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Scientists Revive 48,500-year-old ‘Zombie Virus’ Buried in the Ice of Siberia

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According to researchers, increasing global warming is causing climate change around the world, and it doesn’t seem to be resolving any time soon. Recently scientists revied around 2 dozen viruses including one zombie virus that is 48,500 years old found under a frozen lake in the Siberian region of Russia. 

“Zombie Virus” Found In Siberia, Russia

Scientists from Europe have analyzed some samples that were gathered from the permafrost near the Siberian region of Russia. Based on the examination they have categorized 13 new viruses of which one has been named “zombie virus”. This virus has been proven to be harmful and infectious even after being frozen for millions of years as per the report by Bloomberg.   

The ancient one named Pandoravirus Yedoma is said to be 48,500 years old. It has broken the record of the earlier oldest virus which was a 30,000-year-old found back in 2013. 

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There have been many times when scientists have warned the defrosting of permafrost because of global warming will make things worse including a high risk of climate change. Degrading of permafrost will release the greenhouse gases such as methane that will affect the dormant pathogens. Something that is still not fully understood by the researchers. 

A team of experts from France, Russia, and Germany has said that the risk of reigniting the virus they have examined is “totally negligible”. They said that the virus is only capable of infecting small amoeba microbes.

“It is thus likely that ancient permafrost will release these unknown viruses upon thawing,” they wrote in an article posted to the preprint repository bioRxiv that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed, the Bloomberg report added.

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Psychologist Ana Estrada Becomes The First Person In Peru To Die By Euthanasia

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Psychologist Ana Estrada becomes the first person in Peru to die by euthanasia 

Peruvian psychologist Ana Estrada became the first person in the world to die through euthanasia. She had been suffering from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles for many years.

On Monday, her legal team stated that she had become the first person in Peru to obtain the right to die with medical assistance.

She had been fighting in Peruvian courts for years for the right to choose to die.

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She gained national attention, especially in a country where assisted suicide or euthanasia is considered illegal.

Ana Estrada becomes the first person in Peru to die by euthanasia 

Back in 2022, Estrada was allowed by the nation’s Supreme Court, which validated the ruling by the lower court.

It gave Estrada the right to decide when she wanted to end her life.

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Plus, those who helped her would not be regarded as murderers and would not be punished.

Her lawyer, Josefina Miró Quesada, stated:

“Ana’s struggle for her right to die with dignity has helped to educate thousands of Peruvians about this right and the importance of defending it, her struggle transcended our nation’s borders.”

As mentioned above, Ana Estrada, aged 47, was suffering from an incurable disease called polymyositis. The disease started showing its first symptoms during her teenage years and she had to use a wheelchair from the age of 20.

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Things started to worsen, and by 2017, she lost her ability to get up from her bed. With time, she had problems breathing and developed pneumonia. It got to the point that she could not type and had to use transcription software to write a blog called “Ana for a Death with Dignity.

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Bowie High School Shooting Incident Update: One Casualty Reported, Change In Students’ Dismissal Time Announced 

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Bowie High School Shooting Incident Update: One Casualty Reported, Change In Students' Dismissal Time Announced 

In the wake of the Bowie High School shooting incident, the school was placed on lockdown. The lockdown was imposed on Wednesday afternoon. 

A huge police force assembled following the incident outside the Bowie High School campus in Arlington, Texas.

The shooting incident resulted in one casualty. The person was later transported to a local hospital. The victim was a student who passed away, reported CBS News.

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Several netizens on social media claimed that “a gunfire incident took place outside the campus.” Thus, this is how the cops received the initial reports regarding the incident and rushed to the scene.

The investigation was initiated after they arrived at the scene.

Reunification Space Established Over Bowie High School Shooting

The Arlington police responded to this alarming situation by establishing a reunification space in the Arlington ISD Athletics and Aquatics Center, 1001 E. Division Street. 

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Cops asked people to stay away from the school. 

According to Dallas News, Arlington police updated about the situation via their official social media account on X, shortly after 3:00 pm, per local time, which is the same time around which students are released from school every day. 

The initial statement by the Arlington Police Department read, “Bowie High School has been placed on lockdown while we respond to an incident outside the school. Officers are on the scene now”. It added that more information would be made public soon.

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In a Facebook post, Bowie High School administration urged parents not to enter the school campus. They added that “students will not be released at normal dismissal time.”

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As per Arlington ISD, they have planned to shift all the students present in the school to the reunification facility. However, for safety and security reasons, the exact time of release of all on-campus students was not announced at the time of writing the article.

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Brendan Paul, Accused Drug Mule for Diddy, Pleads Not Guilty to Possession Charge in Miami-Dade

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A close associate of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Brendan Paul, who is charged with drug possession, pleaded not guilty. Paul has been accused of being the mule for the music baron’s drugs and guns and has been under detention since March 25, 2024. He was arrested at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport and was formally arraigned in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on Wednesday. Paul, who played basketball for Syracuse University in 2019, bonded out of jail on March 26.

The 25-year-old Brendan Paul has been officially charged with possessing cocaine and marijuana-laced candy, a controlled substance. Paul was not physically present in the courtroom, and his attorney, Brian Bieber, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Paul’s lawyer, Brian Bieber, said,

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“We entered Brendan’s plea of not guilty in court today. We will be dealing with this case in the courtroom, not the court of public opinion.”

Videos showed Diddy walking around the same airport where Paul was arrested on March 25 when Homeland Security was conducting a raid on the mogul’s mansions in Miami Beach and Los Angeles. The raids were part of the ongoing sex trafficking probe. Diddy’s attorney, Aaron Dyer, called the raids akin to an “unprecedented ambush” and maintained that his client is innocent and will do everything to clear his name.

Aaron Dyer said,

“There was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences. There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated.”

Diddy is under investigation for sex trafficking, illegal gun possession, and other alleged crimes. Paul, who is very close to Diddy and knows a lot about the goings-on in Diddy’s party, is now a wild card. Though the Feds are not going to see this as a major crime but use Paul as a witness and charges in return for cooperation in the Diddy case and could offer a dropping of charges or a reduced sentence in return.

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Paul’s name was added in music producer Rodney Jones’ amended sexual assault lawsuit against Diddy where the former claimed that Paul worked as a “mule” for the rapper and would procure transport and distribute ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, mushrooms, and tuci. Jones also revealed that Paul worked as a mule and transported drugs on three separate trips on Dec. 22, 2022; April 28, 2023; and Nov. 4, 2023. Paul Jones allegedly also procured sex workers for Diddy and was the person who negotiated the fees for the sex workers for their services.

Also Read: Diddy and Yung Miami Seen Together in a Photo from a Deleted Instagram Post and Account, Indicating Their Relationship Remains Solid

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