Sunday, August 27, 2023

Russia says genetic tests confirm Wagner leader Prigozhin died in plane crash

RUSSIA-CRASH/DEATHS

Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group who led a short-lived armed rebellion against Russia's military, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-wagner-prigozhin-confirmed-death-1.6949011?cmp=rss

Bare electrical wire, leaning poles possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires

Hawaii Fires

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maui-wildfires-electrical-wires-1.6948993?cmp=rss