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Jimbuna

03-04-25 01:29 PM

Boxer Gervonta Davis blames hair product after controversial title draw

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Boxer Gervonta Davis has held onto his WBA lightweight title despite voluntarily dropping a knee to the canvas and getting hair product wiped from his face.

His opponent, Lamont Roach, said the knee position should have counted as a "knockdown".

Had it been, Davis would have lost a point and Roach would have won their bout in New York, leading to Davis's first career defeat.

But the fight was scored as a majority draw, meaning that Davis - nicknamed Tank - held onto his belt.

One judge gave the contest to Davis 115-113, the other two scoring it 114-114.

Davis willingly took a knee near his corner in the ninth round before leaning over the ropes so his team could towel off the area around an eye.

He said grease had got into the eye after having his hair done a few days before the bout.

Referee Steve Willis did not count it as a knockdown, as it should be when a knee hits the canvas.

Roach commented: "It should have been a knockdown. If that was knockdown, I win the fight.

"He's saying grease got in his eye, but if he takes a knee and the ref starts counting, it should be a knockdown."

Other boxers were surprised, too.

Multi-division champion Terence Crawford said: "I never seen someone take a knee and they don't count it as a knockdown."

Roach called for a rematch afterwards.

"For sure, Lamont is a great fighter," Davis said.

"He got the skills and the punching power. It was a lesson learned. Shout out to Lamont Roach and his whole team. Hopefully we can run it back in New York."
https://news.sky.com/story/boxer-ger...-draw-13320126

Jimbuna

03-05-25 01:41 PM

Stranded rower rescued off Australian coast while attempting to cross Pacific Ocean

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Aurimas Mockus had been stranded for three days in the Coral Sea around 460 miles east of Queensland. He had rowed there in an enclosed boat non-stop from San Diego headed for Brisbane.
https://news.sky.com/video/stranded-...ocean-13320782

Jimbuna

03-06-25 09:25 AM

Scientists trying to bring back the woolly mammoth create a woolly mouse

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Scientists trying to bring back the woolly mammoth have created a woolly mouse.

Colossal Biosciences unveiled plans in 2021 to revive the woolly mammoth - and later the dodo bird - attracting investors, headlines and critics alike.

The Texas-based biotech company has since focused on identifying the key traits of extinct animals with the goal of genetically engineering them into living animals, according to chief executive Ben Lamm.

Alongside bringing back species that went extinct, the company hopes their work can be used to help with conservation efforts.

But other scientists have mixed views of their work and whether it will be helpful.

On Tuesday, Colossal Biosciences said its researchers had edited seven genes in mice embryos to create a mouse with long, thick, woolly hair.

They nicknamed the extra-furry rodent a "colossal woolly mouse."

The company now plans to genetically modify Asian elephants to give them woolly mammoth traits - but critics have argued that this is different from actually bringing a species back from extinction.

"You're not actually resurrecting anything - you're not bringing back the ancient past," said Christopher Preston, a wildlife and environment expert at the University of Montana, who was not involved in the research.

He added: "You might be able to alter the hair pattern of an Asian elephant or adapt it to the cold, but it's not bringing back a woolly mammoth. It's changing an Asian elephant."

The results have not yet been published in a journal or vetted by independent scientists.

The feat "is technologically pretty cool," said Vincent Lynch, a biologist at the University of Buffalo, who was not involved in the research.

Alongside the mouse being given different hair, in a press release, Colossal Biosciences said the rodent had also gained the woolly mammoth's accelerated fat metabolism.

Both were said to be likely related to cold tolerance.
https://news.sky.com/story/scientist...mouse-13321512

Jimbuna

03-08-25 01:22 PM

Artist abandons plan to starve piglets to death after animals stolen

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An artist who tried to starve three piglets to death as part of a controversial exhibition says he has changed his plan after the animals were stolen.

Chilean-born Marco Evaristti said he had wanted to raise awareness of the suffering caused by mass meat production with his art installation that opened last week in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The piglets were being denied food and water and would have been allowed to starve to death.

But Mr Evaristti said the piglets - dubbed Lucia, Simon and Benjamin - were taken by animal rights activists who were assisted by his friend, Caspar Steffensen.

"I called up police on Saturday to report the piglets stolen and I had to shut down the entire exhibition because of that - so I was very disappointed when Caspar told me on Tuesday that he was involved in the theft," said Mr Evaristti, who also claimed to have received hate mail.

"But then I thought about it for a few hours and realised that at least this way the piglets would have a happy life."

Copenhagen police said they had received reports "that the pigs had been stolen from the exhibition".

Mr Evaristti's exhibition, And Now You Care, involved a makeshift cage created with shopping trolleys containing the three piglets.

He said the intention was to raise awareness about the cruelties of modern pig production in Denmark.
https://news.sky.com/story/artist-ab...tolen-13322612

Jimbuna

03-09-25 11:38 AM

Elaine C Smith grazes cows on Glasgow Green to mark receiving city's highest honour

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Comedian Elaine C Smith has grazed cattle on Glasgow Green - a right that comes with being awarded the Freedom of Glasgow.

The city's highest honour, which she is one of the few women to receive, also allows her to fish in the River Clyde.

The Rab C Nesbitt and Two Doors Down star said it was "quite the honour" to be granted the award in recognition of her contribution to the arts and her embodiment as an advocate for women's rights and values.

The official civic reception will take place on Friday, on the eve of International Women's Day.

Smith exercised some of her new rights by grazing cattle borrowed from Pollok Park on Glasgow Green on Thursday.

She said: "As a newly minted freeman of Glasgow, I must say, it's quite the honour.

"But let's be clear, while I may be a 'freeman' by title, I am, and always will be, a free woman at heart.

"So, if you see me grazing Highland cattle on Glasgow Green or fishing in the Clyde, just remember, I'm exercising my rights as a free woman."

Freemen traditionally have the right to graze their cows on the common land (Glasgow Green) and also have the duty to "patrol and guard the town" and to defend it by arms.

If freemen do not perform this duty, they could be prosecuted for perjury of their oath and, if convicted, have a right to a prison cell of their own.
https://news.sky.com/story/elaine-c-...onour-13322756

Jimbuna

03-10-25 01:25 PM

Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in

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X has been hit by a "massive cyber attack", according to Elon Musk.

The boss of the social media platform said the attack was carried out "with a lot of resources".

Mr Musk claimed that either a large coordinated group or a country was involved, or both.

He wrote on the platform: "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X.

"We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing..."

More than 40,000 users reported they couldn't access the platform this afternoon, according to data from tracking website Downdetector.com.

Complaints about outages spiked at about 10am on Monday in the UK, and again at 2pm.

A source in the internet infrastructure industry told Reuters that the platform had been hit by several waves of denial of service (DoS) attacks at around 9.45am.

According to the National Cyber Security Centre, DoS attacks are attempts to overload a website or network with traffic - aiming to degrade its performance or make it completely inaccessible.
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk...og-in-13325939

Jimbuna

03-11-25 09:15 AM

Major UK recruiters linked to tax avoidance schemes after workers hit with crippling HMRC demands

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Hays, Capita, Petrofac. These are some of Britain's best known companies and big players in the recruitment industry.

Now, a Sky News investigation has revealed how, over the course of two decades, some of Britain's biggest recruitment companies were linked to large-scale tax avoidance when placing workers into jobs, including government roles in Whitehall.

Many of these workers, typically agency workers and contractors, were paid by third-party umbrella companies that promised to take care of taxes but were operating tax avoidance schemes.

They worked by paying workers what were technically loans, instead of a salary. This allowed them to circumvent paying income tax.

Often the umbrellas were recommended by recruiters, although there is no suggestion the recruiters knew these third parties were operating tax avoidance schemes.

It is the latest revelation in a scandal that has caused untold misery for tens of thousands of people, who signed up with umbrella companies and were enrolled in tax avoidance schemes, thinking they were above board.

Many feel let down by the recruitment agencies who provided information linking them to the umbrella companies. They were not legally responsible for collecting the tax, as they did not run the payroll.

But the government is now strengthening the law to make them accountable for the tax collected by umbrella agencies on behalf of the workers they supply.

Tax avoidance is legal but HMRC has successfully challenged tax avoidance schemes in the courts and workers have subsequently asked to pay the missing tax.

In some cases, the tax demands have been crippling. It's a campaign that has driven people to the brink of bankruptcy, devastated families and has been linked to 10 suicides.
https://news.sky.com/story/major-uk-...mands-13326107

Eichhörnchen

03-13-25 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2947674)

Artist abandons plan to starve piglets to death after animals stolen

This is just silly and I don't believe it. There were thousands of cockroaches starving to death in STEED's kitchen (he never used the kitchen) and nobody from the animal rights ever came round to rescue them. I think some of these newspaper stories in Moonlight's thread are just made up

https://i.imgur.com/AA6XxJe.jpeg

mapuc

03-13-25 08:29 AM

It's true-An artist would starve three little piglets to their dead, the only thing they could get was fresh water. Thank God they were stolen before the exhibition toke place.

Here is a translated article

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Evaristti's exhibition in Kødbyen(Meat city), which opens today with the title 'And Now You Care', consists of, among other things, three small, live piglets and a bolt gun.

So far, the three pigs, who are housed in a cage consisting of two shopping carts, are doing very well.

But it won't continue like this when the doors are opened to the public. Here the artist will stop feeding the pigs.

The exhibition will show conventional pig production in Denmark and its treatment of the pigs, the artist tells the P1 program K-Live .

- Every day over 20,000 piglets die. Here we do not count the slaughtered ones. And now you care . Because of three piglets, says Marco Evaristti and emphasizes that the three little pigs in the exhibition are sick and must therefore be killed no matter what.

https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyh...x_tr_hist=true

Markus

Jimbuna

03-13-25 12:51 PM

Donald Trump says he thinks US will annex Greenland

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Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will annex Greenland, days after the country's incoming prime minister said: "We don't want to be Americans."

During an Oval Office meeting with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte, the US president was asked about his hopes to annex Greenland.

"I think that will happen," he said. "I didn't give it much thought before, but I'm sitting with a man who could be very instrumental.

"You know Mark, we need that for international security. We have a lot of our favourite players cruising around the coast and we have to be careful."

Mr Trump questioned Denmark's claim to the autonomous territory, saying Denmark was "very far away" from Greenland despite being part of its kingdom.

"A boat landed there 200 years ago or something. They say they have rights to it," Mr Trump said.

"I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually."

He said the US already has a military presence in Greenland and added: "Maybe you'll see more and more soldiers going there."

It comes after Greenland's centre-right party won an election in a result seen as a rejection of Mr Trump's interference in the island's politics.

The Demokraatit party favours a slow move towards independence from Denmark - with its leader telling Sky News "we want to build our own country by ourselves".

In his White House news briefing Mr Trump claimed the election result was very good for the US and said "the person who did the best is a very good person as far as we're concerned."
https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tr...nland-13327945

Jimbuna

03-14-25 12:31 PM

CCTV shows shoplifters using pythons to distract cashier before stealing from petrol station

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Police are hunting for four suspects who used two pythons to distract a cashier before stealing $400 worth of CBD oil from a petrol station.

CCTV footage shows the cashier speaking to two of the suspects, a man a woman, after they approached the counter of the Citgo store in Madison County, Tennessee.

The man is holding up a curled-up ball python as the woman strokes it.

At one stage, the male suspect places the reptile on the counter as the woman appears to talk to someone off-camera.

The man then dangles a second ball python over the counter before the video cuts out.

Ball pythons are non-venomous constrictor snakes that are native to Africa and grow to a maximum length of around 1.8m.
https://news.sky.com/story/cctv-show...ation-13328455

Jimbuna

03-15-25 12:10 PM

Couple 'forced' to sit next to dead body for hours on Qatar Airways flight

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A couple have said they were forced to sit next to a dead body for four hours on a Qatar Airways flight.

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were travelling from Melbourne to Doha, en route to Italy, when a woman walked out the toilet and collapsed near their row about 10 hours into the journey.

"Unfortunately the lady couldn't be saved, which was pretty heartbreaking to watch," Mr Ring told Australia's A Current Affair programme.

He added: "They tried to wheel her up towards business class, but she was quite a large lady and they couldn't get her through the aisle."

The pair, who were the only ones in a row of four, said flight attendants put the woman in one of the spare seats for the remaining four hours of the flight.

Mr Ring told Australian media: "They said, 'Can you move over please?' and I just said, 'Yes no problem'.

"Then they placed the lady in the chair I was in."

He said there were a few spare seats nearby but claimed crew didn't offer to move them.

Mr Ring also said he was told to stay put while medical teams removed blankets covering the woman when they landed, and that they were offered no support.

In a statement to Sky's US partner network NBC News, Qatar Airways said: "First and foremost our thoughts are with the family of the passenger who sadly passed away on board our flight.

"We apologise for any inconvenience or distress this incident may have caused, and are in the process of contacting passengers in line with our policies and procedures."
https://news.sky.com/story/couple-fo...light-13317026

Jimbuna

03-17-25 01:20 PM

Man injured by hot tea from Starbucks awarded $50m in damages

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A delivery driver who needed skin grafts after being burned when a hot tea from Starbucks spilled into his lap has been awarded $50m (£38.6m) in damages.

Michael Garcia suffered third-degree burns to his genitals, groin and inner thighs and has permanent and life-changing disfigurement after collecting the drink at a California drive-through, according to his legal team.

His negligence lawsuit blamed the injuries on Starbucks, claiming an employee did not wedge the scalding-hot tea firmly enough into a takeaway tray.

Video footage shows Mr Garcia being handed a tray of three drinks at the serving window in Los Angeles and appearing to struggle as he drives his vehicle away.

A Los Angeles County jury found in favour of Mr Garcia after he launched legal action over the incident on 8 February 2020.

He was working as a Postmates delivery driver at the time, according to Sky's US partner network NBC News.

His lawyer Nick Rowley said his client's "life has been forever changed".

"This jury verdict is a critical step in holding Starbucks accountable for flagrant disregard for customer safety and failure to accept responsibility," he added.

Starbucks said it sympathised with Mr Garcia, but plans to lodge an appeal.

In a statement, the global coffeehouse chain said: "We disagree with the jury's decision that we were at fault for this incident and believe the damages awarded to be excessive."

The firm added it was "committed to the highest safety standards" in handling hot drinks.
https://news.sky.com/story/man-injur...mages-13330788

Jimbuna

03-20-25 08:23 AM

Bulgarian football club Arda Kardzhali apologise after holding minute's silence for former player who is still alive.

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A Bulgarian football club have apologised for holding a minute's silence for a former player who is still alive.

Arda Kardzhali, which is located in the southern Bulgarian town of Kardzhali, and play in the country's top division, held the minute's silence in honour of Petko Ganchev before Sunday's game against Levski Sofia.

Both teams lined up near the centre circle before kicking off in the 1-1 draw, bowing their heads to mourn Ganchev.

But, before the match was over, Arda posted on their Facebook page saying they had received wrong information about Ganchev's death.

The club said: "The management of PFC Arda would like to express a huge apology to the former Arda player Petko Ganchev and his relatives after the club received wrong information about his death.

"We wish Petko Ganchev many more years of good health and to enjoy the success of Arda."

The post appeared to have been deleted by Monday evening.
https://news.sky.com/story/bulgarian...alive-13331118

Jimbuna

03-21-25 01:31 PM

The blobfish: 'World's ugliest animal' named fish of the year in New Zealand

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The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the year in New Zealand.

The creature, which grows to about 12 inches (30cm) long, is known affectionately as Mr Blobby and is the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.

It has a bulbous head, and loose, flabby skin, and lives in the deep sea, mainly off the southeastern coast of mainland Australia, the Australian island of Tasmania, and New Zealand.

The blobfish topped the annual poll by the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, an environmental non-profit group, winning almost 1,300 out of more than 5,500 votes.

The animal, which has a gelatinous, tadpole-like body, benefitted from a late surge in support to overtake the endangered orange roughy, another deep sea dweller, by nearly 300 votes.
https://news.sky.com/story/the-blobf...aland-13332179

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