Mike Nithavrianakis worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan for three years from 2019 to 2022, working as Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Trade Director for Pakistan. During his time there, he clearly remembers his first visit to a school run by The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan, The students in the classrooms were…
Representative Image (AI-generated) What looked like an ordinary overnight shipment turned into a scam intervention after a Minnesota shipping company worker became suspicious of a woman’s unusually urgent request. The woman had arrived at Graphic Mailbox in Northfield, Minnesota, last week hoping to send a package to Texas. She was prepared to pay $500 for…
Eucalyptus cladocalyx ‘nana’. Image Credit: ERA Nurseries Australia planted eucalyptus trees to fight rising soil salinity, hoping that thirsty, deep-rooted vegetation could help control the groundwater processes behind the problem. A long-running experiment in south-western Australia later showed that the effects of such plantations were more complicated than simply planting trees and waiting for the…
A fungus that infects house flies has evolved a remarkable way to send spores towards new hosts. Entomophthora muscae grows inside an infected fly and, after the insect dies, it produces microscopic stalks that emerge from its body. Each stalk forms a single spore at its tip. Instead of simply dropping away, the spore is…
Pro-democratic student activist Joshua Wong, on Sept. 2, 2015. (Photo: AP) Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 29, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a national security allegation of collusion with foreign entities, an offence that carries a potential life sentence. Several Western diplomats were present at the hearing.Wong rose to international prominence as a teenage…
In 1928, at the height of his reign as Chicago’s most notorious gangster, Al Capone purchased a sprawling estate on Miami Beach’s Palm Island, seeking a warm-weather retreat from the cold and his foes. He is reported to have spent some $200,000 bolstering the property with bulletproof walls, steel shutters and other security measures befitting…
Clavicular leaving Kick for Twitch? His ‘deal’ claim sparks fan debate Braden “Clavicular” Peters says he could move from Kick to Twitch within a week, adding that he has a deal with Twitch. He made the announcement during a stream after a viewer asked when he would start streaming on Twitch. A clip of the…
‘That’s how psychopaths operate’ Matt Walsh makes explosive Lindsay Clancy claim as jurors struggle for verdict Matt Walsh has pushed back against online defenses of Lindsay Clancy as her murder trial jury remains unable to reach a verdict. The conservative commentator argues that Clancy’s earlier reputation as a loving mother does not answer whether she…
Photo credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife On a late-August afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains, a group of hikers near La Verne, California, heard an unsettling sound: what they described as “howling” coming from a large water tank along a trail. When they investigated, they discovered a mother black bear and her two…
The Manatee County Commission approved the property as the county’s first locally designated historic landmark (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Manatee County, Florida Government) The walls of this Florida house have witnessed more than a century of history, including 41 years with the same couple who refused to let its past disappear. After moving into the 1908…
The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building in 2021. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) The Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents has officially chosen the historic Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino. The decision ends a long debate over the museum’s location and removes…
The restoration included repairing much of the original oak frame, but also creating contemporary spaces that met the needs of modern family living. Cadman Construction was already undertaking one of its most challenging heritage projects: restoring a Grade II-listed 16th-century longhouse in Suffolk. But for Stuart Cadman, Managing Director of Cadman Construction the challenge had…
