YOUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
- According to Ukraine’s foreign ministry, suspicious parcels received to Ukrainian diplomatic posts had the same sender address. Dmytro Kuleba stated that the parcels were delivered to 31 Ukrainian embassies and consulates in 15 different nations. He said that they were mailed from post offices that were not monitored. After the first of the items was dispatched last week, security was increased. More embassies have been impacted since Ukraine initially reported that eight in Europe had received bloody parcels containing animal eyeballs.
- Nitisha is malnourished and underfed, according to the doctor’s conclusive diagnosis. The three-year-old is underweight and has weakness and leg discomfort. The advised cure, however is out of reach for her family. This family from a tea plantation village in Hanthana, in the country’s centre, has seen their finances collapse, much like many other individuals in Sri Lanka. “We eat the same thing for both of our daily meals, either rice with potatoes or lentils. Nothing else is within our means” says Nitisha’s mother Harshini.
- Two million years ago, the Arctic looked different, according to the oldest DNA. Although North Greenland is now a cold desert, genetic material taken from soil has shown a diverse range of plants and animals. The researchers discovered genetic remnants of aquatic life, including horseshoe crabs and algae, as well as reindeer, geese, and elephant-like mastodons that wandered among birch and poplar trees. There is no contemporary analogue to this coexistence of Arctic and temperate species, according to research Prof. Eske Willerslev.
- In the UK and seven other European nations, Apple is introducing its self-repair service. Users of the iPhone 12, 13 and Macbook owners will be able to repair their own gadgets by purchasing tools and following online instructions. The tech behemoth did issue a warning, though, that any remaining warranties would be void if the repair went wrong. The “right to repair” movement’s proponents were dissatisfied with Apple’s strict control over the procedure, which they said increased the cost of addressing problems for customers.
- European Union approved a law that would ban the import of goods linked to deforestation. To guarantee that no forests were harmed in the process of making them, household products like coffee, chocolate, and some furniture must pass inspections. The environmental organisation hailed it as a breakthrough, but several nations claimed the regulations will harm global trade. The restrictions would reduce carbon emissions everywhere. According to the statement from the European Commission, they also encompass everything made from these goods.
- According to a recent research, lizards have been around for 35 million years longer than previously believed. The fossilized bones of a reptile that had been stored for many years in a storage cabinet at the Natural History Museum were CT-scanned by the University of Bristol. They demonstrate how closely connected the unidentified reptile was to contemporary lizards. The study’s principal investigator, Dr. David Whiteside, predicted that the fossil will “certainly become one of the most important finds in the previous several decades.”
Date: 09/12/22
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