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Jeff Bezos, Eduardo Saverin to invest in Liverpool? Amazon, Facebook founders approached to join Amit Bhatia-led consortium’s reported £1.35bn bid for 30% stake Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) are in preliminary talks with a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia over the sale of a minority stake in the Premier League club.According to…

Kangaroo Island free from feral pigs after successful eradication program In 1802, a French explorer released pigs on Kangaroo Island as a food supply for passing sailors; 224 years later, Australia has officially removed the last of them.Kangaroo Island has been declared completely free of feral pigs, making it the largest island anywhere in the…

Iran’s secret oil money network scandal widens as billions go missing, 15 Interpol notices sought Iran’s shadowy oil revenue network has come under the radar after officials revealed that intermediaries handling state funds had misappropriated billions, with some fleeing the country, Iran International reported.The controversy has brought renewed attention to the system of “trusties” —…

Quote of the Day by Pythagoras Almost everyone who went to school knows Pythagoras. His Pythagorean theorem, a mathematical principle is taught in schools all over the world. For centuries, students have been memorising the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, often unaware that the man behind the theorem was more than a…

Police scrutiny of protesters at Jantar Mantar found 989 individuals with criminal records NEW DELHI: Police scrutiny of 2,873 people present at and around the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar has found that 989 individuals had previous criminal records.These records included cases of murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping, offences against women, illegal arms…

Eric Bieniemy (Image Via Getty) Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy left the team’s training camp after his wife, Mia Bieniemy, was shot at their home in Virginia on Sunday night. According to ESPN, 57-year-old Mia was taken to a hospital and is now in stable condition. Eric Bieniemy was with the Chiefs at…

Herbivore species dynamics is key to grassland food web stability In 2005, scientists began reshaping a semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia by changing its mix of plants. Years later, when researchers checked how the local food chain held together, plant-eating insects emerged as its strongest biological buffer.The long-term study, published on 18 July in the…

Dolphins frolic in the surf off Long Beach, California — but sightings are more and more rare Ocean temperatures along the California coast have climbed up to 4°C above average, driving whales away from usual feeding spots, starving seabirds, and pushing great white sharks uncomfortably close to public beaches.Data from the US National Oceanic and…

Protesters damage a police vehicle during the ‘Bihar Bandh’ called over the alleged NEET paper leak and police action against protesting students, in Patna, Bihar. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Bihar government on Monday announced the withdrawal of FIRs against all protesters who were arrested for alleged involvement in last week’s violent protests over the…

Police cleared the protest site on July 19 NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the Narendra Modi government fears “both truth and non-violent resistance”, days after police dispersed tribal protests against the Ken-Betwa river linking project in BJP-led Madhya Pradesh.“The tribal brothers and sisters of Madhya Pradesh had sat on a water…