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Hunter Biden flew to Moscow for a meeting with a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch with reportedly close ties to Vladimir Putin, laptop files reveal. Vladimir Yevtushenkov, 73, owns a company which reportedly supplied Putin's forces with drones used for deadly bombing raids in Ukraine and until last year owned key Russian defense contractor RTI. But while he was added to the UK and Australian sanctions lists this month but remains one of a handful of oligarchs unsanctioned by the Biden administration. Hunter's multiple meetings and apparent business deals with him are the latest in a troubling web of his connections to...

A fingerprint left on a clay vessel made by a potter 5,000 years ago has been found in Orkney.The print was discovered on a surviving fragment of the object at the Ness of Brodgar archaeological site.Archaeologists have been excavating at the complex of ancient buildings in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site since 2006.Imaging technology was used to reveal the fingerprint left after the potter pressed a finger into wet clay.Ness of Brodgar is the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Archaeology Institute's flagship excavation site.The potter's fingerprint was noted by ceramics specialist Roy Towers, who was...

Iraq Sub-National Governance Opportunities   [at RTI International] IT Manager - (BM10833) Requisition Number:         BM10833 Location:         Basrah(S) Baghdad(C) al-Hillah(SC) Mosul(N), Iraq Last Updated:         07/25/2003 Job Description: Description: It Manager will be responsible for providing IT support for up to 30 users in a regional hub office. This will include managing a staff of 4 - 10 IT support personnel located in governorate offices. Each office will have 11 to 20 staff members and each will have an IT support person. The manager will be responsible for hiring, training,...