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Canada’s largest gold heist of 2023: ‘Fugitive’ Simran Preet Panesar can’t leave India; ‘If he’s hiding, he’s hiding in plain daylight’

Former Air Canada employee Simran Preet Panesar is a wanted man in Canada in connection with the 2023 Pearson gold heist but his lawyer says he can’t come to Canada because India won’t allow him to leave. In 2023, more than $20 million worth of gold was stolen from Toronto Pearson International Airport in what…

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Researchers described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from South Africa, including an adult Homo erectus dated to 2 million years ago, 200,000 years older than other known adult fossils

The fossils were excavated at the Drimolen Main Quarry, part of South Africa’s ‘Cradle of Humankind’. Researchers have described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from the Drimolen Main Quarry in South Africa, including a fossil from an adult Homo erectus dated to 2 million years ago. The finding is 200,000 years older than other known…

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Jennifer Doudna’s team found an ancient CRISPR ancestor in viruses using a never-before-seen ‘gapped’ DNA code; the smaller VIPR system can target broadly and may become a new gene-editing tool

The discovery may also reshape ideas about where CRISPR came from. The researchers found VIPR systems in viruses that appear to use them against competing viruses, suggesting that viral competition helped shape this unusual molecular weapon. The genetic code is usually described as an orderly language, read one letter after another in precise three-letter units….

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A Texas family has owned a 650-acre Lake Palestine ranch since 1940 and used it for its pecan business; 86 years later, a $10 million deal will turn the property into a new state park

A 650-acre ranch on the shores of Lake Palestine in East Texas, owned by the same family since 1940 and long associated with a pecan-growing business, is set to become Texas’ next state park after the property was acquired for more than $10 million. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation closed the purchase on October…

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In the 1970s, an Italian priest sold 12,000 piranhas to Europe; 55 years later, his proceeds have funded 350m bridges and an 800m airstrip on a remote Brazilian island

An Italian Jesuit priest once turned one of the Amazon’s most feared fish into an unlikely source of income for an isolated community. Giovanni Gallo organised the preservation and export of about 12,000 piranhas from Brazil’s Marajó Island, with the proceeds helping fund bridges, a community dock, a cemetery and an airstrip, according to Brazilian…

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In 2011, Judy Garland’s former Bel-Air home sold for $5.2 million; after successive renovations, the 1938 house on nearly 2.7 acres changed hands again for $11.1 million in July 2024

Judy Garland’s former Bel-Air home has changed hands for $11.1 million, more than a decade after it sold for $5.2 million. The 1938 estate at 1231 Stone Canyon Road was listed for $11.495 million in March 2024 before selling in July, according to property records and reports from The Real Deal, Realtor.com and Architectural Digest….

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Drew Barrymore’s grandfather once owned this Los Angeles estate; after Tony Scott bought and updated it, the property spent six years on the market before selling to her Charlie’s Angels director for $14.7 million

Built in the late 1920s by architect John Byers, the estate occupies just under an acre in Beverly Hills’ prestigious Post Office neighbourhood. John Barrymore, one of the celebrated actors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, was once its owner, giving the property an especially notable place in the city’s cinematic history. Some Los Angeles homes accumulate…

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Shannon Burns could claim £76 million from Gitpod after disability discrimination win; tribunal allows former VP to pursue one of UK’s biggest employment compensation claims

Shannon Burns, an American technology executive and former Gitpod vice-president of engineering, is at the centre of a legal battle that could become one of the biggest employment compensation cases in the UK. Recent reports by The Independent, and The Guardian, alongside employment tribunal records, show that Burns is pursuing £76,071,992 from Gitpod after winning…

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The vetting gap: How an Omani flagged for extremism ended up piloting a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet

Hamam al-Hammami, the accused co-pilot in the flydubai incident (Image source: LinkedIn) Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing Captain Smit Machchhar and attempting to crash a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, had already come to the attention of authorities for his radical extremist tendencies. Despite this he was cleared to fly to…

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Watch: Hindu temple attacked with bricks in US, windows shattered

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) said that the incident was being reviewed by authorities. (Photo: X) A Hindu temple in Ohio was allegedly attacked with bricks on Friday afternoon, causing significant damage to the building while devotees were present, according to American non-profit organisation, The Hindu American Foundation.The Shree Swaminarayan Vadtal Dham Hindu Mandir in…

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