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Adrian Shine, who spent over five decades searching for the Loch Ness Monster, now concludes it almost certainly never existed/ Image: X For more than half a century, Adrian Shine has been synonymous with the modern hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. He arrived on the shores of the loch in the early 1970s as…

Otis Johnson spent 44 years in prison for the alleged 1975 attempted murder of a police officer/ Image: Youtube Otis Johnson stepped into Times Square in 2014 and felt as though he had landed somewhere unreal. The crowds moved quickly, faces fixed forward, thin white wires trailing from their ears. To Johnson, who had last…

Image: Edwin Asher Orbituary A set of skeletal remains that washed ashore on a remote Washington beach nearly two decades ago has been identified as Clarence Edwin “Ed” Asher, a former mayor of the small Oregon town of Fossil who vanished during a fishing trip in 2006. The identification closes a case that had long…

Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik has come into sharp focus after delivering a tough message to Ottawa on terrorism and extremist activity. In a recent interview, Patnaik accused Canada of ignoring India’s repeated warnings for decades and argued that the failure to act has allowed anti-India elements to operate openly. His remarks come…

Saudi Arabia strikes gold with a massive 7.8 million ounces discovered across four sites, led by Maaden’s Mansourah Massarah operation. Saudi Arabia has announced the discovery of 7.8 million ounces of gold across four sites within the Kingdom, marking one of the most significant resource additions in its modern mining history and underscoring the scale…

An 80-year-old man attempted to board a flight at Tenerife South Airport with his deceased wife seated in a wheelchair/ Representative Image A disturbing scene unfolded at Tenerife South Airport in Spain’s Canary Islands when an 80-year-old man was stopped while attempting to board a flight with his wife’s body seated in a wheelchair, initially…

Fuad Awale requested compensation, saying long isolation in prison harmed his mental health and violated rights/ Image: Thames Valley Police A convicted double murderer has been awarded £7,500 (around $10,100) in compensation, with taxpayers also covering more than £234,000 (approximately $316,000) in legal costs, after the UK High Court ruled that his treatment in prison…

America Isn’t in Decline, The Data Shows It Still Outpaces Its Allies/ Representative Image For more than a decade, the idea of American decline has hardened into a familiar refrain. Polarised politics, institutional strain and a relentless cycle of domestic crises have made it easy to assume that US power is ebbing, particularly when measured…

Investigations estimate the body-brokering industry is now worth around $1 billion (£800 million) and growing. Disclaimer: This article contains distressing details about the handling and sale of human remains.The business of buying and selling human bodies is not a fringe operation in the United States. It is a vast, largely unregulated industry that sits in…

With zero natural rivers or lakes, Kuwait depends almost entirely on seawater desalination to meet its water needs/Image: Renderhub Kuwait’s shimmering skyline and bustling urban centres rise from one of the most water-scarce landscapes on Earth. Roughly the size of New Jersey and spanning just under 18,000 square kilometres, the country sits at the northern…