It’s a strange place to find a child-size boot print — pressed into the mud, surrounded by thick brush next to a clearing in a remote area of Nova Scotia’s Pictou County.Still, there is nothing ordinary about this case. One year after Lilly and Jack Sullivan vanished, search volunteers once again took to the woods near the children’s home in Lansdowne, N.S., scouring the area for signs of them. The volunteers are hopeful the newly discovered boot print is another clue in the mystery of the missing siblings that has captured international attention. But that is yet to be seen.In a…

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This is the story of a professor of language science who mistook his grandiose dreams for reality. Between an oversized ego and digital stagecraft, this is the tale of an academic hoax that will, for him, be settled in court. Florent Montaclair, aged 56, is currently the subject of an…

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US policy makers have two choices: strategic engagement or a spiral into irrelevancyJust three years after entering the auto market, the Chinese tech company Xiaomi has made no effort to temper expectations. Best known for challenging Apple and Samsung on smartphones, Xiaomi is now positioning its new-generation SU7 electric sedan…

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