Author: Marcel Schwantes

The luck, or bad luck, of the fourth-round draw means not too many lower league sides have home ties that immediately suggest a Scottish Cup shock could be on the cards, but Saturday’s game between Queen of the South and St Mirren is one of them. Stephen Robinson’s side have slipped to eighth in the Premiership after four straight defeats. This time, the side sitting sixth in League 1, and now managed by Peter Murphy, have home advantage and have not lost at Palmerston in five games, albeit their last defeat was a particularly sore one – 5-1 by Kelty…

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The sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been captured for the first time after striking a man’s home. Joe Velaidum had just left for a dog walk from home on Prince Edward Island, Canada, when he heard a massive crash outside. Incredible footage captured on Mr Velaidum’s CCTV camera on 25 July, last year, shows the meteorite plummeting from the sky and landing on the ground. After sending samples of the star shaped fragments to the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Collection, curator Chris Herd confirmed the rock was indeed a meteorite. Joe said: “It’s mind blowing to think that…

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China is making it harder for employees and specialized equipment needed for high-tech manufacturing in India and Southeast Asia to leave its borders, according to people familiar with the matter, a possible attempt to prevent companies from shifting production in anticipation of higher tariffs under US President-elect Donald Trump.Read More

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