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Lincoln Park man arrested for fatal push at German castle, killing 1 woman and injuring another

It is an international crime where the man being led away by German police is reportedly from Metro Detroit.

US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California.

The remark came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Xi for talks in Beijing, which were aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers.

Biden also said Xi was embarrassed after an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the US.

China said it "firmly opposes" Mr Biden's comments.

I didn't know dictators were shy about being called dictators. Did Biden essentially just out him to his entire country? I didn't realise closeted dictators were something that we had to tiptoe around

Irresponsible but accurate.

Let’s say you’re an adult and all your life you’ve had problems with authority, or should I say problems with people in a position of authority. A typical such person, used to get into conflicts with teachers, caretakers, sports coaches, probably police as well. Later, that reflected during military service (if applicable), but more so at work. The conflict was transferred and projected on managers.

We’re talking here about consistently placing oneself antagonistic, opposite to people in a position of power. A life pattern, not remote or justifiable episodes (like rioting against abusive measures). If you have problems with authority, then by default: the teacher, the police officer, the coach, the manager are the enemy. No need for a justification. The person having these problems also gets the whole angry pack “benefits”: frustration, anger, impatience, somatization, episodes of depression and possible substance abuse. In turn, these cause trouble retaining jobs, relationships (both romantic and friendly).

Scientists suggest strange swirls across the outer layer of the brain might be used to link different parts of it together and help process information faster.

Mysterious, spiral signals have been discovered in the human brain, and the scientists who found the swirls think they could help to organize complex brain activity.

The signals, which appeared as swirling spirals of brain waves across the outer layer of the brain, were discovered in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans of 100 young adults, and appeared both when they were resting and working on tasks.

The exact purpose of these vortices is unknown, but their discoverers think the spiral signals might be used to link different parts of the brain and help process information faster. These vortices may even be impaired by brain diseases such as dementia, and could serve as inspiration for advanced computers that emulate the complex processes of the human mind. The researchers published their findings June 15 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour...

Wetlands are among the most biodiverse yet endangered ecosystems on Earth. In the last century alone, around 70% of them have disappeared, with overexploitation of aquifers being the main threat in many cases.

The Doñana National Park lies on the right bank of the Guadalquivir River mouth, in southern Spain. It represents the most important wetland in Western Europe, covering 543 km2 (209.65 sq mi) of protected area. The park owes its importance both to its marshes, which are house to thousands of breeding and wintering waterbirds, and to its ponds, which host a large number of rare, endemic and endangered species.

For more than 20 years, numerous researchers have been warning of the environmental risk posed by excessive urban and agricultural growth in the area surrounding the Andalusian national park.

For this reason, a proposed new law to extend irrigation in its vicinity even more is of concern to the international community.

The European Commission is again threatening to take Spain back to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which already condemned the country in 2021 for failing to take adequate measures to protect Doñana’s habitats.

Germany, the main import destination for strawberries from Huelva – one of the areas where Doñana is located – decided to send a delegation to find out about the situation – although the visit has been delayed because of the general elections that will take place in Spain at the end of July...

A smattering of ancient rock walls along the river Nile in Sudan appear to represent the oldest known hydraulics system of their kind.

New findings suggest people living in the ancient empire of Nubia in northern Sudan were manipulating the river to their advantage as far back as 3,000 years ago.

River 'groynes' are rigid structures, laid perpendicular to a shore or bank, that humans still use to this day to manipulate the flow of water and silt.

They're highly useful, and farmers and boaters along the Nile have known that for much longer than we ever knew.

The Yellow River in China used to have the oldest known groynes in the world. But not anymore.

Researchers in Australia and the United Kingdom have found evidence that Nubians were using groynes 2,500 years before farmers in China were doing the same.

Using satellite data, local surveys, and previous studies, the team revealed hundreds of groynes that still stand in Sudan to this day.

Some are buried under the waters of the Nile, while others stand on ancient riverbeds that have long since dried out.

Their shape, orientation, and size say a lot about their possible purposes.

Researchers suspect they were used to trap fertile silt, to irrigate land, to limit bank erosion, to defend against seasonal floods, to create optimal fishing pools, or to stop winds of sand from smothering crops.

The system is so effective, it's actually still employed by locals, although not in the same spots. Climate changes over the past three millennia have significantly altered the flow of the Nile in this region.

"From speaking with farmers in Sudanese Nubia, we also learned that river groynes continued to be built as recently as the 1970s, and that the land formed by some walls is still cultivated today," says archaeologist Matthew Dalton from the University of Western Australia.

"This incredibly long-lived hydraulic technology played a crucial role in enabling communities to grow food and thrive in the challenging landscapes of Nubia for over 3,000 years."

The practice of installing river groynes along the Nile was assumed to be modern, dating to around the early 19th century, and yet other older-looking groynes also exist in the region.

Unfortunately, the groynes found near archaeological sites from Nubia are often submerged in active channels, which means they cannot be properly dated.

Still, the ones that exist on dry riverbed, near an ancient walled town known as Amara West, have now been dated to between 3,000 and 3,300 years old...

While it first appeared China's economy was making a great post-pandemic recovery, recent economic data is casting doubt on this narrative. So in this video, we break down why China's property sector, exports and consumption are hold back their economy.