The three Baltic states neighboring Russia closed their borders on Monday to most Russians in response to the wide public support in Russia for its war on Ukraine. The decision was reached earlier this month by the prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and of Poland, which borders Kaliningrad —… Read More
Farmer accidentally digs up rare, ancient treasure
Last spring, a farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months, the pair slowly excavated an ornate Byzantine-era mosaic that experts say is one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever found in Gaza. The discovery has… Read More
Wait time for Queen’s hits 14 hours; queue paused
A surging tide of people — ranging from London retirees to former England soccer captain David Beckham — have lined up to file past Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it lies in state at Parliament, so many that authorities on Friday had to call a temporary halt to more people… Read More
Customs follows trail of slime, finds giant bag of snails
German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden inside bags at Duesseldorf Airport this month. In a statement Friday, authorities said officials stumbled over one of the snails on a baggage truck and initially… Read More
Oktoberfest in Germany is back… but overshadowed by ‘red hot’ inflation
Oktoberfest is back in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork knuckles, pretzels the size of dinner plates, men in leather shorts and women in cleavage-baring traditional dresses. But while brewers are more than glad to see the return of the Bavarian capital’s… Read More
Scientist wins Ig Nobel Prize for studying constipated scorpions
The sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a life-size rubber moose may not appear to have much in common, but they all inspired the winners of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement. Held less than a month before… Read More
Train threatens ancient skeleton in Mexico cave
A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and… Read More
China residents complain of hunger during corona restrictions
Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing… Read More
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy involved in car crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was involved in a car crash in their nation’s capital, the president’s Press Secretary Sergii Nykyforov said Wednesday. “In Kyiv, a car collided with the car of the President of Ukraine and escort vehicles,” the press secretary said on Facebook, according to Google Translate. “Medics accompanying… Read More
Xi and Putin meet in Uzbekistan amid Ukraine war
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asia gathered Thursday in Uzbekistan for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence. The meeting Friday of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization is overshadowed by Putin’s attack… Read More
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