(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Overnight News Digest [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-18 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes09OP0az coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments. Some of the more interesting and perhaps less earth-shattering news above the fold. Below it climate disasters and concerns and conflicts. We begin with the story horifying the art world. First up this, from euronews: British Museum staff sacked for disappearance of artefacts named as senior curator By David Mouriquand The British Museum says it's taking legal action and the Metropolitan Police's economic and crime command is investigating. The British Museum staff member sacked after the disappearance of a number of artefacts has been named as Peter Higgs. Higgs, an expert on Greek and Mediterranean artefacts, had been with the British Museum for almost three decades and was its curator of Mediterranean cultures. From The Art Newspaper: Media reports identify objects allegedly stolen from British Museum and posted on eBay The items include a piece of Roman jewellery—reportedly worth between £25,000 and £50,000—being offered with a minimum price of £40 Precious items allegedly stolen from the British Museum in London by one of the institution’s senior curators were put up for sale on eBay according to a report in The Telegraph. The objects, including a piece of Roman jewellery offered with a minimum price of £40, appeared on the auction and shopping website as early as 2016. Peter John Higgs, a prominent curator who was employed at the British Museum for 30 years, was identified in UK press reports as the person alleged to be responsible for stealing priceless artefacts from the museum’s collection. From Space.com (with video): The very very thin crescent moon tonight was spectacularly beautiful. From Business Insider: A 15-year-old medieval girl was buried face down with her ankles possibly tied together to stop her from returning from the dead, researchers say Erin Snodgrass A 9th century gravesite unearthed in England suggests ancient settlers may have feared the undead. Researchers with the Museum of London Archeology discovered a 15-year-old girl buried face-down. The unusual burial technique suggests people wanted to prevent her from coming back, researchers said. Now to the environmental news. I won’t write about Hurricane Hilary, as that is well covered by the US press, although it will hit Baja in Mexico before it gets to California. But from north of the border there is a different kind of disaster. This from CNN: Thousands scramble to evacuate capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 ‘unprecedented’ wildfires blanket region (with video) Elizabeth Wolfe By Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for hours for desperately needed emergency flights. Evacuations were also under way in British Columbia. The Northwest Territories capital Yellowknife – home to about 20,000 – and several other Northwest Territories communities have been ordered to evacuate as crews battle 236 active wildfires, and a massive fire creeps toward the city and a major highway. From Reuters: From the New York Times: Thousands Evacuated in Canary Islands After ‘Most Complex’ Fire in 40 Years The blaze on Tenerife has burned almost 10,000 acres and forced thousands of residents in the north to lock down or flee. By Isabella Kwai Firefighters on the Spanish island of Tenerife scrambled on Friday to contain a devastating fire, described as the most complicated in the Canary Islands in 40 years, after it blackened forests, prompted lockdowns and forced thousands of people to evacuate. More than 4,500 people have been forced to flee their homes since the blaze began to spread early on Wednesday in a wooded and mountainous region in the island’s north, where firefighters and troops from the Spanish armed forces have been struggling to limit the spread of the flames and divert them away from nearby settlements and homes. From Reuters: Pacific island sea levels rising faster than average, report says Sea levels in the South-West Pacific are rising faster than the global average, threatening low-lying islands while heat damages marine ecosystems, the UN meteorological agency said. x YouTube Video More water, from WION: Germany's Frankfurt airport flooded to the brim | Gravitas Highlights Frankfurt airport, Germany's biggest airport, flooded to the brim after a massive storm hits the capital. How many have been affected? x YouTube Video I just flew through that airport on Monday! From CNN: [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/18/2188213/-Overnight-News-Digest Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/