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Officials probe video showing Russian ‘Top Gun’ stunt near major highway
- Russian military prosecutors said Wednesday they would probe flight records and safety measures after a video showing a fighter jet zooming low over a highway became an Internet hit. A spokesman for military prosecutors in the southern military district told the Interfax news agency that they had “begun a…
Unusual weather means champagne harvest will be smallest in two decades
First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of the world’s most celebrated bubbly are bracing themselves for one of…
Dems move Obama’s convention speech to smaller indoor space in face of weather woes
Bad weather has forced President Barack Obama to move Thursday’s major re-election pitch away from a 70,000-seater stadium to a much smaller indoor venue, organizers said. “We have been monitoring weather forecasts closely and several reports predict thunderstorms in the area,” the Democratic National Convention Committee said Wednesday. “Therefore we…
Geologists report a 7.9 quake off Pacific coast of Costa Rica
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica Wednesday, the US Geological Survey reported. A tsunami warning was issued for parts of the Pacidic sides of Central and South America after the major quake, it added. The agency said the center of the quake, which hit at…
Fighting ‘summer learning loss’ could close achievement gap
One tactic to shrink achievement gap: tackle 'summer learning loss' (via The Christian Science Monitor) On a sweltering August day, student Hendrick Estrella sits on a sailboat, dragging his hand through the waves and reveling in the coolness of Boston Harbor. The day before, he had touched – and tasted…
South Korean lawmakers seek castration for repeat sex offenders
A group of 20 South Korean lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow for the physical castration of repeat sex offenders, amid public outrage at a spate of brutal sex crimes. If the bill is adopted, courts could order the testicular castration of recidivist sex offenders who fail to…
Oxfam: Climate change’s impact on future food prices is underestimated
Climate change’s impact on future food prices is being underestimated, Oxfam warned in a report on Wednesday. The development charity predicts that massive price spikes will be a devastating blow to the world’s poorest people who today spend up to 75% of their income on food, and will also adversely…
One dead after shooting at Quebec premier’s victory speech
MONTREAL — A gunman was arrested after shooting two people, one of them fatally, at the victory speech of Quebec’s Pauline Marois, whose separatist party is projected to win polls in the Canadian province. Another person was seriously wounded in the incident late Tuesday, as Marois was hustled offstage by…
Report: Liberian forests sold off in secret logging contracts
Forty percent of Liberia’s forests have been sold off in secretive and often illegal contracts, Global Witness said Tuesday, just days after the country’s president announced a probe into the issuing of logging permits. An investigation by the London-based natural resource watchdog has shown how, despite efforts to reform the…
Magnificent mosaic floor unmasked in Siena Cathedral
Magnificent Renaissance mosaics covering the sweeping marble floor in Siena cathedral have been unveiled to give visitors a rare glimpse of scenes it took local artists 500 years to create. The inlaid panels, usually covered to protect them from the thousands of visitors who flock to the Tuscan city each…
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