The skeleton of an ancient sea monster discovered more than 50 years ago in Scotland has paleontologists excited over the quantity of bones found and anxious to learn more about the reptile, VOA reported Sunday. Using modern fossil extraction methods, the bones of the sea monster was able to be removed from hard rock. The previously unknown reptile lived in the oceans during the time of the dinosaurs, the report said ... ....
Donald Trump refuses to back down from his claim, which has been made without specific evidence, that the upcoming election results will be rigged at polling places. The Republican nominee for president tweeted on Sunday that the election was being rigged at polling places, just hours after his running mate Gov ... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016....
(CNN)Thousands dead. Millions more driven from their homes. A future far from certain. This is the situation in Iraq today. The deep-rooted sectarian divide that resurfaced amid the chaos of Saddam Hussein's downfall created a security vacuum that ultimately allowed extremist militant groups like ISIS to flourish. READ MORE. High stakes for Iraq's future ... Read More. CNN looks at Iraq's bloody crisis up close.. THE CRISIS IN NUMBERS ... Replay....
Ever since the first exoplanet (51 Pegasi b) was discovered in 1995 by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, there has been renewed activity and interest in this field. The Kepler and K2 missions of NASA have identified thousands of planet candidates. Now there are nearly 5,000 planet candidates, and of these, some 3,397 have been confirmed as planets, according to the NASA exoplanet archive ... This unit began taking data in 2012 ... ....
is happy, especially considering the studio projected a more modest bow of $15 million to $20 million. "This is such a big win," said Jeff Goldstein, the studio's distribution chief ... Such a performance bodes well for Affleck and the studio, demonstrating the continued strength of his star power ... That's a 61 percent drop week to week, evidence that the studio's hope for strong word of mouth is faltering....
Ben Affleck is still a box office draw outside of the bat suit. His new thriller “The Accountant” opened to a chart-topping $24.7 million this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Gavin O’Connor directed the R-rated thriller,... ....
Iraqi state television says Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi has announced the start of operations to liberate the northern city of�Mosul�from Islamic State militants. State TV showed a brief written statement in the early hours Monday announcing the start of the widely anticipated military offensive ... ....
Entering Sunday’s game against the New York Giants, one of the bigger questions facing the Ravens was whether new offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg would revive a lethargic offense. The unit showed at least a brief glimmer of what it can do. The Ravens had four plays of at least 20 yards in... ....
Thor. Ragnarok is one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2017 ... During a recent Reddit Q&A; session Waititi was bombarded with questions regarding his work on Thor ... — Nerdist???????? (@nerdist) October 16, 2016 ... The powers that be over at MarvelStudios, including its headhoncho Kevin Feige, were clearly quite enamoured with What We DoIn The Shadows as that convinced them to hire Waititi to direct Ragnarok ... [Image via Marvel Studios]....
The Shenzhou 11 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China at 7.30 a.m ... "It is any astronaut's dream and pursuit to be able to perform many space missions," Jing, who will turn 50 during the mission, said at a briefing Sunday ... ....
The new host of Sky News' breakfast show Sarah-Jane Mee revealed she has experienced sexism as a woman working in sport. The former Sky Sports presenter takes over from Eamonn Holmes as anchor of flagship morning programme Sunrise on Monday and revealed throughout her career she has had to endure sexist comments. Share Go To ... After a brief radio career on Heart FM's breakfast show, Mee returned to Sky in 2008 ... ... ....
The alleged architect of the USS Cole bombing wants to stay overnight at the war court compound during hearings because, his lawyer says, the commute from his clandestine prison makes him sick ... He called the trip traumatic for the Saudi in a written brief because of Nashiri’s “untreated Complex PTSD” — Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It causes him to vomit, the lawyer wrote. Nashiri, 51, is accused of orchestrating al-Qaida’s Oct ... Gen....
Jing Haipeng to enter orbit for record third time on Shenzhou XI mission. Jing Haipeng will become China's most experienced astronaut when he takes off aboard the Shenzhou XI spacecraft on Monday morning ... "Although the job is challenging, risky and dangerous, there is nothing else I'd rather do," Jing, who is the commander of the mission, told reporters at a news briefing on Sunday ... They were officially recognized as astronauts in 1998....