World’s earliest python is identified from fossil remains unearthed in a German quarry 

Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany.  Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more

World’s earliest python is identified from fossil remains unearthed in a German quarry 

Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany.  Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more

Germany begins its Christmas coronavirus lockdown

Germany’s daily death toll from coronavirus surged to a record 952 today as the country entered its toughest lockdown since the early weeks of the pandemic.    The new ‘hard lockdown’, replacing a six-week ‘lockdown light’ which failed to bring the second wave under control, will see shops and schools closed until January while social gatherings will be … Read more

Germany begins its Christmas coronavirus lockdown

Germany’s daily death toll from coronavirus surged to a record 952 today as the country entered its toughest lockdown since the early weeks of the pandemic.    The new ‘hard lockdown’, replacing a six-week ‘lockdown light’ which failed to bring the second wave under control, will see shops and schools closed until January while social gatherings will be … Read more

Coronavirus is ‘out of control’ in Germany, minister says

Germany’s coronavirus outbreak is ‘out of control’, Angela Merkel’s economy minister says as country heads into second full lockdown over Christmas Peter Altmaier admitted that a six-week ‘lockdown light’ had proved a failure  He warned hospitals would be overflowing in weeks if new measures not taken Schools and shops will be shut over Christmas in … Read more

Coronavirus US: Ex-Facebook executive suggests vaccinated people should get coloured masks

‘Pretty sure the Nazis did something similar with yellow stars’: Backlash agianst former Facebook exec who said everyone vaccinated should wear a certain color mask Chamath Palihapitiya has come under fire on Twitter over coronavirus vaccines  Ex-Facebook exec said everyone with a vaccine should wear a distinctive mask His idea drew comparisons with Nazi Germany’s … Read more

FSB assassins ‘were behind Navalny poison attack’

Russia’s FSB security service was behind the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in an operation which was likely approved ‘at the highest echelons of the Kremlin’, according to an investigative report by Bellingcat.  Navalny was targeted after ‘years of surveillance’ in which the Putin critic was ‘shadowed’ by a special FSB unit – who may even … Read more

FSB assassins ‘were behind Navalny poison attack’

Russia’s FSB security service was behind the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in an operation which was likely approved ‘at the highest echelons of the Kremlin’, according to an investigative report by Bellingcat.  Navalny was targeted after ‘years of surveillance’ in which the Putin critic was ‘shadowed’ by a special FSB unit – who may even … Read more

Coronavirus is ‘out of control’ in Germany, minister says

Germany’s coronavirus outbreak is ‘out of control’, Angela Merkel’s economy minister says as country heads into second full lockdown over Christmas Peter Altmaier admitted that a six-week ‘lockdown light’ had proved a failure  He warned hospitals would be overflowing in weeks if new measures not taken Schools and shops will be shut over Christmas in … Read more