An ancient Greek city in was the setting for the finding of gold coins dating back thousands of years. A team of researchers led by University of Michigan archaeologist Christopher Ratté uncovered a cache of gold coins in a small pot buried in the city of Notion. The team dated the ancient coins to the […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in a historic visit to Ukraine. This comes a month and a half after Modi’s visit to Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin. Officials in both India and Ukraine have stated that the visit will focus on strengthening […]
According to a report by independent Russian news outlet Meduza, officials in the Kremlin are working to downplay the Ukrainian invasion into the Kursk region, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed for a second week to stop Kyiv’s advances on his home turf. The report, which was published on Wednesday, claimed that sources in […]
Botswana’s government announced on Wednesday the discovery of one of the largest diamonds ever unearthed from a mine. The massive, 2,492-carat diamond was recovered from Karowe Mine, known for previously yielding four diamonds exceeding 1,000 carats. Botswana believes this stone to be the second-largest ever unearthed from a mine. Karowe Mine is operated by Lucara […]
Guatemalan authorities on Wednesday apprehended seven individuals from Guatemala, accusing them of involvement in the smuggling of 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who tragically perished due to asphyxiation in 2022 within a tractor trailer in Texas. The migrants were abandoned in the sweltering summer heat. These arrests mark the latest development in an […]
A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea was subjected to repeated attacks on Wednesday, leaving the vessel adrift and ablaze after an assault suspected to be carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the British military. The attack, the most serious in the Red Sea in weeks, comes amid a monthslong campaign […]
The UK government is considering classifying certain forms of misogyny as a type of extremism under the Home Office, according to reports. “Hateful incitement of all kinds fractures and frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy,” British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated. “Action against extremism has been badly hollowed out in recent […]
Authorities in Romania executed search warrants early Wednesday at the residence of Andrew Tate, a controversial internet personality who is currently awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape, and organizing a criminal group to exploit women. The searches, conducted by the country’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, targeted four locations in Bucharest and the nearby […]
Authorities confirmed Tuesday that Stephen Chamberlain, a co-defendant of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, was killed in a car accident in England just days before Lynch and five others went missing when a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy on Monday. Divers brought two bodies in bags ashore from the yacht Wednesday, and […]
The “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is a renowned artwork by Gustav Klimt. The subject of the painting is Adele Bloch-Bauer, the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Klimt was commissioned by the Jewish industrialist to paint the portrait in 1903. The masterpiece was unveiled four years later. A second painting of Adele, the “Portrait of Adele […]
Noa Reuveni, a 25-year-old from Tel Aviv, is drawing attention with her harrowing account of her twin Israeli brothers, Ziv and Gali Berman, who were kidnapped from their apartment on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas terrorist invasion. The attack, which began in the early morning hours, saw Hamas unleash a brutal assault on innocent […]
Maria Branyas, a Spanish woman born in the United States who was considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, has passed away, her family announced on Tuesday. In a post on Branyas’ X account, her family wrote: “Maria Branyas has left us. She has gone the way she wanted: in her sleep, at […]
Authorities in Kenya reported on Tuesday that a suspect who had confessed to being involved in the discovery of dismembered bodies in the nation’s capital has escaped police custody. Mohamed Amin, the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, stated that Collins Jumaisi Khalusha escaped along with 12 other inmates who had been apprehended for […]
Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of ancient treasures within a burial mound dating back roughly 2,000 years in . Researchers attribute these artifacts to the Kangyu Era, a period when the Kangyu state, situated along the Silk Road – a network of trade routes connecting the East and West, according to National Geographic – […]
A tightrope performer who fell during a circus performance is “doing well,” according to Gravity Circus. A female tightrope artist with the High Wire Troupe fell during an act featuring two other male performers on the high wire. The distance she fell is unknown. The moment she fell was captured on camera by one anonymous […]
Panama deported 29 Colombians on Tuesday on a flight funded by the United States. This flight marked the first under an agreement signed by the two countries in July. The Colombians had entered Panama illegally through the Darien jungle, a route used by over 500,000 migrants heading north last year. A vast majority of these […]
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of six deceased Israeli hostages in a rescue operation on Monday, the forces announced. “Overnight our forces returned the bodies of six of our hostages that had been held by the murderous Hamas terrorist organization,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. “Our hearts grieve […]
In an interview published on Sunday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed that Ukraine’s invasion of Russia is an attempt to “push” Moscow into using nuclear weapons. “Such escalation on the part of Ukraine is an attempt to push Russia to asymmetric actions. Let’s say to use nuclear weapons,” he said in an interview with local […]
While luxury superyachts like the Bayesian, which capsized and sank early Monday with more than a dozen people on board, are typically designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, not everything is 100% guaranteed, according to one expert. Digital spoke with eSysman of the YouTube channel , to find out what could have gone wrong […]
On Monday, Israel indicated its acceptance of President Biden’s cease-fire plan aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in Gaza, which has lasted for 10 months. However, the effectiveness of the plan hinges on Hamas’s response. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking from Israel, revealed that the plan, formulated by the White House in collaboration with […]