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A field in Ille-et-Vilaine, November 2023. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP One after another, scientific publications document the accumulation of microplastics in the oceans and, through it, the threat posed by this out-of-control pollution to marine ecosystems. Much less attention has been paid to the presence of microplastics in soils. A… Read Details ⇢

Hudson Meek, a teenage actor best known for his role in the 2017 flick “Baby Driver,” has died after falling out of a moving vehicle, Alabama authorities have confirmed. Meek, 16, was injured in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills on Thursday, Dec. 19. He died two days later, according… Read Details ⇢

The Israeli genocide has killed at least 38 more Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including five journalists. Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Thursday said the overall death toll in the Palestinian enclave since October last year stood at 45,399, while more than 107,000 have been wounded. On… Read Details ⇢

Sony continues to dominate console gaming and if nothing else 2024 showed that even in a relatively quiet year, PlayStation can just keep on trucking. We didn’t get a whole heap of exclusives, but the ones we got were meaningful additions to the publisher’s portfolio (except that one), and while… Read Details ⇢

A French fighter jet prepares to take off, as France starts the withdrawal of its military from Chad with the departure of two warplanes, in N’Djamena, Chad, December 10, 2024. STRINGER / REUTERS France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military forces… Read Details ⇢

Heather Rae El Moussa won’t be mom-shamed. The HGTV star, 37, is married to Tarek El Moussa, and the couple share a son, 1-year-old Tristan. She’s also stepmother to the two children he shares with ex-wife Christina Hall – Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9.  On Christmas Eve, El Moussa shared… Read Details ⇢

BREAKINGBREAKING, Singh, 92, governed as India’s 14th Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who governed the South Asian country for two terms and liberalised its economy in an earlier stint as finance minister, has died. He was 92. Singh, an economist-turned-politician who also served… Read Details ⇢

Includes HDMI, USB Type-C, and 3.5 mm jack connectivity NVMe transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps The first shipments have already begun RayCue has introduced a new docking station designed specifically for Apple’s latest Mac mini powered by M4 and M4 Pro processors. This compact dock enhances the already versatile… Read Details ⇢

From the railway station in L’Arbresle, a road winds up to the hilltop village of Eveux, home to 1,200 inhabitants and located 25 kilometers west of Lyon. It’s not uncommon to see Japanese and American visitors lugging wheeled suitcases up the steep incline. People come from far and wide to… Read Details ⇢