MYSTERIOUS: 14 - What They Never Told You

The man who played a key role in the first sounding rocket launch at Thumba

The man who played a key role in the first sounding rocket launch at Thumba

The Hindu · Oct 1, 2023

Seattle officer recorded joking about woman's death, saying 'she had limited value'

In bodycam footage, the officer is heard making callous remarks about a woman who died after being hit by a police cruiser. He reportedly told investigators he was mocking what city lawyers might say.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2023

Germans aren’t buying Scholz’s plan to keep them safe and rich

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling to persuade Germans he can handle the litany of troubles looming over the country he has led since 2021.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2023

Why did it take a murderous war on Ukraine for Germany to wake up to the threat from Russia?

The invasion has plunged Germany into an agonised debate about its history – this process is only just beginning, writes historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

Seattle Ordinance That Forbids, Among Other Things, Chalking Is Likely Unconstitutional

From Tucson v. City of Seattle, decided Tuesday by Judge Marsha Pechman (W.D. Wash.): On January 1, 2021, Plaintiffs wrote political messages, some of which were critical of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), in sidewalk chalk and charcoal on "eco-block" walls that were temporarily erected by the City outside of…

Reason · Jun 15, 2023

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All 5 of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats have died from a mystery toxin

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023

German far-right party overtakes Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats in poll

The far-right AfD leapfrogged Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats for the first time to rank as Germany’s no. 2 party in a poll for broadcaster RTL.

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023

Shimano Saint PD-M821 review – flagship trail SPD with gravity DNA

Divine gravity/enduro pedal from the original SPD benefactors

Bike Perfect · Jun 13, 2023

Scholz's Social Democrats win Bremen state vote, Greens slump

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats won an election on Sunday in Germany's smallest state, Bremen, in a vote that could give a modest lift to the centre-left party which has seen its popularity slide nationally.

Reuters · May 14, 2023

Germany's former chancellor Schroeder loses case to get Bundestag office back

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, derided by many Germans for his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday lost his legal bid to keep a government-funded office after being stripped of it last year.

Reuters · May 4, 2023