🎬A giant figure of aunt Marge Dursley has been lifted above London’s Tower Bridge to mark the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, social media video shows.
🚨Violence during May Day demonstrations in Paris has resulted in 57 police officers sustaining injuries and 35 people being taken into custody, the BFMTV broadcaster reports.
WHY are planets, satellites, and stars round while asteroids are not?
Small asteroids have too weak gravity to deform rocks, so objects up to a few hundred kilometers in size have an irregular shape.
The matter of a star or planet tends to be at the same distance from its own center of gravity. The reason here is the same as why the water in a pond is set at the same level, rather than rising with a hump.
. Don't fear alone time.
. Don't dwell on the past.
. Don't feel the world owes you.
. Don't expect immediate results.
. Don't fear taking calculated risks.
. Don't give up after the first failure.
. Don't shy away from responsibilities.
. Don't worry about pleasing everyone.
. Don't resent on other people's success.
. Don't let others influence your emotions
. Don't waste time feeling sorry for yourself.
. Don't waste energy on things you can't control.
🐬 Eight newborn dolphins have been recorded in Cambodia since the beginning of 2024, the Cambodian Agriculture Ministry says, adding that the eighth has been recently spotted in a group with two other large dolphins.
France's law enforcement agencies have seized 1.8 tonnes of cocaine from a ship off the coast of the island of Saint Martin, France's overseas collectivity in the northeastern Caribbean, in the French West Indies, BFMTV reports.
Once ashore, the crew of an unnamed speedboat with no registration number that docked in the bay of the collectivity's capital, Marigot, fled, leaving behind bales of drugs. An investigation is underway, and local law enforcement is searching for the sailors who fled, the report says.
US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene calls House Speaker Mike Johnson part of a "uniparty" in Congress that wants to Make Ukraine Great Again (MUGA), rather than Make America Great Again (MAGA).
Greene also announced that she will call up her motion to oust Johnson from his leadership position next week.
🪧 Riots have broken out at the May Day demonstration in Paris, with the police beginning to push back the participants using batons, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports, adding that some people have been injured.
By the time the demonstrators have reached the Place de la Bastille square, the police have begun using tear gas to disperse them, the correspondent adds.