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Australian desert FIREBALL may actually have been ‘MINIMOON,’ say scientists A fireball that exploded over the Australian desert three years ago may actually have been an extremely rare ‘minimoon,’ according to just-published research. The initially innocuous fireball was detected on August 22, 2016 thanks to a network of six cameras spanning hundreds of kilometers in total and appropriately called the Desert Fireball Network. However, now a group of researchers, led by planetary scientist Patrick Shober of Curtin University in Australia, believes that, given the object’s slow velocity and almost vertical trajectory, that it was in fact a temporarily captured orbiter or ‘minimoon,’ a natural satellite pulled in by a planet’s gravity.  ...

‘Beyond disgusting’: Father of man killed in London Bridge terrorist attack condemns BoJo for using son’s death for political gain The father of Jack Merritt, a victim in last Friday’s London Bridge terrorist attack, has shared a tweet branding PM Boris Johnson’s response to the vile murders, as “beyond disgusting.” David Merritt, whose 25 year-old son was one of two victims killed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan in a savage stabbing spree, appeared to condemn Johnson for using the death of Jack as justification for harsher sentencing. He shared a tweet on Monday morning from Ash Sarkar, a contributing editor at Novara Media, that also hit out at Home Secretary Priti Patel. It's beyond disgusting that Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, &...

Gunman kills 3yo boy in Kiev, in apparent assassination attempt on his dad, a prominent public figure The youngest son of a wealthy Ukrainian businessman was killed by a stray bullet when a gunman opened fire on his dad’s car. The father is a member of Kiev city council, though what exactly made him a target remains unclear. Vyacheslav Sobolev and his family were attacked on Sunday right after they left a restaurant that he owns in central Kiev. The gunman shot at the man’s Range Rover at a crossroads right next to the posh establishment. The businessman is presumed to have been the intended target, but was unharmed. Instead, the youngest of his five children, his three-year-old son Aleksandr, was hit in the head by a bullet. Sobolev realized what h...

'All you can do is applaud': Messi leaves Simeone awestruck after latest wonderstrike sends Barca top of La Liga (VIDEO) Lionel Messi delivered a performance worthy of the SIXTH Ballon d'Or he is tipped to win on Monday evening in Paris when his stunning late goal proved the difference in Sunday's crunch La Liga encounter against Atletico Madrid. Messi's 86th-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides as Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona side moved back to the summit of the Spanish top division and despite the high stakes nature of the match, both coaches couldn't help but recognize the performance of the mercurial Argentine maestro. Leaked Ballon d'Or list shows Messi win SIXTH award ahead of van Dijk & Ronaldo excluded from TOP...

‘Burn my son the same way she was burned,’ says mother of accused Hyderabad gang rapist The families of the four men accused of the gang rape, murder, and desecration of Priyanka Reddy in a case which has shocked the whole of India, have called for their sons to be hanged and burned for what they did. The four accused men currently in custody for the barbaric crime are Mohammad Pasha, Jollu Shiva, Jollu Naveen, and Chintakunta Chennakeshavulu. Each of their families have faced public humiliation and intense scrutiny in the wake of the devastating crime. “If my son is wrong, burn him the same way she was burned. Isn’t the victim also the daughter of a mother? I am suffering today, I can imagine what the girl’s mother is going through,” Chennakesavulu...

Leaked Ballon d'Or list shows Messi win SIXTH award ahead of van Dijk & Ronaldo excluded from TOP 3 A leaked list of the 2019 Ballon d’Or winners shows Barcelona great Lionel Messi winning his sixth gong ahead of Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk - with rival Cristiano Ronaldo not even making the final top three. Circulated widely on social media ahead of the actual 64th annual ceremony in Paris on Monday, the list features Messi in first place with 446 points, ahead of current UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Virgil van Dijk, who was pivotal in the center of defense for Champions League winners Liverpool last season.  The main twist came in who came third in the final vote, with Liverpool striker and Egyptian icon Mohamed Salah making up the top ...