Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang.

Land disputes over unregistered Hindu religious sites have long fuelled racial tensions in Muslim-majority Malaysia, with the latest example involving unfounded claims that a public hospital in northern Penang state would be relocated to avoid "disturbing" a nearby temple. The now-deleted post cites a Malaysian minister, whose aide has lodged a police report against the social media user who made the false claim. The hospital's visitor's board said it proposed an expansion, not a relocation.

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