Bets that stand out for Timberwolves-Thunder Game 3 ESPNMinnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: How to watch Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Western Conference Finals tonight Yahoo SportsFive things to watch for ahead of a critical Wolves vs. Thunder Game 3 Star TribunePHOTOS » A look back at Sidy Cissoko’s 2024 – 2025 Trail Blazers Season NBA Source link #Thunder #Timberwolves #score #Live #updates #Game #Shai #GilgeousAlexander #aims #series #lead #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Starfield “is coming to PS5”, it’s once again claimed Starfield “is coming to PS5”, it’s once again claimed Starfield “is coming to PS5”. That according to known leaker Nate The Hate, who made the comment in a reply on social media this week. With Microsoft continuing to release first-party games on other platforms like PS5 and PC, a question was posed about what’s going on with Starfield on the system. “Starfield is coming to PS5 & intent should be announced this year,” he said. “It’s just a matter of when will the announcement happen.” Source link #Starfield #coming #PS5 #claimed Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Popcorn the hamster led me to meet the love of my life’ ‘Popcorn the hamster led me to meet the love of my life’ Chris Davies says Popcorn the hamster, who went viral on TikTok, helped him with his mental health When Chris Davies’s daughter first begged him for a hamster, he wasn’t exactly thrilled. But eight-year-old Lily, after hours of research, managed to convince her dad they were not just “starter pets” and to welcome one into their home. The NHS nurse bought Popcorn, a hamster he said he knew there was “something different” about from the beginning. But nothing could have prepared Chris for the “surreal” impact the rodent would have on his life, eventually leading him to the woman he will soon marry. Chris Davies Chris says he had to convince Lily to choose Popcorn, who was “smaller and not as pretty as the others” when they bought him Not long after bringing Popcorn home, Chris’ life took an expected turn as he had a “sudden” break-up. “I was broken after,” he said. Yet during those lonely times, it was Popcorn who offered him unexpected support. “I thought I’d just be more open-minded and see what this animal was about.” Chris was surprised to find that Popcorn behaved more like a loyal puppy than a rodent. “He was following me like a dog,” he said. “I got him on the sofa with me, and he fell asleep on my chest. I couldn’t believe it.” Chris Davies Chris says he never expected Popcorn to be so affectionate For Chris, who struggles with anxiety, Popcorn soon became a source of calm and connection. “It was just a really beautiful thing. It was mindfulness. “Being a nurse in the NHS, some days are quite hard and it’s really stressful, but Popcorn would just calm me down.” Lily and other family members began encouraging Chris to post videos of Popcorn’s behaviour online. “I was kind of anxious at first,” Chris said. “How many blokes do you see lying on a sofa with a hamster?” But almost as soon as Chris began posting videos of Popcorn on TikTok, they took off. More than140,000 fans were charmed by Popcorn’s unusual personality, his affection and his bond with Chris and Lily. He became, as Chris lovingly described him, their “micro-dog”. Chris Davies Though Lily never appeared on the TikTok videos, she was also very attached to Popcorn What followed was a bizarre set of events no one could have been predicted, Chris said. As Popcorn gained popularity online, Chris and Lily wrote a book together about the impact that the little critter had on their family, which was then published in May 2024. Then one evening, Chris then received a comment from a fellow Cardiffian, Carrie, telling him his content was “cute”. The pair got chatting, soon discovering mutual passions, a shared love for animals and even the same profession. “We were living only a mile apart, but we’d never bumped into each other,” Chris said. “It was crazy.” Chris Davies Chris says meeting Carrie through posting videos of Popcorn, in the age of dating apps, felt like “fate” Chris and Carrie met in person a few months later and when Carrie held Popcorn, Chris said, it was like a something “clicked into place”. The family, which has now grown to include Carrie and her children as well, sadly lost Popcorn in the summer of 2023. But fast forward to today and Chris and Carrie are engaged, set to marry this December. Their wedding cake will even feature a small tribute to Popcorn, with his name written at the bottom. “Without him it wouldn’t have happened, you know. He was cupid, in a way.” Chris said. Though Popcorn has been gone for a few years now, his impact remains immeasurable. For Chris, he was more than just a ****. “There’s never be another Popcorn,” he said. “He was just a one-off.” Source link #Popcorn #hamster #led #meet #love #life Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

WA farmers defy national trend to boost State’s tractor sales 21 per cent in April WA farmers defy national trend to boost State’s tractor sales 21 per cent in April WA farmers bought more tractors than any other state or territory in Australia in April, as sales in other states plummeted on the back of dry conditions and high input prices. The latest data from the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia reveals national tractor sales were significantly down last month, with fewer than 800 tractors sold across the nation in the 30-day *******. The figure was down 13 per cent month-on-month and 9 per cent down compared to April 2024. Comparatively, WA tractor sales surged 21 per cent in April after increasing 14 per cent in March, despite high input prices, interest rates and global trade concerns playing on farmers’ minds. TMA executive director Gary Northover said underlying enquiries for new sales were consistent, however, the Federal election held in May and the ramifications of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs were on the minds of farmers. He said many dealers had expected sales to improve in April after a tepid start to the year. “Underlying order inquiry rates remain solid which gives rise to a level of optimism that the market will continue to improve,” he said. “However, with the general uncertainty surrounding the current Federal election cycle combined with the impact of tariffs being imposed in the US, one cannot be certain that activity won’t slip back here in Australia.” Victoria experienced the biggest drop in tractor sales in April, down 33 per cent, followed by South Australia at 14 per cent and Tasmania and New South Wales at 13 per cent. Sales dipped 7.5 per cent in Queensland. Comparatively, WA farmers are 3 per cent ahead of calendar year sales when measured against the same time last year, while national figures have dived 9 per cent between January and April. Mr Northover said the large 200 horsepower market-plus range was taking the biggest hit, with sales down 22 per cent this month to be 27 per cent behind for the year to date. “Combine Harvester Sales remain subdued, and expectations are that the full year result may be around the 700-unit mark which is well of the recent highs seen during the Instant Asset Write Off years,” he said. Rabobank’s latest Rural Confidence Survey — released in March — revealed net rural confidence in WA remained steady, but itthe only state or territory where confidence didn’t lift in the first quarter of the year. Despite a bumper finish last year for WA grain growers – who recorded their third-largest winter crop on record – optimism across the board has been tempered by concerns about government interventions and policies, especially the end to live export Australia is following what appears to be a global trend, with US tractor sales dipping 12.3 per cent across all classes according to the US’ Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Source link #farmers #defy #national #trend #boost #States #tractor #sales #cent #April Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Norse Roguelite Crossings Coming to Meta Quest & PCVR Norse Roguelite Crossings Coming to Meta Quest & PCVR Budgets Cuts developer Neat Corp has unveiled Crossings, a VR roguelite coming to Meta Quest and PCVR headsets. Source link #Norse #Roguelite #Crossings #Coming #Meta #Quest #amp #PCVR Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ghost of Yotei Rated in Korea for Mature Content Including Gambling and ******* Themes Ghost of Yotei Rated in Korea for Mature Content Including Gambling and ******* Themes Ghost of Yotei is rated “19+” in Korea due to ******* content, gambling, and strong violence. The game is set to launch in October for PS5. Source link #Ghost #Yotei #Rated #Korea #Mature #Content #Including #Gambling #******* #Themes Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sister Details Last Conversation She Had with 19-Year-Old Twin Brothers as Officials Determine They Died by Suicide Sister Details Last Conversation She Had with 19-Year-Old Twin Brothers as Officials Determine They Died by Suicide Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, who were found dead at the top of a Georgia mountain on March 8, both died by suicide, authorities announced this week Initially, officials said that the evidence suggested their deaths were a “******* suicide” The family continues to have many questions in the wake of their deaths Officials have concluded their investigation into the deaths of 19-year-old twins Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, who were found dead at the top of a Georgia mountain – and announced a shift from their preliminary findings when it came to their manner of death. On Wednesday, May 21, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that they’d ruled that both young men died by suicide, a change from the agency’s initial findings on March 9, in which they classified their deaths as a “******* suicide” based on preliminary evidence. “The comprehensive investigation indicates the injuries causing their deaths were self-inflicted,” the agency said. The GBI said no further information will be released when contacted by PEOPLE. The GBI Medical Examiner’s Office and Towns County Sheriff’s Office directed PEOPLE to the GBI press release. Since Qaadir and Naazir’s bodies were found by hikers at the top of Bell Mountain in Hiawassee, Ga., on March 8, family members said they didn’t believe that the young men —who had planned on a taking a birthday cruise in April and dreamed of being entrepreneurs — would hurt themselves or each other, CNN reported. “My nephews wouldn’t do this!” the twins’ aunt, Yasmine Brawner, wrote in a GoFundMe page she organized in hopes of hiring an investigator to help with the case. (Brawner did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.) “[They] wanted so much for their future, they had dreams of starting their very own clothing line,” she added. On March 7, the day before the siblings were found dead, Naazir was scheduled to fly to Boston to see friends, according to CNN. Officials said that he went to the airport but never boarded the plane. Instead, he returned to his home in Lawrenceville, an Atlanta suburb. What prompted Naazir and Qaadir to travel from their hometown to Hiawassee, almost 90 miles away, is unclear. But cellular location data helped investigators establish a timeline from the siblings’ home to Bell Mountain. Surveillance footage also emerged, which showed the twins entering a Shell Gas station in Lawrenceville, Ga., about 12 hours before they were discovered dead. Getty An aerial shot of Bell Mountain and Lake Chatuge near Hiawassee, Ga. Other evidence that led to their official finding includes records that show “Naazir purchased ammunition used in the gun,” according to the GBI. The ammunition was delivered to Naazir’s house two days before his final trip with his brother. Additionally, internet history from their phones “showed searches for how to load a gun, suicide rates in 2024, and other related searches.” gofundme The twin brothers had big plans for their future, their family says. For the brothers’ family, there are still unending questions – and pain. “For a lot of our family, it’s too much,” a family member told CNN. “They are extremely traumatized.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories The twins’ older sister, Kai’ree Powell, remembered her last day with them. On March 6, the three siblings watched a sitcom at her home in Atlanta and talked about life. “They asked me … ‘If you didn’t have any anxiety and fears, what would you do?’ And I told them that I would want to dance because I’ve always wanted to be a dancer,” Powell told CNN. “And they said, ‘You should do that. I really hope that you do that.’ ” “That was the last thing they said to me,” she added. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7. Read the original article on People Source link #Sister #Details #Conversation #19YearOld #Twin #Brothers #Officials #Determine #Died #Suicide Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii – AP News An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii – AP News An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii AP NewsView Full Coverage on Google News Source link #Oregon #man #quit #job #set #sail #cat #arrives #cheering #fans #Hawaii #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

How Lucy Connolly’s racist tweet sparked a free speech row How Lucy Connolly’s racist tweet sparked a free speech row Ben Schofield BBC political correspondent, East of England X.com Lucy Connolly called for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and wrote “if that makes me racist, so be it” Lucy Connolly’s 51-word online post in the wake of the Southport killings led her to jail and into the centre of a row over free speech. For some, the 31-month jail term imposed for inciting race hate was “tyrannical”, while one commentator said Connolly was a “hostage of the British state”, and another that she was “clearly a political prisoner”. Court of Appeal judges, however, this week refused to reduce her sentence. Asked about her case in Parliament, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sentencing was “a matter for the courts” and that while he was “strongly in favour of free speech”, he was “equally against incitement to violence”. Rupert Lowe, the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, said the situation was “morally repugnant” and added: “This is not the Britain I want to live in.” Others said her supporters wanted a “right to be racist”. Northamptonshire Police Connolly’s legal team argued her sentence was “manifestly excessive” but the Court of Appeal disagreed Warning: This report contains racist and discriminatory language In July last year, prompted by a false rumour that an ******** immigrant was responsible for the ******* of three girls at a dance workshop in Southport, Connolly posted online calling for “mass deportation now”, adding “set fire to all the… hotels [housing asylum seekers]… for all I care”. Connolly, then a 41-year-old Northampton childminder, added: “If that makes me racist, so be it.” At the time she had about 9,000 followers on X. Her message was reposted 940 times and viewed 310,000 times, before she deleted it three and a half hours later. In October she was jailed after admitting inciting racial hatred. Three appeal court judges this week ruled the 31-month sentence was not “manifestly excessive”. PA Media Connolly’s appeal was paid for by the Free Speech Union, founded by Lord Toby Young (holding left edge of the banner) Stephen O’Grady, a legal officer with the Free Speech Union (FSU), said the sentence seemed “rather steep in proportion to the offence”. His organisation has worked with Connolly’s family since November and funded her appeal. Mr O’Grady said Connolly “wasn’t some lager-fuelled hooligan on the streets” and pointed to her being a mother of a 12-year-old daughter, who had also lost a son when he was just 19 months old. He said there was a “difference between howling racist abuse at somebody in the street and throwing bricks at the police” and “sending tweets, which were perhaps regrettable but wouldn’t have the same immediate effect”. Free Speech Union Stephen O’Grady said Connolly’s case demonstrated “police overreach” Connolly’s case was also “emblematic of wider concerns” about “increasing police interest in people’s online activity”, Mr O’Grady said. The FSU had received “a slew of queries” from people who were “very unsure” about “the limits of what they can they can say online”, he said, and who feared “the police are going to come knocking on the door”. “There’s an immense amount of police overreach,” he added. He cited the example of a retired special constable detained after challenging a pro-Palestine supporter online, a case the FSU took on. Responding to Mr O’Grady’s claim, a National Police Chiefs’ Council spokesperson said that Article 10 of the Human Rights Act “protects a person’s right to hold opinions and to express them freely” and that officers received training about the act. They added: “It remains imperative that officers and staff continue to receive training commensurate with the demands placed upon them.” PA Media Raymond Connolly said the Court of Appeal had shown his wife “no mercy” After the appeal was dismissed, Connolly’s husband, Conservative town councillor Raymond Connolly, said she was “a good person and not a racist” and had “paid a very high price for making a mistake”. Her local Labour MP, Northampton South’s Mike Reader, said he had “big sympathy” for Connolly and her daughter, but there was no justification for accusing the police of “overreach”. He said: “I want the police to protect us online and I want the police to protect us on the streets and they should be doing it equally.” It was a “fallacy” and “misunderstanding of the world” if people did not “believe that the online space is as dangerous for people as the streets,” he added. “We’re all attached to our phones; we’re all influenced by what we see, and I think it’s right that the police took action here.” PA Media Connolly had pleaded guilty but argued at appeal she had not intended to incite serious violence In his sentencing remarks, Judge Melbourne Inman said Connolly’s offence was “category A” – meaning “high culpability” – and that both the prosecution and her own barrister agreed she “intended to incite serious violence”. For Reader, this showed “they weren’t arguing this was a silly tweet and she should be let off – her own counsel agreed this was a serious issue”. At her appeal, Connolly claimed that while she accepted she intended to stir up racial hatred, she always denied trying to incite violence. But Lord Justice Holroyde said in a judgement this week the evidence “clearly shows that she was well aware of what she was admitting”. Sentencing guidelines for the offence indicate a starting point of three years’ custody. While the prosecution argued the offence was aggravated by its timing, “particularly sensitive social climate”, the defence argued the tweet had been posted before any violence had started, and that Connolly had “subsequently attempted to stop the violence after it had erupted”. The judgement also highlighted other online posts from Connolly that the judges said indicated her “view about ******** immigrants”. Four days before the Southport murders, she responded to a video shared by far-right activist Tommy Robinson showing a ****** man being tackled to the ground for allegedly performing a sex act in public. Connolly posted: “Somalian, I guess. Loads of them,” followed by a vomiting emoji. On 3 August, responding to an anti-racism protest in Manchester, she wrote: “I take it they will all be in line to sign up to house an ******** boat invader then. Oh sorry, refugee. “Maybe sign a waiver to say they don’t mind if it’s one of their family that gets attacked, butchered, ****** etc, by unvetted criminals.” The FSU said she was likely to be eligible for release from August, after serving 40% of her sentence. Some, including Mr O’Grady, argued her jail term was longer than punishments handed to criminals perceived to have committed “far worse” crimes. Reform ***’s Mark Arnull, the leader of West Northamptonshire Council, said it was not for him “to pass comment on sentences or indeed discuss individual cases”. But he added: “It’s relatively easy to understand why constituents in West Northamptonshire question the proportionality of Lucy’s sentence when they see offenders in other high-profile and serious cases walk free and avoid jail.” Shola Mos-Shogbamimu Shola Mos-Shogbamimu believed Connolly’s supporters wanted a “right to be racist” The issue for writer and activist Shola Mos-Shogbamimu was that “those who have committed worse crimes” should “spend more time in jail, not less time for Lucy Connolly”. Dr Mos-Shogbamimu added: “It’s not ‘freedom of speech without accountability’. She didn’t tweet something that hurt someone’s feelings; she tweeted saying someone should die.” In her view, those making Connolly a “flag-bearer or champion” for free speech were asking for “the right to be racist”. Free speech advocate Mr O’Grady said “no-one is arguing for an unfettered ‘right’ to incite racial hatred”. Connolly’s case was about “proportionality”, he added, and “the sense that online speech is increasingly being punished very harshly compared to other offending… such as in-person violent disorder”. Source link #Lucy #Connollys #racist #tweet #sparked #free #speech #row Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ban to stretch Cronulla’s backline even further Ban to stretch Cronulla’s backline even further Ronaldo Mulitalo has added to Cronulla’s backline issues, with the winger facing a one-match ban for his late shot that levelled Mark Nawaqanitawase. Mulitalo was on Sunday hit with a grade-two dangerous contact charge for hitting Nawaqanitawase after he passed in the Sydney Roosters’ win on Saturday. If the Sharks were to fight the matter at the NRL judiciary, Mulitalo would risk a second game on the sideline. Cronulla have already faced depth issues in their outside backs this year, after Sione Katoa required shoulder surgery after an injury in a pre-season trial. Sam Stonestreet is also out with an ankle injury, after sustaining damage to his syndesmosis against Melbourne last week. Cronulla are hopeful of Katoa returning after next week’s bye, otherwise Mulitalo’s ban would leave the Sharks without both first-choice wingers against the Warriors. In that case, Chris Vae’ila would be the front-runner to debut for the Sharks. Mulitalo was sin-binned for the shot on Saturday night, with referee Grant Atkins identifying direct shoulder contact to the head after Nawaqanitawase passed. But the match review committee on Sunday deemed it to be dangerous contact and not a shoulder charge, which would have resulted in an extra game out. Penrith forward Liam Henry is also facing a two-match ban out of Saturday night’s games, in trouble for a crusher tackle on Fletcher Sharpe in the loss to Newcastle. The review committee on Sunday opted for a grade-two charge, meaning Henry would risk a third match on the sideline if he elects to fight the ban. The last-placed Panthers at least expect to have their entire State of Origin cohort back for those games, provided the quintet get through game one unscathed. Backrower Scott Sorensen is also due back from a suspension against Parramatta next Sunday, while Luke Garner should be able to return from a concussion. Source link #Ban #stretch #Cronullas #backline Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Diary of a Gazan family’s descent toward starvation Diary of a Gazan family’s descent toward starvation By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA CITY (Reuters) -Mervat Hijazi and her nine children didn’t eat at all on Thursday – save her underweight baby who had a sachet of peanut paste. “I’m so ashamed of myself for not being able to feed my children,” Hijazi told Reuters from their tent pitched amid the rubble of Gaza City. “I cry at night when my baby cries and her stomach aches from hunger.” Six-year-old Zaha can’t sleep because of Israel’s bombardment. “She wakes up terrified, shaking, and then remembers she didn’t eat and is hungry. I put her back to sleep, promising her food in the morning. Of course I lie.” Hijazi, 38, recounted a terrible week. Sunday, May 18: Her family was given about half a kilo of cooked lentils from a community kitchen run by a charity, half the amount she would normally use for a single meal. Monday: A local aid group was distributing some vegetables in the camp but there wasn’t enough to go round and Hijazi’s family didn’t get any. Her 14-year-old daughter Menna went to the community kitchen and came back with a meagre amount of cooked potato. Everyone was hungry so they filled up by drinking water. Tuesday: The family received about half a kilo of cooked pasta from the kitchen. One daughter was also given some falafel by an uncle who lived nearby. Wednesday: A good day, relatively. They received a bowl of rice with lentils at the community kitchen. It wasn’t nearly enough, but Menna went back and pleaded with them and they eventually gave her two other small dishes. “She is tough and keeps crying at them until they give her.” Thursday: the kitchen was closed, the family couldn’t find out why. They had nothing to eat except for the peanut sachet for 11-month-old Lama, received from a clinic as a nutritional supplement because baby milk formula has all but disappeared. “I don’t have enough milk in my breasts to feed her because I hardly eat myself,” said Hijazi, whose husband was killed early in the war as he cycled to get food from a charity kitchen. The Hijazis’ plight is a snapshot of the misery plaguing the ************ enclave of Gaza. A global hunger monitor warned this month half a million people face starvation while famine looms. Israel has been bombarding and besieging Gaza since the territory’s ruling group ****** launched a surprise attack against Israeli border communities on October 7, 2023. The ****** attack killed 1,200 people, according to Israel, while Gazan authorities say the ensuing Israeli offensive has killed more than 53,000 people. Israeli authorities have repeatedly said there is enough food in Gaza to feed the population and accuse ****** of stealing aid in order to feed its fighters and to maintain control over the territory, an accusation the group denies. This week Israel started allowing some food to enter the territory for the first time since March 2, including flour and baby food but it says a new U.S.-sponsored system run by private contractors will begin operating soon. The plan will involve distribution centres in areas controlled by Israeli troops, a plan the U.N. and aid agencies have attacked, saying it will lead to further displacement of the population and that aid should flow through existing networks. Hijazi said her family had seen no sign yet of the new aid and she is consumed by worry for her baby, Lama, who was 5 kg when weighed last week. That’s about half the average for a healthy one-year-old girl according to World Health Organization charts. This week the family have had, at most, a single meal a day to share, the mother added. U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said this week that the amount of aid Israel was proposing to allow into Gaza was “a drop in the ocean” of what was needed. WE HAVE NO SAY IN THIS WAR The tent shared by Hijazi and her children is large and rectangular with a portrait of their dead husband and father Mohammed hanging on one side above a thin mattress and some mostly empty jars and stacked plastic bowls. The family is from the Sabra district of Gaza City, in the north of the enclave, where Israel’s first assault was concentrated. They decided to flee the district on the day Mohammed was killed – November 17, 2023. They went south to the central Gazan area of Deir al-Balah, first staying with family and then moving to an encampment for the displaced. They returned to Gaza City after a ceasefire was agreed in January, but their home had been damaged and they are now living in a camp for the displaced. Hunger makes them all listless, Hijazi said, and they often lack enough energy even to clean their tent. When Reuters visited, some of the children lay sprawled silent on the floor. But they still have jobs to do. Menna is often sent to ****** at the food kitchen. She arrives more than an hour before it opens, knowing that otherwise she would stand no chance of getting food and often waits another hour before she is served, Hijazi said. On days when a tanker does not bring water to their part of the camp, Mustafa, 15, and Ali, 13, have to walk to a standpipe in another district and lug heavy plastic jerrycans back to the tent – a chore made harder by their hunger. Everyone remembers life before the war and they talk about the meals they used to enjoy. Mohammed Hijazi was a plumber and earned a good wage. “People used to envy us for the variety of food we had,” his wife said, recalling breakfasts of eggs, beans, falafel, cheese, yoghurt and bread, and lunches and dinners of meat, rice, chicken and vegetables. Her 16-year-old daughter Malik talked about burgers, chocolate and Coca-Cola. “We are civilians. We have no say in this war. All we want is for the war to end,” Hijazi said. “We want to go back to live in homes – real homes. We want to sleep with full stomachs and in peace, not scared of dying while we sleep.” (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Pravin Char) Source link #Diary #Gazan #familys #descent #starvation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sophie Turner Praises Ex-Husband Joe Jonas’ New Album ‘Music for People Who Believe in Love’ – Just Jared Sophie Turner Praises Ex-Husband Joe Jonas’ New Album ‘Music for People Who Believe in Love’ – Just Jared Sophie Turner Praises Ex-Husband Joe Jonas’ New Album ‘Music for People Who Believe in Love’ Just JaredSophie Turner Supports Ex Joe Jonas with New Instagram Post as He Releases Latest Album People.comSophie Turner Praises Joe Jonas’ Album After Divorce Drama Us WeeklyJoe Jonas talks new solo album, navigating his ‘lowest point’ in life Entertainment WeeklySophie Turner hints at current status with ex Joe Jonas after messy divorce and custody battle Page Six Source link #Sophie #Turner #Praises #ExHusband #Joe #Jonas #Album #Music #People #Love #Jared Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

New Coalition agreement to be inked in ‘coming couple of days’, Littleproud says New Coalition agreement to be inked in ‘coming couple of days’, Littleproud says A new Coalition agreement will be inked in the “coming couple of days”, David Littleproud says. The Nationals leader earlier this week announced his party was breaking up with the Liberal Party, marking the only the fourth breach in the Coalition’s 79-year history. But days later, both Mr Littleproud and Sussan Ley confirmed the shock split was on pause following last-minute concessions from the Liberal leader. Mr Littleproud said on Sunday he had “received the written response and confirmation that the Liberal Party is prepared to accept the four policy areas that were the reason we couldn’t sign up to that coalition”. Camera IconNationals leader David Littleproud says he and Liberal counterpart Sussan Ley will ink a new Coalition agreement in the ‘coming couple of days’. NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit: NewsWire “They were important to us,” he told Sky News. “They were policy areas that people before I even got into the National Party party room had fought for and could see would change the lives of the people we represent. “And we made great progress in the last term of parliament, and I wanted to make sure that they they remained, and we couldn’t get that guarantee.” The four policies the Nationals would not budge on in negotiations included divestiture powers for supermarkets, nuclear power, its proposed $20bn regional Australia fund and greater telecommunications coverage. It clashed with Ms Ley’s vision of a “nothing adopted and nothing abandoned” approach to reviewing policies in the wake of the Coalition’s decimation at the federal election. Mr Littleproud said the would be “further discussions with Susan (Ley)” in the coming week but welcomed that “the Liberal Party were able to finally appreciate” how important the policy demands were to the Nationals. “Unfortunately, it was after we had to give the ultimate decision from our party room,” he said. He added it was not a decision “we took lightly”, but “one that came with much sacrifice from many of our people, knowing that they weren’t going to get paid Shadow Cabinet positions and potentially lose their Senate spots”. “But we took a principled position, and we’re appreciative that the Liberal Party party room was finally brought together to appreciate that, and we got a resolution,” Mr Littleproud said. “I think that shows great intent from the Liberal Party.” More to come. Source link #Coalition #agreement #inked #coming #couple #days #Littleproud Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Perseverance rover rolls onto ‘Crocodile’ plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks Perseverance rover rolls onto ‘Crocodile’ plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On the road to Krokodillen: One of the navigation cameras on NASA’s Perseverance captured the rover’s tracks coming from an area called “Witch Hazel Hill,” on May 13, 2025, the 1,503rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover has made to a new region on Mars, which may contain some of the Red Planet’s oldest and most interesting rocks. Perseverance landed inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater in February 2021, on a mission to search for past signs of Mars life and collect dozens of samples for future return to Earth. The car-sized rover has covered a lot of ground in the past four-plus years, and it has now reached yet another new spot — a plateau of rocky outcrops that the mission team named Krokodillen, after a mountain ridge on Prins Karls Forland island in Norway. (Krokodillen means “crocodile” in Norwegian.) Krokodillen, which covers about 73 acres (30 hectares), is a boundary of sorts between the ancient rocks of Jezero’s rim and the plains beyond. Earlier work suggest that it harbors clay minerals, which form in the presence of liquid water. If Perseverance finds more such minerals throughout Krokodillen, it would suggest that the area may have been habitable long ago — an intriguing thought, given the age of the rocks. “The Krokodillen rocks formed before Jezero Crater was created, during Mars’ earliest geologic *******, the Noachian, and are among the oldest rocks on Mars,” Ken Farley, deputy project scientist for Perseverance from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said in a statement on May 19. “If we find a potential biosignature here, it would most likely be from an entirely different and much earlier epoch of Mars evolution than the one we found last year in the crater with ‘Cheyava Falls,'” Farley added. Cheyava Falls is an arrowhead-shaped rock that Perseverance studied in 2024. The rover found chemical signatures and structures that are consistent with the activity of ancient microbial life. But such features may also have been produced by geological processes, so they remain potential rather than definitive biosignatures. Related: Scientists find hint of hidden liquid water ocean deep below Mars’ surface Indeed, confirming the presence of current or past life on Mars may be too tall a task for Perseverance, given its limited scientific payload. That’s why the rover is collecting samples that can be returned to Earth for study in well-equipped labs around the globe. (The future of Mars sample return is currently in doubt, however; the Trump administration’s 2026 budget request would cancel the current plan to bring Perseverance’s collected material home.) RELATED STORIES —NASA Mars satellite uncovers markings ‘like paint dripping down a wall’ on Martian surface —NASA rover discovers out-of-place ‘Skull’ on Mars, and scientists are baffled —Lights on Mars! NASA rover photographs visible auroras on Red Planet for the first time And speaking of sampling: The Perseverance team is implementing a new strategy going forward, according to the Monday statement. The rover will now leave some of its newly filled tubes unsealed, so it can dump out collected samples in favor of potentially more exciting ones if need be. The team is taking this tack because Perseverance is getting low on unsealed tubes and still has a lot of intriguing ground to cover. The rover carries 43 tubes, 38 of which are for collecting samples. (The other five are “witness” tubes that are designed to help the mission team determine if any materials in the collected samples are contaminants from Earth.) Perseverance has filled all but seven of its sample tubes at this point, according to Perseverance acting project scientist Katie Stack Morgan of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “We have been exploring Mars for over four years, and every single filled sample tube we have on board has its own unique and compelling story to tell,” she said in the same statement. “This strategy allows us maximum flexibility as we continue our collection of diverse and compelling rock samples.” This article was originally published on Space.com. Source link #Perseverance #rover #rolls #Crocodile #plateau #Mars #hunt #superold #rocks Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump Greenlights US Steel Merger Despite Campaign Promise to Scrap Deal – Truthout Trump Greenlights US Steel Merger Despite Campaign Promise to Scrap Deal – Truthout Trump Greenlights US Steel Merger Despite Campaign Promise to Scrap Deal TruthoutUncertainty clouds the Mon Valley as possible U.S. Steel deal takes shape Pittsburgh Post-GazetteTrump to Allow Nippon-U.S. Steel Deal to Move Forward WSJPresident Trump says Nippon Steel and US Steel to enter into ‘partnership’ CNNUS Steel workers react to partnership news with Nippon Steel WTAE Source link #Trump #Greenlights #Steel #Merger #Campaign #Promise #Scrap #Deal #Truthout Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Germany’s big five anniversaries in 2025 Germany’s big five anniversaries in 2025 While other countries in Europe mark special occasions in 2025, Germany has noteworthy dates of its own to celebrate, with legendary talents, sights and stories coming under the spotlight. 275 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF BACH Decades before Mozart and Beethoven were born, there was another composer who stirred hearts and minds across Europe. That’s Johann Sebastian Bach, whose tunes were the sound of the late baroque era. This year, commemorative events are taking place around Germany, including Bach festivals in the state of Thuringia, where he was raised in the town of Eisenach, and in the city of Leipzig, where he composed many of his famous works and passed away on July 28, 1750. Dresden is another focal point for the anniversary celebrations. Bach was a regular visitor to the “Florence of the Elbe” and the landmark church, the Frauenkirche, at the heart of a city rebuilt after World War II Allied bombing, will be among the concert venues showcasing his compositions, such as the Brandenburg Concertos and Goldberg Variations. Camera IconA statue of Johann Sebastian Bach in Muhlhausen, one of the towns in Germany that will mark the 275th anniversary of the composer’s death in 2025. Credit: Florian TrykowskiCamera IconBerlin’s Museum Island is celebrating its 200th birthday with an event-filled festival. Credit: Berlin TourismCamera IconLubeck is the birthplace of Thomas Mann, born 150 years ago. Credit: Schleswig-Holstein TourismCamera IconTrendelburg town and fortress is a pit stop on the Germany Fairy Tale Route. Credit: Hesse Tourism 50 YEARS OF THE FAIRY TALE ROUTE Buoyed by the success of the Romantic Road, tourism bosses conjured the Germany Fairy Tale Route, hoping it would do for the country’s centre and north what the former did for the south. Winding 600km between Hanau (near Frankfurt) and Buxtehude (near Hamburg), this route is heavily driven by the lives and works of those fairytale masters, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. There are dozens of locations to visit en route, including chocolate-box towns and villages like Marburg and Steinau and the woodlands that characters like Hansel and Gretel would have played in. Other places you may have read about in your childhood include Hamelin, famed for its pied piper, and Bremen, where there’s a statue of its animal musicians. Elsewhere, there’s Sababurg Castle (the model, it’s said, for Sleeping Beauty’s home) and Rapunzel’s Tower, which soars from the medieval fortress in Trendelburg, a town in the Diemel Valley. Throughout the Fairy Tale Route, you will find museums about the Brothers Grimm, open-air performances of their stories in the warmer months, and walking tours led by guides in ******* and character costumes. fact file + For more information on the anniversary events and to visit Germany, see germany.travel/en/. Camera IconDresden will stage concerts to mark the 275th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. Credit: Saxony Tourism Source link #Germanys #big #anniversaries Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Got $5,000? 2 Reliable Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever. Got $5,000? 2 Reliable Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever. Coca-Cola’s dividend track record shows a stable business that can perform well long-term. Costco’s strategy, economic moat, and growth opportunities make its prospects attractive. 10 stocks we like better than Coca-Cola › Trump’s trade policies have rocked broader equities. Though the president has paused much of his tariff agenda, the volatility it has caused left investors at least a bit worried about what will happen next. That’s understandable, but it’s essential to focus on the long game even in times like these. No matter what happens in the next few months, the stock market should produce competitive returns over many decades. And to cash in on that, owning shares in companies that can perform well over the long run is essential. Two great examples are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST). For those who can spare $5,000 without hurting their emergency fund, here’s why investing that money into these two corporations would be a great move. Image source: Getty Images. Coca-Cola is handily beating the market so far this year despite the tariff problem. That’s not that surprising. The consumer staples industry it belongs to tends to perform better than most during economic downturns. So, if a recession is on the way, which some believe is the case, investors perceive Coca-Cola as a safe haven, a place to put their money while withdrawing it from speculative or unprofitable stocks. And despite its strong performance this year, Coca-Cola’s forward price-to-earnings (P/E) of 24.2 looks reasonable compared to the average of 22.2 for the industry. Moreover, if Trump’s trade plans survive his administration, Coca-Cola should handle tariffs just fine. It has a presence in most countries and typically does most of its manufacturing for each market locally; most of what it sells in the U.S. is made in the U.S. That means Coca-Cola will see a relatively minimal impact from tariffs compared to companies with significant manufacturing footprints abroad. However, that only addresses how the company might perform in the short run, while the effects of the current administration’s trade plans continue to be felt on Wall Street. What, exactly, makes it a stock worth owning forever? A critical aspect of Coca-Cola’s business is the brand name it has built over many years. Few soft drink brands can measure up to the company’s reach and influence. That also means few can battle Coca-Cola for shelf space in grocery stores. The company’s brand name grants it a significant advantage. Another important thing to consider is that Coca-Cola has a deep portfolio of products that has not remained static over time. The company adopts its strategy according to changing demands — if it didn’t, it might have gone out of business already, or at least, it would be far less successful today. Even if some of Coca-Cola’s brands start seeing less demand — which has happened before — the company can adapt accordingly. Story Continues Lastly, Coca-Cola’s terrific dividend track record provides strongly suggests its status as a forever stock. The company has increased its payouts for 63 consecutive years. Most businesses don’t survive, let alone grow their dividends, for that long. Only those with incredibly robust underlying operations can pull it off. Coca-Cola is in that category. For income or long-term performance, the stock is an excellent pick. Investors can get 69 shares of the company with $5,000. Let’s start with the bad news with Costco. After an incredible performance in the past few years, the stock now looks expensive. The company’s forward P/E of 56.7 is well above the average for consumer staples stocks. Costco could see its shares dip if it even mildly fails to live up to the market’s high expectations in the next few quarters. Yet for those who plan on holding the stock for a while, that won’t matter too much as, in the long run, it should deliver solid returns, largely thanks to its strategy and economic moat. Costco’s competitive advantage stems from its brand name and customer loyalty. The company membership model locks customers in and incentivizes them to return to its stores; otherwise, it’s a waste of a membership fee. However, this wouldn’t work if these customers didn’t see the value of this model. They would not pay the fee and forego shopping at Costco. What they get from it is the ability to buy items in bulk at discounted prices. Costco is one of the best in the business at this game, which has served it well for the past few decades. The company is also looking at several growth opportunities, especially international expansion. Of the 897 warehouses it operated as of the end of the second quarter of its fiscal year 2025 — which closed on Feb. 16 — 617, or almost 69%, were in the U.S. There is a vast opportunity to continue growing its presence worldwide. Some might point to the continued shift to online retail as a risk to Costco. But like many successful companies, it has adapted. As of 2023, it held a respectable 1.5% share of the U.S. e-commerce market. E-commerce sales have been growing faster for the company — the expansion of this industry should be a long-term tailwind for Costco, not a headwind. Now, Costco will face some issues. Tariffs could eat into its already thin margins, unless it passes those costs on to customers. A third of its goods sold in the U.S. are imports from other countries. Still, that means two-thirds of these are not imported to the U.S., and even if Costco has to increase its prices somewhat, so will many other retailers. Costco won’t lose its appeal even in this environment, and in the long run, the company’s global expansion plans and strategy should continue leading to excellent results. So, Costo remains a solid stock to buy and hold long term, even after its terrific performances in recent years. $5,000 is good for four of the company’s shares with plenty of spare change. Before you buy stock in Coca-Cola, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Coca-Cola wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $639,271!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $804,688!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 957% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 167% for the S&P 500. Don’t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Prosper Junior Bakiny has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Costco Wholesale. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Got $5,000? 2 Reliable Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever. was originally published by The Motley Fool Source link #Reliable #Stocks #Buy #Hold Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy – The Hill Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy – The Hill Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy The HillHow the Trump Administration Has the Upper Hand Against Harvard The New York TimesThe problem with Trump’s attempt to ban Harvard from accepting international students MSNBC NewsSupporting Our International Students and Scholars Harvard UniversityJudge temporarily blocks Trump plan to stop Harvard enrolling foreign students BBC Source link #Trumps #ban #Harvard #foreign #students #hefty #price #economy #Hill Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

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Facts about extraterrestrial life and how scientists are looking for it Facts about extraterrestrial life and how scientists are looking for it When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Quick facts about aliens Has extraterrestrial life been discovered?: Not yet! Where are scientists looking for aliens?: Water-rich bodies in our solar system, like Jupiter’s moon Europa, and Earth-like exoplanets — planets outside our solar system How many planets in the Milky Way have the right conditions for life? An estimated 300 million E.T., Stitch, Chewbacca, Groot — humans have a lot of ideas about what aliens might look like. But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience “first contact” with an alien species? Many scientists hope so. They’re looking for extraterrestrial life on planets with conditions that look like Earth’s. A life-friendly planet would probably have water, for example. And for water to be a liquid, the planet must be the perfect distance from its sun for that water not to freeze or turn into a gas. There’s no evidence yet for life on other planets, but as scientists discover more and more planets outside our solar system, they’re hopeful that some of these worlds will be “just right” for life to exist or evolve there. 5 fast facts about aliens Jupiter’s moon Europa has an ocean, and it might have hydrothermal vents, or cracks in the seafloor where hot water seeps through. Scientists think life on Earth may have evolved in hydrothermal vents. The “Goldilocks zone” is the space around a star where temperatures allow liquid water to exist. Many scientists think planets in the Goldilocks zone are those most likely to host life. Everything you need to know about aliensAre aliens real? Sci-fi aliens like Baby Yoda are fun to imagine, but scientists are serious about extraterrestrial life. There are some 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy and at least 2 trillion galaxies in the universe we can study. If most of those stars have at least one planet around them, there could be up to 20 billion trillion extraterrestrial worlds out there. Given those numbers, it would be shocking if only a single planet — Earth — had life. But our closest neighbors in the solar system, Mars and Venus, don’t seem to have any life. Some moons of Saturn and Jupiter have water, so they could have life — most likely tiny creatures the size of germs. If Earthlings ever meet aliens face-to-face, they’ll probably need a microscope to say hi. Until scientists find some firm proof, such as a communication signal from an alien world or fossilized microbes from Mars, Earth remains the only planet where life is known to exist. What might aliens look like? What aliens would look like would depend on where they came from. For example, on the icy moons in our solar system (Jupiter’s Ganymede and Europa, and Saturn’s Enceladus), life could thrive around hydrothermal vents in the oceans under the ice. This life might look like the weird creatures of the deep ocean seen on Earth. There could be primitive microbes, like Earth’s single-celled Archaea. There might be relatively simple creatures with many cells in their body, sort of like Earth’s tube worms, which live off chemicals from the vent fluid. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago, and we think the first life existed by about 4.2 billion years ago. But life on Earth started simple and stayed that way for a long time. The first microbes that produced carbon evolved at least 3.7 billion years ago. (Carbon is an element that is a part of all known life.) But the kind of cells that gave rise to animals, plants and other complex life-forms didn’t evolve until between 2.7 billion and 1.8 billion years ago. Life-forms made of many cells didn’t show up until 600 million years ago. And modern humans came on the scene only around 300,000 years ago. That means that, if other planets with life are like Earth, the time ******* in which they might host intelligent life (or even something as cuddly as a koala) is pretty brief. But there’s a good chance that human life might overlap with microbial life on another planet. Scientists do think that life on other planets would be driven by the same processes as it is on Earth, namely evolution. Changes to the environment drive living things to change, leading to new and more complex species. So a planet out in space that is like Earth and has been through many changes in its surface, rocks and climate would probably have complex life, too. In that case, aliens might face similar challenges and needs as here on Earth, and thus might evolve similar features. Eyes, for example, have evolved independently dozens of times on Earth, and they might evolve in life on other planets, too. Superpowerful telescopes are allowing researchers to detect planets beyond our solar system that might host life. This image shows some exoplanets that might be similar to Earth (from left to right): Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-452b, Kepler-62f and Kepler-186f. Earth is on the far right. | Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech Where might aliens live? Some scientists still hold out hope that life exists elsewhere in our solar system. If it does, it’s probably on one of the these moons: Ganymede: Jupiter’s largest moon is ******* than Mercury and hides a giant ocean under its icy surface. Europa: Another moon of Jupiter with an ice-bound ocean, Europa has liquid water, heat generated by the pull of Jupiter’s gravity, and chemicals that are the building blocks of life. Enceladus: This Saturn moon spews water vapor that contains carbon compounds from its surface. One of these compounds, hydrogen cyanide, is important for the origin of life. Titan: This moon of Saturn is very cold, but it does have carbon-rich liquid on its surface. Any life found on Titan would have to thrive in conditions not seen on Earth. Triton: Neptune’s moon Triton is very, very cold, but it might have an ocean under its surface layer of ice. It also has geological activity in the form of geysers that erupt when the sun heats the nitrogen ice on the planet’s surface. And our next-door neighbor, Mars, may have hosted life in the past, because it used to have liquid water and an atmosphere. Today, any life would have to persist in deep pools of water below the Red Planet’s surface. Outside the solar system, scientists are continually discovering new exoplanets. They can learn things about these planets’ atmospheres by studying the types of light waves they see using superpowerful telescopes. One promising exoplanet for life is called K2-18b. This world is too far for humans to visit, but the light from the planet has reached Earth. This light tells us the planet has an ocean. Scientists think they’ve detected some chemicals in K2-18b’s atmosphere that could be made by marine life, but they don’t know for sure. How are scientists looking for aliens? Scientists look for aliens in a few different ways. First, they listen for alien signals. This is called “passive SETI,” for “search for extraterrestrial intelligence.” If aliens are smart like we are, their technology might send signals into the cosmos. On Earth, for example, all of the radio waves from our phones, satellites and TV station communications “leak” into space, and these leaking radio waves could be picked up if anyone were listening. So Earthlings use telescopes designed to pick up radio waves from space, hoping to find extraterrestrial signals. That only works for tech-savvy aliens, though. Scientists also use light to look at the kinds of molecules that are present on far-off planets and moons. On Earth, some molecules are usually or always made by living things, so if those molecules are found elsewhere, they could be a sign of life. This kind of research lets scientists look for hints of life on exoplanets that are too far away to reach with a spacecraft. Scientists also send spacecraft to the nearby places where life might exist. The Mars rovers, for example, collect rock samples that could contain evidence of fossilized ancient Martian microbes. (They haven’t found any yet, but you never know!) NASA is planning to send a drone with propellers, called Dragonfly, to Saturn’s moon Titan in 2028. Dragonfly would reach Titan by 2034 and search for chemicals tied to life. The European Space Agency would like to send a mission to Enceladus, also to search for signs of past or present life. NASA’s Kepler space telescope before it launched into orbit, trailing Earth around the sun. The telescope is one of the key tools astronomers use to discover exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. | Credit: NASA/KSC Are UFOs aliens? Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are things in the sky that aren’t explained. The first modern UFO sighting goes back to 1947, when a U.S. fighter pilot reported seeing flying saucers in Washington. Not every UFO sighting can be explained, but many turn out to be events with an Earthly origin. For example, the famous “UFO ******” from Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 was actually debris from an experimental military balloon that was supposed to pick up sound waves from atomic bomb tests in the Soviet Union. More recently, strange videos have shown seemingly quick-moving, hovering objects. These “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs) don’t have an official explanation. However, they could be normal objects that seem to be moving quickly due to optical illusions, or things that aren’t what they appear to be. The pilot who took the videos might have been seeing drones, weather balloons or even birds. Any alien civilization with the kind of technology to build spacecraft has to be an enormous distance away, given that the closest exoplanet that has the right conditions for life is Proxima Centauri B, which is 24 trillion miles away. Proxima Centauri B isn’t very close, and it might not have an atmosphere. So it might not have life at all, much less life that could travel to us. And we would need some seriously advanced way to get there: With current Earth technology, it would take 6,300 years for a spacecraft to travel from Earth to Proxima Centauri B. In other words, no, UFOs probably aren’t aliens. An alien civilization could send a spacecraft to our planet, but it would mean the aliens who sent it in the first place — and their kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, great-great-grandkids and so on — would probably be long dead before the craft reached us. So it’s a lot more likely that UFO sightings are cases of mistaken identity. Alien pictures Image 1 of 4 A golden record interposed with an image of Voyager spacecraft, a ******-and-gray object with antennas The Golden Record When NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, they included these Golden Records, which contain images and sounds from Earth. These include greetings in 55 languages, music and pictures of life on Earth. The idea is that if aliens ever encountered them, they would understand what human culture was like. Image 2 of 4 A satellite image of a Martian landscape with a path and fan of sediment cut into the surface Ancient Mars water Landscapes like this one suggest Mars once had a wet surface. Here, a track cut by water in Jezero Crater ends in a fan of sediment that has likely been chemically changed by water. Image 3 of 4 A white moon with gray crevices across its face Jupiter’s moon Europa Jupiter’s moon Europa might harbor life beneath its icy surface. This moon has a deep ocean beneath a shell of ice, and perhaps hydrothermal vents where life could evolve. Image 4 of 4 A drawing of a rocky landscape with a red-orange sun setting in the background. Alien world? This artist’s conception shows the exoplanet Kepler-1649c. This planet is similar to Earth in size and temperature and is in its star’s habitable zone, the distance where liquid water could exist on the planet’s surface. 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Humanitarian aid enters Gaza after 11-week blockade Humanitarian aid enters Gaza after 11-week blockade Long-awaited humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week after Israel’s 11-week blockade on aid trucks. Gaza health officials say hundreds of people died because of the blockade, with Israel saying their goal was to pressure ****** into releasing hostages still in captivity. NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports from Jerusalem. Source link #Humanitarian #aid #enters #Gaza #11week #blockade Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

U.S. Steel shares surge after Trump backs partnership with Nippon Steel – MarketWatch U.S. Steel shares surge after Trump backs partnership with Nippon Steel – MarketWatch U.S. Steel shares surge after Trump backs partnership with Nippon Steel MarketWatchUncertainty clouds the Mon Valley as possible U.S. Steel deal takes shape Pittsburgh Post-GazetteTrump to Allow Nippon-U.S. Steel Deal to Move Forward WSJPresident Trump says Nippon Steel and US Steel to enter into ‘partnership’ CNNTrump clears Nippon merger with U.S. Steel CNBC Source link #U.S #Steel #shares #surge #Trump #backs #partnership #Nippon #Steel #MarketWatch Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Top female coaches earn Matildas opportunity Top female coaches earn Matildas opportunity Central Coast’s championship-winning mentor Emily Husband is one of three female coaches drafted into the Matildas’ coaching staff for upcoming games as Football Australia (FA) attempts to accelerate their development. Husband, Western United A-League Women coach Kat Smith and Melbourne City veteran/goalkeeping coach Melissa Barbieri will be interim coach Tom Sermanni’s assistants for upcoming games against Argentina. Husband, Smith, Barbieri and Catherine Cannuli, who is working with the Young Matildas, are part of a ‘Team of Coaches’ program intended to provide a pipeline for highly-rated coaches to reach football’s top levels. There are currently no female head coaches within FA’s national teams. Husband and Smith, the only two female head coaches in the A-League Women, will join camp in Melbourne ahead of Matildas training on Monday, leading into next Friday’s game at AAMI Park. Barbieri will join the Matildas in Canberra from Saturday, as she is currently undertaking her Pro-Diploma. “We’re delighted to welcome Emily Husband, Kat Smith, and Melissa Barbieri to the Matildas coaching staff for the upcoming international window as part of our ‘Team of Coaches’ initiative,” said general manager of women’s national teams Briana Harvey. “Each of these coaches brings a unique perspective and deep experience from their leadership roles in the A-League Women, and their inclusion reflects our commitment to both strengthening our national team environment and supporting the ongoing development of *********** female coaching talent. “Providing professional development opportunities for women in high-performance settings is a vital part of building a more equitable and successful football system. “Alongside Catherine Cannuli in the Young Matildas program, Emily, Kat and Melissa have all led programs at the elite domestic level and bring valuable tactical knowledge, player development insight, and lived experience from the A-League Women’s landscape. “This can only enrich the work we do within our national team environment.” There is currently a dearth of female head coaches in Football Australia’s ranks. Joe Montemurro looms as the next Matildas coach, while Alex Epakis and Michael Cooper were appointed as head coaches of the U20 and U17 programs respectively. Former Matildas senior assistant Melissa Andreatta was last month appointed head coach of Scotland’s women’s team. Former Young Matildas coach Leah Blayney departed to take up an assistant coach role with Japan’s women’s team in January. The ‘Team of Coaches’ initiative aims to develop coaches through receiving hands-on experience in national team environments while maintaining their club commitments. “This is exactly what the Team of Coaches initiative is designed to support as we work to create a pipeline of capable, confident female coaches ready to take on the highest levels of the game,” Harvey said. “Recently witnessing Melissa Andreatta step into the head coach role in Scotland, Leah Blayney joining the coaching staff of Japan, as well as other *********** coaching staff working internationally in football, these are clear signs that the system is working. “These appointments are not just symbolic but are building the future of *********** football.” Source link #Top #female #coaches #earn #Matildas #opportunity Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]