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The Four Areas in Greece Most in Danger of TsunamiThere are four areas in Greece that are most likely to be hit by a tsunami following a strong earthquake, a Greek seismologist warned on Wednesday.UNESCO scientific partner Dr. Gerasimos Papadopoulos said that the four coastal areas in Greece include Crete, the Gulf of Corinth, the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios, and the Dodecanese.Papadopoulos noted that Greece has the highest seismicity in the entire Mediterranean along the famous Hellenic Arc. The arc starts from the Ionian Islands, crosses south of the Peloponnese, and, passing south of Crete, ends at Rhodes.
Corfu’s Old Town slated for restoration, revampThe early 15th century Venetian fortress of Corfu is part of a Culture Ministry plan to improve accessibility, maintenance and the overall environment of the Ionian island’s historic quarter.
Climate minister refuses to rule out energy rationing for Britons this winterThe government says it is not advising people to reduce their energy usage but has refused to rule out rationing energy supplies this winter.Prime Minister Liz Truss was asked in August during her Tory leadership campaign whether she could rule out energy rationing, and she replied: “I do rule that out.”However, on Friday, climate minister Graham Stuart declined to offer the same assurance when questioned by LBC on the subject.
Lord Elgin paid no British customs tax on Parthenon marbles, letters revealLord Elgin imported the Parthenon marbles into Britain without paying customs tax after the foreign secretary intervened on his behalf, newly discovered letters reveal.The documents, dating from the early 19th century, show that after he controversially stripped them from the frieze of the Parthenon in Athens, Elgin was helped to bring huge shipments of the sculptures to Britain by the senior minister, who “knew what Elgin was up to”, according to a historian of the period.The letters also show Elgin deliberately underplayed the value of the spectacular sculptures, the removal of which was highly contentious even then, describing one consignment in 1803 as “trifling antiques and marbles”.Elgin intended to display the sculptures in his stately home in Scotland, but wanted to avoid paying the high rates of customs duty levied on “sculptured marbles and curiosities”, which would have amounted to tens of thousands of pounds in today’s money.It has now emerged he was supported by Viscount Castlereagh, the foreign secretary, who instructed officials in 1812 to allow him to import a huge consignment of 86 cases of the marbles “in the same manner as the former part of his collection, duty free”.The historian who found the letters believes Castlereagh may have hoped eventually to acquire the sculptures for the nation, as subsequently happened in 1816 after the cash-strapped Elgin was forced to sell.Castlereagh was the key figure persuading the British parliament to buy the marbles – itself a highly controversial act that was lampooned at the time.
Robot will address House of Lords for the first time about ‘AI threat’Yann LeCun, an AI scientists at Meta, has said... "It has no feeling, no opinions, and zero understanding of what it says. It’s not hurt. It’s a puppet."
Peter Robinson, creator of the Inspector Banks novels, dies aged 72
Record excess deaths in UK's heatwave summerAs the UK endured record high temperatures of 40C this summer, there were around 3,000 more deaths in the over-65s than usual in England and Wales - the highest figure since 2004.
Pontefract woman 'stolen' as four-year-old reunited with family 53 years laterA woman who was "stolen" by travellers at the age of four has been reunited with her family 53 years later.Susan Gervaise, 57, disappeared in 1969 when a traveller family offered to take her from her home in Yorkshire to Disney World in Florida with their own children.Instead she was taken to Canada, Australia and New Zealand by the couple, who told her she had been disowned by her family.It was only years later she discovered the truth – and after an appeal on Facebook she managed to track down her real siblings in Pontefract.
Hundreds of apps are stealing people’s Facebook accounts, Meta warnsHundreds of apps are secretly stealing people’s Facebook logins, parent company Meta has warned.The apps hide inside the iPhone and Android app stores, appearing to offer useful services. They might show as photo editors that offer fun filters, for instance, or useful tools such as flashlights.But more than 400 such apps have been found actually stealing Facebook login details and then getting into people’s accounts, the company said in an update.It warned users to be careful when downloading new apps, if they ask for social media credentials when signing up.Most of the apps were photo editors, it said, with almost 43 per cent coming in that category. But that apps can take a number of forms, with developers seemingly targeting categories that are likely to encourage people to download them.Developers also use a number of other tricks to hide the scam. That can include publishing fake positive reviews so that critical reviews from those who have spotted the malicious nature of the app will be drowned out.
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