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Skeleton of Bronze Age woman discovered at building site in U.K. A well-preserved skeleton of a Bronze Age woman was discovered in Kent, U.K. SWAT ARCHAEOLOGY Skeletal remains and skull fragments of two Bronze Age women were found at a construction site in the U.K. Their remains were found in Kent at a building site slated for 41 homes along with animal bones, pottery and evidence of a Roman road while a required archaeological survey was being conducted, the BBC first reported. One of the women — estimated to be about 30-35 years old — was found in a crouch-burial position, the report said. The position has been documented as early as the Later Neolithic era, or about 5500-4700 years ago, and before the early Bronze...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 23, 2025 10:20am |
Cat mistakenly left on a plane, takes 3 trips covering 4,500 miles: "How can this happen?" Margo Neas holds her cat Mittens at her home in Melbourne, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. ROD MCGUIRK / AP A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Mittens, 8, was booked for one-way travel with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new home in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 13. But owner Margo Neas said Wednesday that as she waited for Mittens to be unloaded from the plane's freight area, three hours passed with no sign of the cat. It was then that ground staff told Neas...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 23, 2025 10:35am |
2,000-year-old statue found dumped near garbage cans in Greece Police in Greece said an ancient statue was dumped near garbage cans in the city of Thessaloniki. GREEK POLICE Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized crime unit said it was investigating "after a 32-year-old man went to the police to drop off a statue he had apparently found inside a black bag near dustbins." According to the first assessment by the archaeology service, the headless statue is from the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31 BC), said the police statement. Authorities...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 23, 2025 10:51am |
Supersonic winds rage on planet over 500 light-years from Earth This artist's visualisation of WASP-127b, a giant gas planet located about 520 light-years from Earth, shows its newly discovered supersonic jet winds that move around the planet's equator. EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying weather on the planet since 2016 said findings show this "is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet." "This is something we haven't seen before," said Lisa Nortmann, a scientist at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and lead...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 24, 2025 1:49pm |
Top European court backs woman whose husband got a divorce because she stopped having sex with him This photograph taken April 9, 2024, shows the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France. FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favor of a 69-year-old French woman whose husband obtained a divorce on the grounds that she stopped having sex with him. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France, saying a woman who refuses to have sex with her husband should not be considered "at fault" by courts in the event of divorce. The Strasbourg-based court said France violated article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to the right to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 24, 2025 2:03pm |
5 men sentenced to death for gang rape and murder of teenager in India Members of the citizen forum including doctors walk in a rally protesting a rape and murder of a resident doctor in a government hospital early August, in Kolkata, India, Oct. 1, 2024. BIKAS DAS / AP A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece. The crime was committed in January 2021 when the men offered the girl and her family -- all members of a disadvantaged tribal community in the central state of Chhattisgarh -- lifts on their motorbikes while they were waiting for public transport. They later clubbed the teenager's father to death as he...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 24, 2025 2:57pm |
British husband detained in Thailand over 2 decades after wife's mysterious death Lamduan Armitage NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE Authorities in Thailand have detained the British husband of a Thai woman whose body was found in remote English hill country more than 20 years ago. The lifeless body of Lamduan Armitage -- nee Seekanya -- was found by hikers in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004. But she remained unidentified, known only as the "Lady of the Hills," for 15 years until her family saw a BBC News report and came forward. In 2019, authorities at carried out extensive inquiries and DNA testing with family members in Thailand in order to confirm her identity, the BBC reported. Thai immigration police said a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, January 27, 2025 2:20pm |
Auschwitz survivors the focus of ceremony to mark 80 years since camp's liberation, Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski, center, attends ceremony as survivors, relatives and representatives of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau lay wreaths and light candles at the so-called Death Wall next to the former Block 11 of the former Auschwitz I main camp in Oswiecim, Poland on Jan. 27, 2025, during commemorations to mark 80 years since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Soviet Army. WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/GETTY A memorial service to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops was taking place Monday at the site of the former death...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, January 27, 2025 2:31pm |
World's biggest iceberg could be on collision course with Antarctic penguin island: "Game of Thrones-esque" The world's biggest iceberg -- three time the size of New York City -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South Atlantic. Satellite imagery suggested that unlike previous "megabergs," this rogue was not crumbling into smaller chunks as it plodded through the Southern Ocean, Andrew Meijers, a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey, told AFP on Friday. He said predicting its exact...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 11:42am |
Elephant tramples tourist to death in South Africa's iconic Kruger park A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency SAN Parks announced overnight. "A tragic accident occurred when a tourist was charged and trampled by an elephant near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate. This, regrettably, resulted in loss of life," it said in a statement. SAN Parks asked people not to post images of the incident on social media. With some 7,700 square miles of savannah extending to neighboring Mozambique, Kruger is the largest game park in South Africa. Except for fenced camps and a few picnic areas, it is forbidden to get out of your...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 12:03pm |
Japan's Fuji TV executives resign over sex scandal linked to former boy band star This photo taken in 2013 shows Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the J-Pop boy band sensation SMAP and a celebrity television host, at an event in Tokyo. STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to one of Japan's top TV celebrities. The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that Fuji TV staff allegedly helped...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 12:37pm |
South Korea's Jeju Air plane crash probe finds duck DNA in both engines of jet that burst into flames in Seoul South Korean soldiers are seen near the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport, Dec. 29, 2024 in Muan-gun, South Korea. A plane carrying 181 people, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea after skidding off the runway and colliding with a wall, resulting in an explosion. CHUNG SUNG-JUN/GETTY The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 12:46pm |
3 young African brothers drown in Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe, rescue group says This picture released on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, by Sea Punk shows some of the migrants who were saved at sea by the humanitarian ship Sea Punk I off the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend. SEA PUNK VIA AP, HO Three young African brothers drowned making the perilous central Mediterranean crossing with their parents, a German humanitarian group said Monday, after rescuing 17 people in a chaotic scene that saw survivors drifting away. Two toddler brothers died when the smugglers' boat sank, while survivors reported that a third child had drowned earlier in their journey from Libya aboard an unseaworthy fiberglass-bottom boat, said Stephen...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 12:59pm |
Doomsday clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to "global catastrophe" The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem is "global catastrophe." The decades-old international symbol, described by the University of Chicago-based nonprofit the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as a metaphor that shows how close the planet is to reaching "human extinction," is set every year. In January 2024, the clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, the same as it was in 2023. This is the first time the clock has moved forward since 2023. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists tracks man-made threats and focuses on three main hazard areas — nuclear...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, January 28, 2025 3:55pm |
DeepSeek AI raises national security concerns, U.S. officials say As Chinese AI application DeepSeek attracts hordes of American users, Trump administration officials, lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are expressing concern that the technology could pose a threat to U.S. national security. DeepSeek's introduction in the U.S. on Monday saw it quickly become the most downloaded free application in the country on Apple's app store. The rollout also rocked Wall Street as investors struggled to compute the sudden appearance of a low-cost, open-source generative AI tool able to compete with leading artificial intelligence apps such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Shares of Nvidia, the U.S. manufacturer of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, January 29, 2025 10:43am |
Air Busan plane catches on fire in South Korea, leaving seven people with injuries at Gimhae airport Firefighters try to put out a fire on an Air Busan plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Jan. 28, 2025. YONHAP NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS Seven people sustained mostly minor injuries Tuesday when an airplane burst into flames at an airport in South Korea, authorities said Wednesday, with local media suggesting the blaze may have been caused by a portable battery stored in the overhead bin. The Air Busan plane, an Airbus A321, was set to fly to Hong Kong from Gimhae International Airport in southeastern Busan but caught fire in the rear section on Tuesday night, according to the country's transport ministry. A total of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, January 29, 2025 1:30pm |
Irish tourist falls to his death from mountain while taking photos at ski resort in Bulgaria A 29-year-old man from Ireland died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day in a fall at the Bansko mountain ski resort in southern Bulgaria. The tourist was seriously injured after falling on Tuesday from a height of about 600 meters, or nearly 2,000 feet. He was found by a mountain rescue service team and taken to a hospital in the nearby town of Razlog in a serious condition with multiple injuries, emergency services said. According to initial information, the victim was part of a group taking pictures of the surrounding scenery when he lost his balance and fell. He was taken to a hospital where "life-saving...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 9:33am |
As Trump's tariffs loom, analysts say China is better prepared than ever for a trade war with the U.S. Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a cold rolling mill of Bensteel Group in Benxi City, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 23, 2025. XIE HUANCHI/XINHUA/GETTY The pounding of drums has rung out across China this week, intended to ward off evil spirits in a centuries-old tradition as the Chinese welcome the lunar new year. This year, new year hopes for prosperity are of even greater importance, as China braces itself for Trump 2.0. "China hopes for the best and prepares for the worst," Dr. Henry Wang, an adviser to the Chinese government and the founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization, told CBS...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 9:48am |
Remains of U.S. soldier who vanished amid WWII amphibious invasion are identified U.S. Army Pfc. Robert L. Bryant. DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert L. Bryant, 23, was assigned to Company B, in the 4th Ranger Battalion, as part of a group known as Darby's Rangers, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. The battalion was trained by Colonel William Darby, who also established a battalion that would later grow into the modern-day United States Army Rangers, the military said. The battalion was active in the Mediterranean Theater, which included Italy, northern...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 10:08am |
Lion cub given to YouTube star for his wedding leads to police investigation and public outrage A lion cub confiscated from Pakistani YouTube star Rajab Butt, is pictured at a safari zoo in Lahore on January 28, 2025. ARIF ALI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES A Pakistani YouTube star who was gifted a lion cub on his wedding day has avoided jail after promising a judge to upload animal rights videos for a year. Rajab Butt has one of the largest online followings in the South Asian country and his week-long nuptials in late December were plastered over celebrity gossip websites. When a sleepy lion cub, resembling young Simba from the 2019 "Lion King" film, was presented to him in a gold-chained cage in front of thousands of guests who...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 10:19am |
Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say Rescue personnel carry a victim of a stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, Jan. 29, 2025. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/GETTY A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on Wednesday, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and trampled bystanders. Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts tens of millions of devotees every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj. As pilgrims rushed to participate in a sacred day of ritual bathing,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 10:22am |
14 religious sect members convicted over diabetic girl's death in Australia Jayde Struhs speaks outside of the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. RUSSELL FREEMAN / AP Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of a fringe Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication were found guilty on Wednesday of manslaughter. Elizabeth Rose Struhs died on Jan. 7, 2022 at her family's home in Toowoomba in Queensland state after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes. The congregation had prayed and sung for the girl, whose health deteriorated as she lay on a mattress at her home, the BBC reported. Her father,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 10:34am |
Hundreds of gold and silver coins buried 2,000 years ago unearthed by metal detectorists in the Netherlands The full stash of coins. RIJKSMUSEUM VAN OUDHEDEN Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced this week. The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands' Cultural Heritage Agency said in a news release, and are a mix of Roman and British coins. Bunnik, the village where they were buried, was once along the northern border of the Roman Empire. It's the first time such a find has been made on the European mainland, the agency said, with the only other comparable discovery having been made in Great Britain. Two metal detectorists...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, January 30, 2025 10:40am |
| Irish tourist falls to his death from mountain while taking photos at ski resort in Bulgaria A 29-year-old man from Ireland died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day in a fall at the Bansko mountain ski resort in southern Bulgaria. The tourist was seriously injured after falling on Tuesday from a height of about 600 meters, or nearly 2,000 feet. He was found by a mountain rescue service team and taken to a hospital in the nearby town of Razlog in a serious condition with multiple injuries, emergency services said. According to initial information, the victim was part of a group taking pictures of the surrounding scenery when he lost his balance and fell. He was taken to a hospital where "life-saving...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 31, 2025 9:52am |
Where is the lunar new year celebrated and who celebrates it? Performers participate in a dragon dance at the International Lunar New Year Night Parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. CHAN LONG HEI / AP The Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29, and communities across the United States and worldwide are holding celebrations. China's most important holiday — the Lunar New Year is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam and other countries where Chinese residents make up significant parts of the national population, according to the National Museum of Asian Art. In the Chinese zodiac, each new year, according to the lunar calendar, is associated with one of 12 animals, and 2025 marks the Year of the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 31, 2025 10:07am |
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous M?ori people A June 22, 2021 file photo shows Mount Taranaki, since renamed Taranaki Maunga, its M?ori name, in New Zealand. LU HUAIQIAN/XINHUA/GETTY Wellington, New Zealand - A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its M?ori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, January 31, 2025 2:08pm |
3 endangered tiger cubs caught on camera in Thai national park for first time A trio of rare tiger cubs was spotted in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park. KAENG KRACHAN NATIONAL PARK A national park in Thailand has not one but three reasons to celebrate after confirming a rare Bengal tiger is raising a trio of cubs in the protected area. Park rangers first spotted a single cub with its mother on a camera trap last year in Kaeng Krachan National Park, around 80 miles southwest of Bangkok. But further footage, retrieved only this week from cameras damaged by heavy rain last year, confirmed that the litter is three-strong. "This is the first time we have recorded a tiger...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 03, 2025 12:27pm |
Shark kills teen girl swimming off Australia coast in country's third fatal attack in less than 6 weeks A shark bit and killed a 17-year-old girl swimming off an eastern Australian island on Monday, officials said, in the country's third reported fatal attack in just over five weeks. Paramedics rushed to Woorim Beach in Queensland to treat the teenager, who had sustained serious injuries to her upper body, an ambulance service spokesperson said. Police said she was bitten by a shark while swimming in the afternoon off the popular surf spot on Bribie Island, about 30 miles north of the state capital Brisbane. The girl "sustained life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries" about 15 minutes later, a Queensland police...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 03, 2025 2:03pm |
Former British soldier convicted of spying for Iran after audacious prison escape is sentenced to 14 years A wanted sign featuring an image of Daniel Abed Khalife, a former soldier who is suspected of terrorism offences, is displayed, near Wandsworth prison which he escaped from, in London, Britain, September 7, 2023. ANNA GORDON / REUTERS A former British soldier convicted of spying for Iran after an audacious three-day escape from a London prison was sentenced Monday to more than 14 years behind bars for betraying his country. Daniel Khalife, 23, was convicted in November of violating the Official Secrets Act and Terrorism Act for providing restricted and classified...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 04, 2025 1:31pm |
Almost 96% of new cars registered in Norway last month were electric Electric vehicles are seen at a charging station in Oslo, Norway, Jan. 2, 2025. ZHANG YULIANG/XINHUA/GETTY Almost 96% of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalleled proportion in the world and close to the country's goal of selling only zero-emission vehicles as of this year. A total of 9,343 new cars were sold in January, of which 8,954 were all-electric, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said. Of the 50 most-sold models, only two were non-electric, the first of which came in 33rd place, the OFV said. By comparison, the share of electric cars sold in Europe was just 13.6% in the full-year 2024 — a decline for the first time...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 04, 2025 1:38pm |
Manhunt underway after one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives spotted at religious service in Sierra Leone, police say Convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers attends a church service in Tihun, Sierra Leone, January 1, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. First Lady Fatima Maada Bio via Facebook/via REUTERS Police in Sierra Leone have said they are hunting a Dutch drug trafficker who is one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives and believed to be hiding out in the west African country. Jos Leijdekkers was sentenced in absentia by a Rotterdam court in June last year to 24 years in prison for organizing the transport of seven tons of cocaine and ordering...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 06, 2025 1:57pm |
First IVF kangaroo embryo claimed by Australia-based scientists. They say it's key step toward saving endangered marsupials. Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials. The University of Queensland-led team said it employed the technique on eastern grey kangaroos -- which number in the millions -- with the aim of eventually using IVF for scarcer marsupials. "Australia is home to the greatest diversity of marsupial fauna on the planet but it also has the highest mammal extinction rate," lead researcher Andres Gambini said in a statement. "Our ultimate goal is to support the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 06, 2025 2:16pm |
France plans $800 million makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home Tourists use their smartphones to photograph Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, in the Salle des Etats at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Feb. 1, 2025. STEPHANE OUZOUNOFF/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty It is the most visited museum in the world, but management, staff and visitors agree the iconic Louvre in Paris — the home of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa — is in need of some serious TLC. "We have problems with the building," Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars acknowledged to CBS News. She said the issues are partly due to age, as the palace that houses the museum was initially constructed in the early 13th century. "It's nine...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, February 07, 2025 2:46pm |
Black wolves with rare genetic mutation caught on camera in Polish forest This image made from video provided by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland shows a rare black wolf crossing a stream in a Polish forest last summer. SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland via AP Two rare black wolves, likely siblings, were spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest, a conservation organization said Sunday. The unusual sighting, captured last year on a video camera set up by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland project coordinator Joanna Toczyd?owska, has prompted the organization to collect their droppings in the forest in the hopes of learning more about the black wolves' genetics. "It's something new and unusual,"...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 10, 2025 10:30am |
Irish boxer John Cooney dies week after being injured in super-featherweight title fight Boxer John Cooney listens during a news conference, Nov. 23, 2023, in Dublin. Brian Lawless / AP Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast, marking at least the sixth boxer to die from injuries sustained in the ring in the past year. The death of the 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancee Emmaleen. "After a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away," the statement said. "He was a much loved son,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 10, 2025 12:08pm |
French policeman ordered to pay 1,000 euros for insulting woman who reported sexual assault A French police officer has been ordered to pay 1,000 euros, or approximately $1,000 after he described a woman who filed a sexual assault complaint as a "whore", a source close to the case said on Saturday. In a case that sparked outrage in France, the woman, then 34, filed a complaint at a Paris police station in February 2022, saying she had been assaulted in the street after several drinks on a night out. A male police officer later called her on the phone to ask her to come back and finish the paperwork. After he left a message — thinking he had hung up — he started insulting her, calling her a "whore" three times. The case...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 10, 2025 2:10pm |
Sony PlayStation Network infuriates gamers worldwide, leaving tens of thousands unable to access services A major outage of Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps. "We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN," PlayStation said on its social media platforms, confirming users' mounting complaints around the globe. Reports of connectivity issues spread quickly across social media, with users frustrated by error messages and login failures. "PSN down on a Friday night is criminal," a London-based user named Ramos wrote on X, formerly Twitter. According to the Downdetector outage tracking...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 10, 2025 4:12pm |
Corruption worse than it's been in over a decade in many nations, survey shows Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of public sector corruption worldwide, from leading powers such as the United States and France to authoritarian nations such as Russia and Venezuela. Transparency International, which compiles the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, found that 47 countries out of the 180 it surveyed had their lowest score last year since it started using its current methodology for its global ranking in 2012. It said of its 2024 survey that "global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering." The group also pointed to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 11, 2025 2:21pm |
Video shows Black seadevil fish, usually only found in lightless depths of the sea, making rare swim near ocean surface In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface where the light no longer touches — was caught on camera swimming close to the ocean's surface. The footage, captured in Spain's Canary Islands, shows the female fish, whose Latin name translates to "black sea monster," swimming through the light-filled ocean waters off the coast of Tenerife. The discovery was made by NGO Condrik Tenerife and marine life photographer David Jara Boguñá while they were researching sharks. In a joint Instagram...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 11, 2025 4:36pm |
Ruins of oldest Roman basilica ever found in London uncovered on construction site in heart of U.K. capital An illustration of London's earliest Roman forum. Peter Marsden Archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of London's earliest-known ancient Roman basilica on the site of a planned 32-story skyscraper, right in the heart of what was once known as Londinium. Excavations in the basement of a building slated to be demolished to make way for the the new tower at 85 Gracechurch Street uncovered flint, brick and ragstone walls and foundations over three feet wide, 13 feet deep and almost two millennia old. Sophie Jackson of the Museum of London Archaeology called it "one of the most significant discoveries" in years in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 13, 2025 4:29pm |
Whale swallows kayaker and spits him out — and it's all captured on video: "I thought I was dead" A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Dell Simancas via AP A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go. Dell, just meters yards away, captured the moment on video while...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, February 15, 2025 11:08am |
Actor Kim Sae-ron, 24, found dead at home by her friend in Seoul Kim Sae-Ron attends the "Love Playlist - Season 4" Premiere on June 12, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by THE FACT/Imazins via Getty Images Kim Sae-ron, an award-winning South Korean actor whose career was derailed after a 2022 drunk-driving accident, was found dead in her house in Seoul on Sunday, police said. She was 24. "She was found dead and there is no sign of foul play," a police official told AFP, without giving more details. Kim was found at her home Sunday evening by a friend who reported the discovery to police, Yonhap news agency said. No official cause of death was given but a police official told reporters that authorities believe...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, February 17, 2025 2:55pm |
Rio de Janeiro records its hottest day in at least a decade — about 145 degrees hotter than North Dakota People flock to Ipanema beach during summer in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Bruna Prado / AP Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) — about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North Dakota — as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off. It was the highest temperature since the southeastern Brazilian city started a climate alert system just over 10 years ago. The second-highest was 43.8°C in November 2023. City officials issued an alert for extreme heat for the coming days, set up hydration stations and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 18, 2025 1:40pm |
Delta plane crashes, flips upside down while landing in Toronto from Minneapolis John Nelson Authorities say 21 people are injured after a Delta Air Lines plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says 80 people were aboard Flight 4819, which originated from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Delta Air Lines says the accident occurred at about 1:15 p.m. CST. According to Deborah Flint, president and CEO of Toronto Pearson International Airport, the plane was carrying four crew and 76 passengers, among them, 22 Canadians. The other passengers were multinational. "Airport emergency workers mounted a textbook...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, February 18, 2025 4:28pm |
Unidentified objects found on ground after SpaceX debris enters atmosphere over Poland Debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that blasted off in the United States on February 1 entered the Earth's atmosphere over Poland on Wednesday, the Polish space agency said. A 1.5 meter by one meter (five feet by three feet) chunk from an unidentified object was found near the western city of Poznan, police said. Police later said a second similar-sized object had been located several hours afterwards in a forest a few miles from where the first was discovered. No casualties or damage were reported. The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) said a stage of the Falcon 9 R/B rocket made "an uncontrolled re-entry into the atmosphere" at...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, February 19, 2025 9:40pm |
Police investigate QR-code stickers placed on 1,000 graves in German cemeteries A man stands in front of gravestones at the Waldfriedhof cemetery in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. Christof Stache / AP Police in Munich are investigating a mystery: More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why. The 1.95 by 1.2-inch stickers are printed with a QR code, that, when scanned, shows the name of the person buried in the grave and its location in the cemetery — but nothing else. "We haven't found any pattern behind this yet. The stickers were put both on decades-old gravestones and very new graves that so far...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 20, 2025 10:34am |
Emma Raducanu left in tears as man who "exhibited fixated behavior" is ejected from Dubai match, tennis group says Emma Raducanu of Great Britain competes against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in the second round on Day Three of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Feb. 18, 2025, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Robert Prange/Getty Images Concern over a man who'd exhibited "fixated behavior" caused Emma Raducanu to approach the chair umpire in tears and take an unscheduled break in her second-round match at the Dubai Championships, the Women's Tennis Association said Wednesday. The incident unfolded three years after a man in Britain was convicted of stalking the star player at her family home. There'd been no immediate...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 20, 2025 10:46am |
Over 150 false killer whales stranded on Australia beach cannot be saved, experts say This photo provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania shows part of more than 150 false killer whales which became stranded, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, on a remote beach on near Arthur River in Australia's island state of Tasmania. NRE / AP Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia's island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts including veterinarians were at the scene near the Arthur River on Tasmania's northwestern coast where 157 whales were discovered on an exposed surf beach on Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Natural...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, February 20, 2025 11:03am |
Dutch court convicts 4 family members for fatally stabbing woman in front of her daughter in alleged "honor killing" A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced four men to 25 years for the "honor killing" of a woman stabbed to death in broad daylight in front of her three-year-old daughter. The 28-year-old Roshin was stabbed 28 times by her elder brother as she walked with her daughter in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn in September 2023. "A more gruesome end to a human life is hard to imagine. Her daughter saw her mother killed in a very violent way," according to the court verdict. Alongside the 25-year sentence for the elder brother, identified as 36-year-old Peshang A., the court also sentenced another brother and two...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Boy presumed dead after second crocodile attack in 2 weeks on Indonesia's Borneo island A boy is missing on Indonesia's Borneo island after he was attacked by a crocodile, police said on Thursday, the second such attack in the area in two weeks. Indonesia is home to several species of crocodiles that regularly attack and kill humans. The 10-year-old boy jumped into a river in West Kalimantan province on Borneo, one of the world's most biodiverse islands, on Tuesday, when a 13-foot-long crocodile attacked him, according to a friend. "His friend witnessed the crocodile resurface, maul the victim's body and drag it into the current," local police chief Rachmatul Isani Fachri said in a statement. The friend alerted...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Yesterday at 2:54pm |
Book excerpt: "Resolute" by Benjamin Hall Harper Influence In March 2022, a car carrying Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall and two colleagues covering the war in Ukraine was struck by Russian missiles. Hall's co-workers were killed; he was severely wounded, "clinging to a heartbeat." It was a miracle that Hall was rescued, as recounted in his 2023 bestseller, "Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make it Home." In his latest book, Hall writes of his long recovery, coping with severe trauma, adapting to the use of prosthetics, and his return to Ukraine, in "Resolute: How We Humans Keep Finding Ways to Beat the Toughest Odds" (to be published March 18 by Harper Influence). Read an excerpt below: The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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